Jennetta Younge

Jennetta Younge’s Followers (4)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Doubled...
655 books | 5,104 friends

Crystal
5,007 books | 391 friends

Allison
2,165 books | 140 friends

Fierce ...
1,267 books | 3,392 friends

Austin ...
696 books | 524 friends

W. Whalin
934 books | 7,596 friends

Candlew...
4,852 books | 3,339 friends

Kary
115 books | 930 friends

More friends…

Jennetta Younge

Goodreads Author


Twitter

Genre

Member Since
April 2014

URL


There was not much wildlife on the small Caribbean island where I grew up, neither in the big city, London, where I lived as a young woman. But my whole family got acquainted with wild animals when we moved into a large, older house in New Jersey. Three noisy baby raccoons had moved in with us - underneath our bathtub! Now a retired public elementary school teacher living in Southern California, I feel inspired to share my raccoon tales.

http://www.friesenpress.com/bookstore...
...more

The Power of a Picture-less Book

I have been a big fan of CBS Sunday Morning since I arrived in America in the late 1970’s. On February 21, 2016, I watched the feature on actor and writer B.J. Novak whom I have seen on TV shows. His description of his story, A Book without Pictures, immediately grabbed my attention. I felt, "At last, here is a writer who gets it!"

description

For more about the power of a picture-less book, read on here.

Until Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on August 18, 2016 11:47 Tags: author, b-j-novak, blogger, cbs-sunday-morning, illustrations
Average rating: 5.0 · 1 rating · 0 reviews · 1 distinct work
Sammy Ringtail's Adventure ...

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Canon EOS Rebel T...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Invent It, Sell I...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Sous Chef: 24 Hou...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Oscar Wilde
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

Mahatma Gandhi
“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Oscar Wilde
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything

188 Children's Books — 6913 members — last activity 6 hours, 24 min ago
From picture-books to juvenile fiction, award-winners to overlooked gems, the world of children's literature provides an endless supply of fabulous bo ...more
Comments (showing 1-2)    post a comment »
dateDown arrow    newest »

Jennetta Younge Thank you, Melinda. Yes, it has been very fascinating for me so far. It is a pleasure to connect here! - Jennetta Melinda wrote: "Thanks so much for the request. You sound as if you've had a fascinating life, and I can't wait to read your raccoon tales!"


Melinda Clayton Thanks so much for the request. You sound as if you've had a fascinating life, and I can't wait to read your raccoon tales!


back to top