"Seasons Of Emotions" Poetry by Elizabeth E. Castillo

Elizabeth C. Castillo

We've been gone over the holidays, but "Book Talk" is kicking off 2013 with author, poet, Elizabeth E. Castillo. Her poetry book "Seasons of Emotions" was released this month. She is co-author to more than 20 international anthologies. Castillo  is a professional feature writer, journalist, blogger, and poet from the Philippines. She believes her mission here on Earth is to touch lives through her pen pushing.

Welcome Elizabeth!

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"Seasons of Emotions" is a collection of poetry depicting a roller coaster ride of various emotions just like the changing seasons.

Published January 6, 2013

69 pages, soft cover

What those who have read the book are saying:

"Her poetry touches all those who read, a must have!"

"AWESOME ....5 STARS ***** "

"A book of poetry about the "seasons" of our lives. It's an emotional ride that Elizabeth Castillo takes us on. A wonderful read!"

About the author:

Elizabeth E. Castillo has been featured in 20+ international poetry/prose anthologies in the USA and UK. She won the Best of 2012 Poems free book publication contest by Destiny to Write Publications, which has paved the way for her to have her own book, "Seasons of Emotions".

She is a columnist at Winning Strategies Magazine, an international publication, and was featured in an interview, and on their cover, after winning the contest.

Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo was the eldest among 3 children born to Elisa E. Castillo and the late Roberto N. Castillo from the tropical paradise, Philippines in Asia. A graduate of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, major in Management at the Philippine School of Business Administration, Philippines and another course in Computer Programming at Systems Technology Institute, Philippines.

Her poems were first published in Blue Collar Magazine by the Don Bosco Technical Institute during the 1990s. By the year 2005, at a local community newspaper Antipolo Star, she was given an opportunity to exhibit her writing ability as a news reporter and was also hired as a Feature Writer at the former Meralco Management and Leadership Development Center (MMLDC), now First Pacific Leadership Academy’s (FLPA) quarterly corporate magazine. Read more about the author on her Goodreads Author page.

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Helen Ross "10 Yellow Bananas"

10 Yellow Bananas
Written by Helen Ross

Published  by Little Steps Publishing (Division of New Frontier) Released 2010.

Illustrations by Dee Texidor

AboutThe Book:

Excerpt from review by Megan Blandford on Kids Book Review.

 "Ten yellow bananas, clutching teddy bears, race through the doorway, then nine sleepy pears..." So begins the story of ten different fruits involved in a frantic, crazy chase. Led by the ten yellow bananas who stole the nine pears' teddy bears, we follow them as they gather lemons, apples, cherries, pineapples, kiwi fruit, grapes, watermelons and one little berry. But watch out for the near-disaster at the end!


With Helen Ross' signature of laugh-out-loud, clever rhymes, this book takes children on a reverse-counting escapade that should come with a warning: kids will want it read to them over and over and over again. The other beauty of the story is the educational aspect. Young children will love naming the different fruits, and as they grow older they will recognise the colours and then begin counting with you.

The cover is completely irresistible to any child, with its bright colours and beautifully expressive fruit faces. And this follows right through the book, adding to the charm of the rhyme and the pace and fun of the adventure.  






Helen Ross

Why I wrote it:

The first run of verses tumbled into my head in 1993. At the time, I was a secretary and was answering a client’s phone call when the bananas charged into my brain followed by some pears singing a giggly rhyme.

After 13 years of sitting in my ‘ideas’ box, alongside other poems, I decided to self publish Ten Yellow Bananas (note original title) as I felt this story would appeal to young children. Sales of this 2006 published book were great but I knew it needed more commercial appeal/a peel – pardon the pun.  Literally hundreds of rewrites were carried out as part of Dr Virginia Lowe’s writing for children e-course.

As I wanted to keep my rights, I forwarded my manuscript to Little Steps Publishing, whereupon they offered me a partnership publishing contract.



Read about the book, learn more about Helen Ross, and illustrator Dee Texidor on 10 Yellow Bananas Cyber Launch.

   

What you may not know about me:

At home, I sometimes wear a silly pink wig – for fun!



More about Helen:


Helen Ross is an Australian published children's author, an award winning children’s poet, freelance writer-photographer, and blogger. She lives in Brisbane with her husband and their beloved pets.

 



Also by Helen Ross


To read more about Helen check out her website and blog Helen Ross writes.

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