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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
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
