Happy Book Birthday to What am I? Fruits! 🍰 My second children’s book turns one today, April 2nd. To celebrate, all of my books will be on sale (20% off) this month from this link: https://aerbook.com/store/author_john_benzee Use the coupon code LEMON when purchasing.
Here’s to another year of guessing fruits in fun, rhyming riddles, from sweet strawberries to tart cherries and all yummy fruits in-between.
Read an eBook Week, the first week in March, is a international promotion of eBooks and an effort to have people around the globe discover and try all types of eBooks. EBooks allow the easy access of literature, from poetry to novels to cookbooks to textbooks, with a simple tap of a finger or click of a button.
My poetry book, Tree Verse, is available on eBook on all devices, which is available from the below stores.
Many local libraries also offer downloads of eBooks. Check out the Libby app from OverDrive for more details.
Free eBooks are also available through Project Gutenberg, a collection of mainly classics and digitized works from around the world.
Happy exploring of all the digital books at your fingertips!
Christmas is a time for gift- giving and feasting, which often involve particular fruits. What fruits are associated with Christmas?
Oranges, clementines, and other citrus fruits are commonly found in Christmas stockings. There are several explanations of this tradition: 1). They represent gold (or bags of money) from St. Nicholas that he slipped in hanging stockings of those who needed it. 2). Before being easily found in grocery stores, oranges were a special treat since they were so rare. The bright, sweet fruit was a joy to eat in a cold, dark winter.
Plums, figs, or raisins are one of the key ingredients in figgy pudding or plum pudding. This Christmas dessert made with 13 ingredients represents Christ and the 12 apostles. Traditional figgy pudding was made just before Advent in preparation for Christmas on Stir-up Sunday, in which stirring in an east to west direction commemorated the travels of the Magi.
Apples were used as to decorate trees, particularly during Christmas Eve plays that included the story of Adam and Eve. Apples represented the biblical forbidden fruit. A shortage of apples may have lead to the creation of baubles or glass ornaments to hang on trees instead.
Dried fruit, including oranges, apples, raisins, cherries, and currants is a staple in many Christmas breads. Stollen and fruitcake use dried fruits as a major ingredient. When fruitcake was invented in the Middle Ages, dried fruits and sugar were expensive and were only used in large amounts for special occasions, such as Christmas.
Need some suggestions on fun and educational children’s books, pertaining to the topic of fruits and vegetables? Here’s a list of eight books following the fruit and vegetable theme.
All these books can be found by clicking on the pictures or by visiting a local bookstore.
Do you have any other fruit and vegetable book suggestions? Let me know in the comments below.
Holiday shopping is upon us and books make perfect gifts. What am I? Fruits, What am I? Vegetables, and Tree Verse are on sale via my online bookstore: https://aerbook.com/store/author_john_benzee. Use coupon code FRUITCAKE to get 15% off your order. (ends 12/23/2019)
Tree Verse eBook edition is also discounted 50% at all major online retailers: https://books2read.com/u/4j1rzo
Thank you for including indie authors on your shopping list.
I’m excited to announce that Tree Verse: A Collection of Tree Poems is now available from your favorite eBook platform. This includes Kindle, Nook, iBooks, and more. Follow the link to check it out: https://books2read.com/u/4j1rzo
Plus, a newly designed eBook cover to highlight the tree theme.
