Il Circolo is a reunion story, the rediscovery of family and roots. Its the real dolce vita, lived to the tune of Italian Girls Just Want to Have Fun. If you like laughing, eating, and shopping, youre in for a romp of a read. Magnifico! Mark Greenside, author of Ill Never Be French (No Matter What I Do
The Reindeer Dog is the authors gift to all children and adults who believe in the magic of Christmas and Santa Claus. The setting for the story is the North Pole and a little village in the Liguria region of Italy called Alpicella. Alpicella is the village where the authors grandfather, Nonno Antonio, was born. When she was a little girl, her nonno, Italian for grandfather, would tell her stories about his village. As a child she thought this village must be a magical place to live. In the story The Reindeer Dog, Santa is on his customary flight on Christmas Eve. He arrives on the rooftop of a home in Alpicella where he discovers a very special gift. This story wraps within it the history of Liguria, customs celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, and a touching story of an unexpected gift for Mrs. Claus. The author welcomes families from all different backgrounds to share and gather together to read her story of love.
Santa and His Merry Companions. This book, Santa and His Merry Companions, completes the trilogy, beginning with The Reindeer Dog and then the book, Diego and the Goofy Witches of Beigua. This story, Santa and His Merry Companions, begins on Christmas Eve, when Santa and everyone at the North Pole are preparing for the big night to deliver presents around the world. Santa checks his mail one more time, and there is a letter from his friend Peony Penguin, who lives in the Antarctica. She tells Santa not to come because something strange has been happening there. Birds are turning into icicles and dangling in the cold Antarctica sky. This has never happened before. She does not want Santa and the reindeer or Carlo the Official Reindeer Dog to end up like popsicles! But Santa has a plan that he shares with this pal Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Rudy, as Santa calls him, is afraid and is worried that this plan will not work and that they will get stuck in the sky forever and ever! After a long discussion, Rudy agrees with the plan, and Santa contacts his friend Diego, the famous pelican of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Diego will lead the caravan, as he can fly low to the ground, and he can signal to Rudy the weather conditions while the reindeer are pulling the sleigh with Santa and Carlo. Alongside Diego will be Zorbella, one of the goofy witches of Beigua, and her snow globe, Sophia, giving the latest weather forecasts; and zooming with them will be all the goofy witches of Beigua, their witch friends, and the banshees. Santa is hoping that one of the witches or banshees will figure out a magical potion to stop the freeze and allow Santa to bring presents to the animals and birds of the Antarctica. But Santa knows this is risky business, and he has never experienced such a situation, other than the usual bumpy sleigh rides and landings, including the numerous times the goofy witches, such as Florinda, who flies upside down, as well as the famous acrobatic pelican Diego nearly crashed into his sleigh! Will this plan work, or will they be all frozen in the Antarctic sky?
Diego and the Goofy Witches of Beigua is the author's response to two major topics: diversity and bullying. In her book, she weaves into the story these two themes. We are truly stronger by learning to respect and celebrate our diversity and addressing the topic of bullying and its resulting negative impact upon ones self-confidence. Bullying does not discriminate against age, race, gender, nor disability. It exists, unfortunately, everywhere and can do harm at any age. Donna Marie uses humor in finding solutions to these highly sensitive issues in todays landscape. The story is about the goofy, fun-loving witches of Beigua in Italy, who are faced with the cruel bullying of the banshees and have decided to leave their beloved homeland until Santa comes up with an ideahis good friend, a pelican named Diego from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, who likes to fly upside down. And oh! He likes to wear a sequined sombrero and catlike-framed purple sunglasses. He comes to the rescue, well, sort of! Diego must deliver six letters from Santa to six different continents to six witches of different cultures to help the goofy witches of Beigua solve their problem of being bullied. The goofy witches learn that they are stronger with their new witch friends by being culturally different than all being from the same place. Sometimes you get great ideas when you share your different ways of solving a problem and learn to work as a team to stop being bullied. The author welcomes all those who read this book to share their thoughts and ideas and welcomes everyone to the land of the goofy witches of Beigua!
Il Circolo is a reunion story, the rediscovery of family and roots. It's the real dolce vita, lived to the tune of "Italian Girls Just Want to Have Fun." If you like laughing, eating, and shopping, you're in for a romp of a read. Magnifico! --Mark Greenside, author of I'll Never Be French (No Matter What I Do
The Reindeer Dog is the authors gift to all children and adults who believe in the magic of Christmas and Santa Claus. The setting for the story is the North Pole and a little village in the Liguria region of Italy called Alpicella. Alpicella is the village where the authors grandfather, Nonno Antonio, was born. When she was a little girl, her nonno, Italian for grandfather, would tell her stories about his village. As a child she thought this village must be a magical place to live. In the story The Reindeer Dog, Santa is on his customary flight on Christmas Eve. He arrives on the rooftop of a home in Alpicella where he discovers a very special gift. This story wraps within it the history of Liguria, customs celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, and a touching story of an unexpected gift for Mrs. Claus. The author welcomes families from all different backgrounds to share and gather together to read her story of love.
Diego and the Goofy Witches of Beigua is the author's response to two major topics: diversity and bullying. In her book, she weaves into the story these two themes. We are truly stronger by learning to respect and celebrate our diversity and addressing the topic of bullying and its resulting negative impact upon ones self-confidence. Bullying does not discriminate against age, race, gender, nor disability. It exists, unfortunately, everywhere and can do harm at any age. Donna Marie uses humor in finding solutions to these highly sensitive issues in todays landscape. The story is about the goofy, fun-loving witches of Beigua in Italy, who are faced with the cruel bullying of the banshees and have decided to leave their beloved homeland until Santa comes up with an ideahis good friend, a pelican named Diego from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, who likes to fly upside down. And oh! He likes to wear a sequined sombrero and catlike-framed purple sunglasses. He comes to the rescue, well, sort of! Diego must deliver six letters from Santa to six different continents to six witches of different cultures to help the goofy witches of Beigua solve their problem of being bullied. The goofy witches learn that they are stronger with their new witch friends by being culturally different than all being from the same place. Sometimes you get great ideas when you share your different ways of solving a problem and learn to work as a team to stop being bullied. The author welcomes all those who read this book to share their thoughts and ideas and welcomes everyone to the land of the goofy witches of Beigua!
Santa and His Merry Companions. This book, Santa and His Merry Companions, completes the trilogy, beginning with The Reindeer Dog and then the book, Diego and the Goofy Witches of Beigua. This story, Santa and His Merry Companions, begins on Christmas Eve, when Santa and everyone at the North Pole are preparing for the big night to deliver presents around the world. Santa checks his mail one more time, and there is a letter from his friend Peony Penguin, who lives in the Antarctica. She tells Santa not to come because something strange has been happening there. Birds are turning into icicles and dangling in the cold Antarctica sky. This has never happened before. She does not want Santa and the reindeer or Carlo the Official Reindeer Dog to end up like popsicles! But Santa has a plan that he shares with this pal Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Rudy, as Santa calls him, is afraid and is worried that this plan will not work and that they will get stuck in the sky forever and ever! After a long discussion, Rudy agrees with the plan, and Santa contacts his friend Diego, the famous pelican of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Diego will lead the caravan, as he can fly low to the ground, and he can signal to Rudy the weather conditions while the reindeer are pulling the sleigh with Santa and Carlo. Alongside Diego will be Zorbella, one of the goofy witches of Beigua, and her snow globe, Sophia, giving the latest weather forecasts; and zooming with them will be all the goofy witches of Beigua, their witch friends, and the banshees. Santa is hoping that one of the witches or banshees will figure out a magical potion to stop the freeze and allow Santa to bring presents to the animals and birds of the Antarctica. But Santa knows this is risky business, and he has never experienced such a situation, other than the usual bumpy sleigh rides and landings, including the numerous times the goofy witches, such as Florinda, who flies upside down, as well as the famous acrobatic pelican Diego nearly crashed into his sleigh! Will this plan work, or will they be all frozen in the Antarctic sky?
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