JOAN MARSH

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Joan Marsh is a member of the '81 Club of Kansas City, Missouri, which was formed in 1881 for the purpose of presenting scholarly papers to the membership, avoiding the forbidden topics of the Civil War, politics and religion. The intimate look at the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, is the first in a series of '81 Club papers spotlighting such stars as Margaret Queen of Scotland, The Amber Room of the Catherine Palace, Madame Curie, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Nora Ephron, Isabella Stewart Gardner, David Douglas Duncan, Robert Edsel, which will eventually total a body of work of 25 titles, better known as the THRILLING READING LIVING VICARIOUSLY Series. JOAN'S THRILLING READING LIVING VICARIOUSLY Series WEBSITE http://www.ebooksbyjoanmarsh.com/ FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THRILLING READING LIVING VICARIOUSLY Series http://www.facebook.com/people/Joan-K-Marsh/100011486057355 FACEBOOK PAGE FOR BUSINESS http://www.Business.facebook.com JOAN'S AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE https://www.amazon.com/author/joanmarsh http://www.amazon.com/JOAN-MARSH/e/B014JCUH3Y JOAN'S EBOOKS FOR CHILDREN WEBSITE http://www.childrensebooksbyjoan.com/ TINY AMAZON LINKS TO THE THRILLING READING LIVING VICARIOUSLY SERIES POETRY REVISITED EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY (Volume 1) http://tinyurl.com/qcnqk77 ASIN: B0143UTP2Q THE SEARCH FOR FOREVER AMBER( Volume 2) http://tinyurl.com/hxccxtf ASIN: B014LRVMX6 MARGARET QUEEN OF SCOTLAND (Volume 3) http://tinyurl.com/qzf9hgk ASIN: B014V0MJGC SAYING GOOD BYE TO NORA EPHRON (Volume 4) http://tinyurl.com/q5kfauv ASIN: B015LFRP4C THE PEACOCK ROOM and WHISTLER'S MOTHER (Volume 5) http://tinyurl.com/oyavyrr ASIN: B017V4XSBU DISCOVERING ALVIN A Man of Mark and Mystery (Volume 6) http://tinyurl.com/h5c3px7 ASIN: B018PN1V6U THE LAST EMPRESS MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK (Volume 7) ASIN: B01IKWLPA8 DAVID DUGLAS DUNCAN PHOTOGRAPHER EXTRAORDINAIRE (Volume 8) ASIN: B01IUNNRG2 MADAME CURIE as REIMAGINED BY LAUREN REDNISS (Volume 9) ASIN: B01K5Z0XXI ROBERT EDSEL and THE MONUMENTS MEN (Volume 10) ASIN: B0722RPJSQ SAYING HELLO TO JOAN DIDION (Volume 11) ASIN: B07BCS41XF THE FLYING LIFE Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden and the launching of THADEN SCHOOL (Volume 12) ASIN: B07C9VQQV9 MARGARET'S GARDEN A Personal Memoir (Volume 13) ASIN: B07C6M3234 MEETING CLARA BARTON Miss American Red Cross (Volume 14) ASIN: B07SCVKH3D ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER and Her Museum (Volume 15) ASIN: B081K95X8P ALAN REID MARSH A Renaissance Man for the 21st Century (Volume 16) ASIN: B08468GNKS If 25 is the magic number for publications by Joan Marsh, then please skip to the bottom for a complete listing of the 25 exquisite children's books that form the nucleus of her life's work as a publisher. All these books are part of the amazon family complete with amazon links. Joan attended the University of Missouri and holds a B.A. from Texas Tech University. Her major was English, and as night follows the day, led to her 43 year career in publishing education programs for children. Joan and Alan Marsh founded MarshFilm Enterprises, Inc. dba MarshMedia in 1969. The Marshes live in Kansas City, Missouri, where they raised their two sons. Those sons and their families, including eight grandchildren, who live all over the world, were the inspiration for many of the children's stories. AMAZON LINKS TO 25 PICTURE eBOOKS FOR CHILDREN These ebooks form a series of luminously illustrated children's stories, each with a timeless animal protagonist, a compelling geographic location, an important multicultural life skills message. Each serious lesson is embedded in an exciting colorful adventurous story. The stories are cleverly and skillfully written by published authors with a high level of literary talent and wit. They have been edited and proofed and re-proofed to the most exacting standards of accuracy in grammar, punctuation and fact checking. They have been reviewed...pre-publication...by teachers and librarians for relevance and the power of the message. ALOHA POTTER! http://amzn.com/B008LZ8JH2 "You get the idea, don't you? 'Alakuma liked to tease Potter. That might have been okay, but the things 'Alakuma said made Potter feel sort of ... bad. Bad about his size. Bad about his name. Bad about everything." AMAZING MALLIKA http://amzn.com/B008C9K7OK "Amazingly, marching had made Mallika feel better. Her anger had melted. 'I'll never get so angry again,' she promised. 'No matter what!' But that was before the langur monkeys laughed at her." BAILEY'S BIRTHDAY http://amzn.com/B0083LLTHQ "Early the next morning, a loud CLANG! from the street below woke him. Bailey sprang to the window. 'They're delivering my presents!' he said. But all he saw were garbage collectors emptying garbage cans into their big truck. 'Haven't been good enough yet,' he decided." BASTET http://amzn.com/B0083V6AGQ "But Bastet did not follow. She stopped outside the door. She sat. She thought. She remembered everything she and Sabah had heard about Tutankhamun's mask. The dazzling gold! The ebony eyes! The jeweled cobra! The brilliant inlays of lapis-lazuli and quartz and obsidian! And in her mind's eye she saw, staring up at Tutankhamun, two scrawny cats, one golden and one spotted. That was her dream, after all. Not just to see the mask, but to see it with Sabah. Together. How disloyal she had been to Sabah!" BEA'S OWN GOOD http://amzn.com/B0081VMGDC "When I awoke, I found myself in the bottom of Cati's bicycle basket. I crawled to the top to see what I could see. I was back in the bee-master's garden, and there was my hive only a few feet away! Even so, I was so cold that I could not fly to the hive. Suddenly there was the bee-master himself looking down on me. 'I will help you, my little friend,' he said." CLARISSA http://amzn.com/ B008WX9TOA "Fiona and Tessy were always pushing Clarissa around. They nudged her away from the sweet patches of clover she found. They crowded her from the shade of the old oak tree. They shoved ahead of her at the feeding trough. But Clarissa never complained. It seemed to her that you had to be big and bossy like Fiona or beautiful like Tessy to get what you wanted. And she was neither. Clarissa was just a plain brown cow." EMILY BREAKS FREE http://amzn.com/B0085RPUF0 "Emily looked at Cotton's stricken face and then at Spike's expectant one. She gobbled the biscuit down, but it didn't taste as good as she had thought it would. 'I declare!' cried Cotton. 'I do believe the dogs in this town are the meanest ol' dogs I have ever had the misfortune to encounter!'" FEATHERS AT LAS FLORES http://amzn.com/B008FRH7HY "Then, who should show up but Julio himself. 'What's going on here?' he asks. 'Maybe you should ask Feathers,' says Angela. Everyone's eyes turn on me. I mean, I've learned my lesson. And I'm hoping everybody else has too. What am I supposed to say? Then it comes to me. 'HAVA CUPPA COFFEE!' I squawk as loud as I can. It seems the only safe thing to say. Know what I mean?" FOLLOWING ISABELLA http://amzn.com/B008257QNE "Then Isabella saw it - smoke boiling up from over the hill. A wildfire raged, sparked by the lightning. Without thinking, Isabella called out, 'Don't run! Follow me!' She turned to Pedro with panic in her eyes. Which way? 'Isabella,' he said, 'you must find the way home!' She thought quickly... Oh, what if she chose the wrong way?" GUMBO GOES DOWNTOWN http://amzn.com/B008HK4KH4 "I fell asleep thinking about the dog with no home and thinking about my home and wondering if this might be the night an intruder came, with no watchdog there to warn Gus." HANA'S YEAR http://amzn.com/B008CXAPKW "How grateful Kenji and his grandmother were that Hana had saved the kimono cloth. Hana would always remember that day - how grandmother patted the top of her head and how Kenji bowed to her once again. 'O-saru-sama,' he said. 'Very honorable monkey.'" INGER'S PROMISE http://amzn.com/B008IVMGQ4 "For the rest of the festival week, Inger was too embarrassed to talk to anyone. Every whisper, every giggle, every sideways glance - Inger was sure they were all aimed at him. How would he ever make up for the wedding-day disaster?" JACKSON'S PLAN http://amzn.com/B008CRBAUM "It hadn't been easy, but Jackson had stuck to his plan, and he had succeeded. He grinned a long froggy grin and returned to his dreams of dragonflies and beetles." JOMO AND MATA http://amzn.com/B008HLK1O4 "An hour later, Jomo woke with a start. He caught a sharp scent that made his skin prickle. He raised his trunk in the air. Jomo was sure he could smell a lion nearby. Then he saw two gold eyes peering at him from the brush!" KIKI AND THE CUCKOO http://amzn.com/B008CADSUY "Suddenly the small door opened and someone was pulling Kiki gently out of the box. A woman said, 'How did a bird get caught in our cuckoo clock?' A girl stood beside her. 'It's a meadowlark,' the woman said, holding Kiki in her gloved hand. 'Let me see,' whispered the girl. 'Oh,' she sighed, 'are they all as pretty?" 'No,' thought Kiki." KYLIE'S CONCERT http://amzn.com/B008DY0M8A "As Kylie traveled along, the way grew strange and mysterious." LUDMILA'S WAY http://amzn.com/B008679S5W "My dear Babushkas," said Ludmila. "Our Pavel has had only bits of grass and a few bugs to eat today. Won't you share?" "Nyet," they said. "Babushkas, might this not be a chance for a new beginning? We could put the old way behind us! We could share and share alike! That is the best way, don't you agree? Pavel? Babushkas?" "Da!" said hungry Pavel, nodding hopefully at the Babushkas. MOLLY'S MAGIC http://amzn.com/B008GESVVW "'I can't believe we're so busy,' Mrs. O'Malley said. 'It's like magic!' 'Such a clever sign!' said a visitor. 'Why, that pig of yours is irresistible! I had to come and see your farm, and I'm glad I did. This tea is delicious!' 'Pig?' said Mrs. O'Malley, looking towards the sty. 'What pig?'" PAPA PICCOLO http://amzn.com/B008J9X1JG "When nighttime came to the canals and narrow streets of Venice and almost everyone went inside and turned on the lights, Piccolo went out. The dark was full of possibilities. Who knew what Piccolo might find inside that open window? Perhaps a shiny trinket, a dish of cream, or a pretty yellow canary? PEQUENA THE BURRO http://amzn.com/B008HLK4PK "From somewhere in the crowd, Pequena thought she heard a familiar voice. 'There is no such thing as only a burro.' 'Just a little more' - Senora Alvarez called. Pequena pressed on. The heat from the sun and the heat from the effort were nearly suffocating. And then Pequena felt the rope suddenly go slack." PLATO'S JOURNEY http://amzn.com/B0088TQZZE In this age of white lies and casual deceptions, Plato's story will make readers of all ages value the simple truth. STANLEY'S "THIS IS THE LIFE!" http://amzn.com/B008D6Q2J6 "All day Stanley hid beneath a bridge. The early summer breeze smelled of lupines and clover. A grasshopper jumped from a dandelion onto Stanley's nose. Lying in the cool shade, Stanley thought about home. Then his nose twitched. I know that smell, Stanley thought. Popcorn! He could almost taste the butter and salt." TESSA ON HER OWN http://amzn.com/B008EEQ1AC "At first, Tessa could barely catch enough to keep herself from starving, but in time, she became an excellent hunter. Tessa felt proud to be a fox. 'Nobody can call me lazy now!' she said, carefully grooming her full russet tail." THANK YOU, MEILING http://amzn.com/B008HLK5VI "Song Hai's friend Go Ming runs to sit beside him. I see a wistful look flicker across Song Hai's face. He places his bun back on its wrapping, then tears it in half. 'Here Go Ming,' he says. 'Please share my snack. It's too much for me to eat alone.'" TOAD IN TOWN http://amzn.com/B008257T72 "When toad awoke it was nearly dark. He rustled out of his leafy bed. Bright lights loomed up and rushed by with a roar. Then more. And more. 'Where AM I?' he cried. 'And how will I ever get back home?' All that night toad stayed in the dark, always looking for a familiar landmark, sniffing the air for the smell of the meadow, listening for the sound of the brook . The next day and night were the same. And the next. There finally came a night when toad knew that his world had changed forever. Toad would have to make himself a new home in this new world."