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April 24, 2020
Honeycake: A Circle Of Trust
Book 4 Honeycake: A Circle Of Trust
Launch date May 1st 2020 🚀
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In the fourth installment of the delightful Honeycake series, Nala goes into her papa's office without permission and breaks his favourite mug. Nala panics and hides in her bedroom.
With the help of her parents, Nala learns a valuable lesson of trust and how to have an open and honest communication in a safe space.
Nala also learns that trust takes a long to build and can easily be destroyed in a split second!
With A Circle of Trust there is no beginning and no end, which signifies that your love for one another is endless and will last forever.
#PreOrder #BookLaunch #Childrensbook #IRMC #Honeycakebooks #Trust #Honesty #OpenCommunication #ParentingHoneycake: A Circle Of Trust
Launch date May 1st 2020 🚀
PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY 👇🏼
Amazon 🇨🇦
https://www.amazon.ca/Honeycake-Circl...
Amazon 🌎
https://www.amazon.com/Honeycake-Circ...
In the fourth installment of the delightful Honeycake series, Nala goes into her papa's office without permission and breaks his favourite mug. Nala panics and hides in her bedroom.
With the help of her parents, Nala learns a valuable lesson of trust and how to have an open and honest communication in a safe space.
Nala also learns that trust takes a long to build and can easily be destroyed in a split second!
With A Circle of Trust there is no beginning and no end, which signifies that your love for one another is endless and will last forever.
#PreOrder #BookLaunch #Childrensbook #IRMC #Honeycakebooks #Trust #Honesty #OpenCommunication #ParentingHoneycake: A Circle Of Trust
September 2, 2019
Gold Star Award
Thank you LiteraryTitan for bestowing me this honour of being an #AwardWinning #Author for both of my books in the #HoneycakeBooks Series 🙏🏻💖 Honoured to be included among such talented #Writers
Literary Titan Book Awards September 2019
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Literary Titan Book Awards September 2019
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August 26, 2019
Editorial Review By: Literary Titan for “Help I Swallowed A Butterfly”
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“Nala is nervous. In fact, she’s more than a little nervous. When she is asked to read in front of her elementary classroom, she feels a stirring from within. As her teacher explains that she has butterflies in her stomach, Nala begins to picture a literal tangle of butterflies she must have swallowed by accident, and her misunderstanding continues to blossom before she can arrive at home and be set straight by her mother. Honeycake: Help, I Swallowed a Butterfly, by Medea Kalantar, is a precious account of one little girl’s misunderstanding of the idiom, “butterflies in your stomach.”
From beginning to end, Kalantar takes young readers on a journey to understanding the ways this simple phrase can be literally defined and how it relates to nervousness and apprehension. Through young Nala’s conversation with her mother, readers hear the explanation of the idiom and are given breathing techniques for reducing nervousness as Nala’s mother helps her plan for the next time she is faced with anxiety. As an elementary teacher, I can see Honeycake: Help, I Swallowed a Butterfly being used a couple different ways. Figurative language is a huge part of our third grade curriculum, and this is the perfect piece of literature to use in introducing it to students. In addition, I can see Honeycake: Help, I Swallowed a Butterfly as an important tool in an elementary guidance program. The techniques for calming oneself are more than helpful for young students as they face the stresses of everyday life.
Medea Kalantar has succeeded in providing young readers with yet another touching story revolving around Nala and her loving family. The educational value of each of Kalantar’s Honeycake books is unrivaled. Kalantar carefully crafts her stories to touch readers of all walks of life and always includes valuable life lessons for both children and adults.”
Literary Titan
“Nala is nervous. In fact, she’s more than a little nervous. When she is asked to read in front of her elementary classroom, she feels a stirring from within. As her teacher explains that she has butterflies in her stomach, Nala begins to picture a literal tangle of butterflies she must have swallowed by accident, and her misunderstanding continues to blossom before she can arrive at home and be set straight by her mother. Honeycake: Help, I Swallowed a Butterfly, by Medea Kalantar, is a precious account of one little girl’s misunderstanding of the idiom, “butterflies in your stomach.”
From beginning to end, Kalantar takes young readers on a journey to understanding the ways this simple phrase can be literally defined and how it relates to nervousness and apprehension. Through young Nala’s conversation with her mother, readers hear the explanation of the idiom and are given breathing techniques for reducing nervousness as Nala’s mother helps her plan for the next time she is faced with anxiety. As an elementary teacher, I can see Honeycake: Help, I Swallowed a Butterfly being used a couple different ways. Figurative language is a huge part of our third grade curriculum, and this is the perfect piece of literature to use in introducing it to students. In addition, I can see Honeycake: Help, I Swallowed a Butterfly as an important tool in an elementary guidance program. The techniques for calming oneself are more than helpful for young students as they face the stresses of everyday life.
Medea Kalantar has succeeded in providing young readers with yet another touching story revolving around Nala and her loving family. The educational value of each of Kalantar’s Honeycake books is unrivaled. Kalantar carefully crafts her stories to touch readers of all walks of life and always includes valuable life lessons for both children and adults.”
Literary Titan
August 8, 2019
Book Review By: The Amazing Kreskin
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“Would you like a very special experience which you’ll find eager to share with young folks in your family or life? It is a new book called: Honeycake “Help I Swallowed A Butterfuly!” The author is Medea Kalantar and I have to tell you I was absolutely enchanted. The book is simply written so it can be shared with a youngster but the drawings in it, the artwork is absolutely a delight. As I walk into bookstores today I see more evidence of how artwork is finding its way into pages of novels and becoming more appealing of people of all ages. Well, Honeycake is going to be very useful. When you read it you will be taught a technique that you can share with your youngsters dealing with releasing tension in one’s body as well as practicing strong positive thinking and the combination with this delightfully simple story makes it an enchanting message to be shared with a youngster. It’s very rare that you find a book on positive thinking that can be enjoyed by youngsters of all ages, and Honeycake fills that role and need beautifully.”
By: The Amazing Kreskin
“Would you like a very special experience which you’ll find eager to share with young folks in your family or life? It is a new book called: Honeycake “Help I Swallowed A Butterfuly!” The author is Medea Kalantar and I have to tell you I was absolutely enchanted. The book is simply written so it can be shared with a youngster but the drawings in it, the artwork is absolutely a delight. As I walk into bookstores today I see more evidence of how artwork is finding its way into pages of novels and becoming more appealing of people of all ages. Well, Honeycake is going to be very useful. When you read it you will be taught a technique that you can share with your youngsters dealing with releasing tension in one’s body as well as practicing strong positive thinking and the combination with this delightfully simple story makes it an enchanting message to be shared with a youngster. It’s very rare that you find a book on positive thinking that can be enjoyed by youngsters of all ages, and Honeycake fills that role and need beautifully.”
By: The Amazing Kreskin
August 7, 2019
Editorial Book Review for A Family Of Spices
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"Nala's grandma is one smart cookie. She is determined for her granddaughter to know exactly how special she is. She has a unique way of explaining to Nala that she is a blend of all of her parents' and grandparents' heritages. When Nala stops by for a visit with her grandma, the two of them set about making her family's famous honeycake. Nala, ever curious, asks her grandma why her pet name is "Honeycake," and the story begins.
Medea Kalantar's Honeycake: A Family of Spices gives young readers a fantastic story with which to relate. Nala, the story's main character visits with her grandmother and hears from her exactly how special her family's background is. As her grandmother proceeds to bake with Nala, she explains in detail the ancestry of each side of Nala's family and how the two families blend together to make unique individuals.
It is quite uncommon to find stories explaining heritage to children of elementary age, and Kalantar has certainly delivered a memorable story. When Nala's grandmother relates cultural diversity to the many spices and ingredients required to make her honeycake, young readers are handed a scenario that is easy to follow and is presented in a manner that has been carefully crafted to demonstrate to readers the way in which they, too, are extraordinary.
Perhaps the most important aspect of Kalantar's writing is her comment on the human race. The author is careful to emphasize that no matter one's ancestry, we are all part of one race. This is a message seldom seen in books for young readers and is quite refreshing.
As an elementary teacher, I highly recommend Honeycake: A Family of Spices to anyone looking to teach or emphasize the appreciation of diversity to young readers."
Literary Titan
"Nala's grandma is one smart cookie. She is determined for her granddaughter to know exactly how special she is. She has a unique way of explaining to Nala that she is a blend of all of her parents' and grandparents' heritages. When Nala stops by for a visit with her grandma, the two of them set about making her family's famous honeycake. Nala, ever curious, asks her grandma why her pet name is "Honeycake," and the story begins.
Medea Kalantar's Honeycake: A Family of Spices gives young readers a fantastic story with which to relate. Nala, the story's main character visits with her grandmother and hears from her exactly how special her family's background is. As her grandmother proceeds to bake with Nala, she explains in detail the ancestry of each side of Nala's family and how the two families blend together to make unique individuals.
It is quite uncommon to find stories explaining heritage to children of elementary age, and Kalantar has certainly delivered a memorable story. When Nala's grandmother relates cultural diversity to the many spices and ingredients required to make her honeycake, young readers are handed a scenario that is easy to follow and is presented in a manner that has been carefully crafted to demonstrate to readers the way in which they, too, are extraordinary.
Perhaps the most important aspect of Kalantar's writing is her comment on the human race. The author is careful to emphasize that no matter one's ancestry, we are all part of one race. This is a message seldom seen in books for young readers and is quite refreshing.
As an elementary teacher, I highly recommend Honeycake: A Family of Spices to anyone looking to teach or emphasize the appreciation of diversity to young readers."
Literary Titan
