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CONTACT: Etta Zasloff, (401) 677-6153, [email protected]
October 20 Meet the Author and Book Signing Event
Bridgeport Public Library Hosts Etta Zasloff and her Alphabet Book For All Ages
Bridgeport, WV – October 1, 2018 – The Bridgeport Public Library is hosting a book-signing event with Bridgeport, WV, native and retired public school teacher, Etta Zasloff, the author of Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet on Saturday, October 20, 2018, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. The author will sign books, and also have them available for purchase, as well as answer questions about her self-publishing and marketing process. Admission is free.
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet is a story told in verse with full page, modern and bright illustrations drawn by Sam White of Providence, RI. His personified letters bring life to the story and appeal to the alphabet learning set. Every letter has a story of tragedy, conditions, or personal choice that spark the formation of new letters, woven together to create an epic tale of the origin of the alphabet. With themes of resilience, determination, and creativity, the 68 page book targets children ages 6-9, but entertains a broader audience, including adults.
Etta Zasloff and Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet recently received the Gold Award for Humor from the Human Relations Indie Book Awards.
Midwest Book Review says, ”. . . Exciting, enthusiastic letter pictures suggest the lively play of letter shaping and evolving, while the comic verse and story line injects notes of the fantastic, even the ridiculous, to the tale. Perhaps no one should take "The Evolution of the Alphabet" literally, but there is no doubt that it is an intriguing and amusing proposition from A to Z. Could you make up a better story?”
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet targets the following audiences:
- Children ages 6-9 and up
- Parents/Grandparents/Caregivers
- Early Childhood Educators/Elementary Teachers
- School/Mental Health Counselors
Etta Zasloff is retired from 44 years of teaching and counseling and continues to be involved in public education and working with children. She also writes about a purposeful retirement, digital literacy for all ages, and life in general.
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet ($29.95, 68 pages, 8 ½ x 8 ½ , hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-9990864-0-7 and $16.95, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-9990864-1-4) is available at online booksellers, bookstores, and directly from the publisher at www.stillwaterpress.com. For additional information and to read Zasloff’s blog, visit www.ettazasloff.com.
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CONTACT: Etta Zasloff, (401)677-6153, [email protected]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Etta Zasloff, (401) 677-6153, [email protected]
October 20 Meet the Author and Book Signing Event
Marion County Public Library Hosts Etta Zasloff and her Alphabet Book For All Ages
Fairmont, WV – October 1, 2018 – The Marion County Public Library is hosting a book-signing event with WV native and Marion County retired public school teacher, Etta Zasloff, who now resides in Rhode Island. On Saturday, October 20, 2018, 1:00-2:00 p.m, the author will sign her children’s book, Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet. She will also have books available for purchase, as well as answer questions about her self-publishing and marketing process. Admission is free.
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet is a story told in verse with full page, modern and bright illustrations drawn by Sam White of Providence, RI. His personified letters bring life to the story and appeal to the alphabet learning set. Every letter has a story of tragedy, conditions, or personal choice that spark the formation of new letters, woven together to create an epic tale of the origin of the alphabet. With themes of resilience, determination, and creativity, the 68 page book targets children ages 6-9, but entertains a broader audience, including adults.
Etta Zasloff and Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet recently received the Gold Award for Humor from the Human Relations Indie Book Awards.
Midwest Book Review says, ”. . . Exciting, enthusiastic letter pictures suggest the lively play of letter shaping and evolving, while the comic verse and story line injects notes of the fantastic, even the ridiculous, to the tale. Perhaps no one should take "The Evolution of the Alphabet" literally, but there is no doubt that it is an intriguing and amusing proposition from A to Z. Could you make up a better story?”
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet targets the following audiences:
Etta Zasloff is retired from 44 years of teaching and counseling and continues to be involved in public education and working with children. She also writes about a purposeful retirement, digital literacy for all ages, and life in general.
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet ($29.95, 68 pages, 8 ½ x 8 ½ , hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-9990864-0-7 and $16.95, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-9990864-1-4) is available at online booksellers, bookstores, and directly from the publisher at www.stillwaterpress.com. For additional information and to read Zasloff’s blog, visit www.ettazasloff.com.
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CONTACT: Etta Zasloff, (401)677-6153, [email protected]
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CONTACT: Etta Zasloff, (401) 677-6153, [email protected]
October 20 Meet the Author and Book Signing Event
Marion County Public Library Hosts Etta Zasloff and her Alphabet Book For All Ages
Fairmont, WV – October 1, 2018 – The Marion County Public Library is hosting a book-signing event with WV native and Marion County retired public school teacher, Etta Zasloff, who now resides in Rhode Island. On Saturday, October 20, 2018, 1:00-2:00 p.m, the author will sign her children’s book, Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet. She will also have books available for purchase, as well as answer questions about her self-publishing and marketing process. Admission is free.
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet is a story told in verse with full page, modern and bright illustrations drawn by Sam White of Providence, RI. His personified letters bring life to the story and appeal to the alphabet learning set. Every letter has a story of tragedy, conditions, or personal choice that spark the formation of new letters, woven together to create an epic tale of the origin of the alphabet. With themes of resilience, determination, and creativity, the 68 page book targets children ages 6-9, but entertains a broader audience, including adults.
Etta Zasloff and Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet recently received the Gold Award for Humor from the Human Relations Indie Book Awards.
Midwest Book Review says, ”. . . Exciting, enthusiastic letter pictures suggest the lively play of letter shaping and evolving, while the comic verse and story line injects notes of the fantastic, even the ridiculous, to the tale. Perhaps no one should take "The Evolution of the Alphabet" literally, but there is no doubt that it is an intriguing and amusing proposition from A to Z. Could you make up a better story?”
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet targets the following audiences:
- Children ages 6-9 and up
- Parents/Grandparents/Caregivers
- Early Childhood Educators/Elementary Teachers
- School/Mental Health Counselors
Etta Zasloff is retired from 44 years of teaching and counseling and continues to be involved in public education and working with children. She also writes about a purposeful retirement, digital literacy for all ages, and life in general.
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet ($29.95, 68 pages, 8 ½ x 8 ½ , hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-9990864-0-7 and $16.95, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-9990864-1-4) is available at online booksellers, bookstores, and directly from the publisher at www.stillwaterpress.com. For additional information and to read Zasloff’s blog, visit www.ettazasloff.com.
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CONTACT: Etta Zasloff, (401)677-6153, [email protected]
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BEGINNING WITH xS AND oS: tHE EVOLUTION OF THE ALPHABET
An Alphabet Book for All Ages, Not Just Abecedarians;
Every Letter Has a Story, Laced with Humor and Reality
Every Letter Has a Story, Laced with Humor and Reality
PAWTUCKET, RI – November 23, 2017 – Full page illustrations and rhyming verse tell an epic tale of the alphabet. Personified letters experience tragedies, conditions, and personal choices that spark the formation of new letters, challenging the status quo.
In Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet ($29.95, Stillwater River Publications, December 2017) author Etta Zasloff tells a fictional story of the development of the alphabet, one letter at a time. The Os are the first to experience life-altering events that change their forms, as a shark reshapes an O into a C, starting the tribe of Rounds. Next The First Straights emerge, when an X chooses a makeover and becomes a Y. The saga continues, as some Straights have humps, some have style, and some have bellies. Finally an artistic R creates an A to calm the chaos to determine who will lead a parade that sets alphabetical order.
Themes of resilience, determination, and creativity drive the stories, presenting a variety of reflection and discussion opportunities beyond the scope of learning the alphabet. The multilayered stories support the value of self-acceptance and inclusion of everyone, despite changes and differences. Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet targets the following audiences:
- Children ages 6-9 and up
- Parents/Grandparents/Caregivers
- Early Childhood Educators/Elementary Teachers
- School/Mental Health Counselors
Etta Zasloff is retired from 44 years of teaching and counseling and continues to be involved in public education and working with children. This book has its origins in the Kindergarten class of her first teaching assignment and has morphed into a retirement project that reconnects her to former students and colleagues, intrigues her own children and enchants her grandchildren. She also writes about a purposeful retirement, digital literacy for all ages, and life in general.
Beginning With Xs and Os: The Evolution of the Alphabet ($29.95, 68 pages, 8 ½ x 8 ½ , hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-9990864-0-7 and $16.95, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-9990864-1-4) is available at online booksellers and anywhere books are sold. For additional information, visit www.ettazasloff.com.
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CONTACT: Etta Zasloff, (401)677-6153, [email protected]
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Copyright 2017. Etta Zasloff. [email protected]
Copyright 2017. Etta Zasloff. [email protected]