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- April 1, 2008: Colds and Flu Flee from Old Eastern European Herbal Remedies
- July 27, 2007: Grape Facts and Lore Lead to Books for 4 - 94
- Initial Press Release for Grapette, The Runaway Who Rolled Away:
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Aurora Publishers supports public television
and the PBS Auctions and Sweepstakes 2008!
We donated copies of our nonfiction book Mama's Home Remedies: Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health and the Pleasure of Natural Living and children's picture book Grapette, the Runaway Who Rolled Away: A Timeless Tale of Love and Family, A Child Discovering the World to thirty-six PBS Television stations around the country for this year's Auctions. We are proud to be able to help PBS to raise money to improve their educational, parenting and children's programs, and also inspire and motivate other public television supporters.
Aurora Publishers Invites Story Submissions
for The Fine Art of Hosting House Guests
For our upcoming release, The Fine Art of Hosting House Guests, we invite readers to submit stories - both good and bad - relating their experiences with house guests. Visit this page for details on this release and the contest.
Reviews for Grapette, The Runaway Who Rolled Away:
From Children of a New Earth Magazine (April '08 Reviews & Recommendations):
“Children 4-8 and their parents will be mesmerized by this unique tale of love and family. This story and the engaging colorful illustrations are infused with the charm of the California wine country.” - Read Review
From Tatiana Fabergé, author The Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs, and great-granddaughter of Carl Gustavovich Fabergé, legendary jeweler and designer to the Russian Imperial Court:
“I am sure this book, with its inspirational story and whimsical fine art illustrations, will warm the hearts of all the little children who read it or have it read to them.”
From ForeWord Magazine:
“Grapette, the Runaway Who Rolled Away is a delightful book for children ages 3 and up – just the type of book that parents will enjoy reading to their young children.”
More Reviews:
“The book is terrific and I know the children will love it. The story is so clever and charming, and the illustrations are fabulous. I wish you the best of luck and success with them.” - Linda Janger, Los Angeles, California
“Cute for kids of wine-focused parents.” - Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Special Best of Year Issue, December 31, 2007, Gift Guide, Holiday Bookshelf, page 26
“An enchanting story.” - Awareness magazine, Kids' Reviews
“A gentle, whimsically illustrated story with a strong underlying warning against running away and making parents worry.” - Entrepreneur.com's Children's Bookwatch, December 2007
“A heartwarming moral and tale of love and family.” - Families First Monthly
“The most positive characteristics of this book is the message: Grapette discovered that being home was the best place of all. The illustrations are great with intense colors and whimsical characters. The characters are fun... We liked being transported into a grape vineyard, a place we have never been before, and surrounded by nature throughout the story.”- Jeanne Murphy, Evanston, IL
“A classic for generations to come. A delightful children's book, sure to appeal to all ages with its timeless tale and wonderful illustrations!!” - Raynette Bryan, Boca Raton, Florida
Praise for Mama's Home Remedies:
“Packed with nearly 800 remedies and recipes, motivational mottoes, inspirational advice and useful tips, this book provides centuries of healthy wisdom from the personal observations, experiences and life philosophies of several generations of women in one family....” Click here to view the full review as seen in the magazine.
Balance magazine, Winter 2008 issue,
Volume 9, Number 1, page 66“Mama’s Home Remedies: Discover Time-Tested Secrets of Good Health and the Pleasures of Natural Living is a tribute to the old wives’ wisdom that transcends modernity. It will inspire you to reach for your vegetable pantry before you head for the pharmacy. ... As we speed along in our rapid-fire lifestyles, we’re lucky to have Ms. Konnikova’s immense knowledge wrapped in Mama’s Home Remedies’ 314 pages. The next time I’m faced with a health challenge, I will seek a gentler solution straight from Mother Nature, and my mom-in-law's soup pot for they are the world’s first and only true healer.” (Click here to read the entire review!)
Christine Hohlbaum, Mama's Musings blog
“The suggestions in this volume bring fruitful advice and invaluable worth. Most people have forgotten that the simple things are at the center of soulful nurturing and this health publication is an exemplary model of such authentic knowledge. This book offers us an outline of happiness and health. Everyone will benefit from these jewels of understanding and I am sure that you will be as rewarded as I was after embracing many of these natural prescriptions.”
Anna Maria Clement, NMD, PhD, codirector and chief health administrator of Hippocrates Health Institute
“I thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Dialogue with the Trees of Strength and Everlasting Life' in Mama’s Home Remedies. Svetlana Konnikova fills this delightful essay on the importance of trees in our lives with fascinating legends, appealing real-life personal and family stories, poetry, home remedies, interesting nature facts and motivating aphorisms. She even includes a chart of the Trees of Life; mine is the walnut, the tree of passion and power. Her descriptions of scenery paint colorful pictures that make me want to go to the places she portrays. I am proud that she quotes from my grandfather Joyce Kilmer’s poem, 'Trees'. I hope that her work will help to instill a deeper reverence for the environment in readers everywhere.”
Miriam A. Kilmer, artist and granddaughter of poet
Joyce Kilmer, author of “Trees”
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