Thinking About Thinking is a literary endeavor by Thomas Christ to inform, educate, and bridge the clashing ideological trench in the United States.
Thomas Christ commits to a theoretical exploration that serves as both a political and social commentary – a mission to untangle the intricate web of ideologies that have driven American politics.
The twelve comprehensive sections of this work provide explicit responses to ideological polarization. Beginning with an exploration of interweaving technological, social, economic, and political constituents, Thinking About Thinking offers a theory of ideology in early twenty-first-century American politics. Drawing on Karl Marx’s core concepts, Christ offers an in-depth breakdown of how these constituents interact to have a substantial impact on society.
As the work further ventures into the intricate terrain of ideologies, a profound effort unfolds to discover their elusive origins. Demonstrating technology as a powerful catalyst for change, it explores the concept of “cultural lag” – the challenge cultural norms face in keeping up with technological advancements.
By disassembling the myriad forces that mold one’s convictions, Christ unveils the processes of belief generation, propagation, and assimilation. This leads to a profound quest into the realm of human psychology, to find the incentives that drive individuals to embrace broader ideas.
The next discussion focuses on ideologies as symbols of affiliation, examining two opposing worldviews in American culture: the Yeomanry (traditionalists) and the Cognoscenti (intellectuals). Following sections delve into the time of Donald Trump’s administration and its connection to the Yeomanry, revealing a nuanced view of the ideological shift in modern America.
Presenting a roadmap for overcoming ideological divides and promoting a reasonable, evidence-based approach to sensitive matters, the final section of this work is dedicated to discussing strategies to bridge this ideological rift.
In its presentation of ideas, Thinking About Thinking displays a graceful unity of coherence and clarity. The concepts it details are succinctly described, easily digestible despite their complexity.
A thoughtful perspective emerges, drawing from historical context and our own time’s challenges. Thinking About Thinking serves as a comprehensive resource for intellectual and sociopolitical dialogue. It encourages analytical thought and facilitates a thorough understanding of America’s ideological situation.
This venture into the convoluted realm of American political beliefs encourages empathy and understanding across ideological lines, empowering readers with a profound understanding of contemporary American politics. Thinking About Thinking is a call to action – a road map for a more united and peaceful America.
Ellen Jordan, who served in the WACs during World War II, was born on October 25, 1922.
Beloved Aunt Ellen Jordan
Ellen Jordan was my aunt. She never had children of her own, but looked after her nieces and nephews as if they were her own. I still have a doll that was handmade by her for a Christmas gift. As a little girl and then later as a teen-age girl, she helped me, many a time, to sew dresses, along with showing me how to crochet and knit.
She was also instrumental in helping to raise her nephew, Billie Wayne Flynn, who graduated from West Point Academy and was killed in Viet Nam January 23, 1967.
Ellen took care of four of her younger siblings until she enlisted at the age of 22. My mother and her twin sister were fourteen-years-old (the youngest of the siblings) when Ellen enlisted.
Ellen Jordan enlisted in the Army in 1944 at the local U.S. Post Office where the local Army recruiting office was located. She attended basic training at Fort Oglethorpe and served in the Medical Corp while stationed at Camp Wolter, Texas in the Hospital Unit. She had on-the-job training on how to run the ICU unit, assist with operations and take care of the wounded soldiers. Since there was a shortage of medical supplies, the staff had to improvise on how to care for the patients, including constructing oxygen tents and setting up a patient ward on enclosed porches. After the war, she remained in Texas and continued to take care of the wounded at the clinic.
She eventually moved back to Greensboro, NC, to take care of her parents.
To listen to this oral history segment, please click on the link above. Hearing her voice in the interview opened a floodgate of memories about her. Ellen was truly an adventuresome soul.
Ellen Jordan (1st row, 3rd from left) and other WACs pose beside a structure at Camp Wolters, Texas, circa 1944. In front of the women are five puppies. The women were allowed to keep pets at this base.More than 150,000 WACs (Women’s Army Corp) served during WWII. The WAC was founded due to Representative Edith Nourse Rogers (MA). Rogers had witnessed first-hand the contributions women made in WWI. The WACs was formed in 1943 transitioning from an auxiliary branch of the Army (no life insurance, overseas pay, or death benefits) the WAACs to the WACs. WACs now receive equal rank, pay, and benefits equal to their male counterparts.
Ellen passed away in Greensboro, North Carolina at the age of 95. Two days before her “little sister,” my mother, Antha Mae Pace, who was 87-years-old when she passed away on May 26, 2017 in Bellingham, Wash.
My first cousin, Billy Wayne Flynn, at West Point Academy. He was killed in Vietnam January 23, 1967.
Veterans Day: A celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good, and to protect our democracy.
As an annual tradition here at Chanticleer Reviews on Veterans Day, we are suggesting these titles from among our reviews of authors who are Veterans.
But before we recognize these outstanding works, let us take a minute to review these statistics about those who have served our country.
Writing is known to be a “transformative therapy’ for veterans haunted by their experiences. “The Red Badge Project encourages Wounded Warriors to rediscover their personal voice and realize the value of their experiences and emotions.”
“RBP partners with Vet Centers and allows Veterans of all ages to take advantage of the Red Badge Project’s program while providing a link between veterans of multiple generations.” Here is a link to a Seattle Times article by Nicole Brodeur that was published on November 11, 2019, that is about the Red Badge Project.
Using the creative process of storytelling, Wounded Warriors begin to rebuild their individual sense of purpose and unique individuality.
For Wounded Warriors struggling to heal the invisible wounds of PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression, believing in the value of their story and finding the means to communicate it to family, friends, and community is a struggle of heroic proportions. Tom Skerritt is a founder and is part of the Red Badge Project faculty.
We here at Chanticleer Reviews have had the honor of reviewing top novels and narrative non-fiction written by outstanding authors whose stories enlighten, remind, empathize, and creates a better understanding with those who have served in the armed forces.
Read on to see excerpts from our reviews:
NO TOUGHER DUTY, NO GREATER HONOR
By GySgt L. Christian Bussler
First Place in Journey Awards
From a family with a long history of military service dating back to the civil war, GySgt L. Christian Bussler brings to life his experience as a Mortuary Affairs marine and sheds light on a duty that few ever talk about. He is called to duty for his first of three tours in Iraq in February of 2003 after spending many years training as a reservist.
This fear becomes reality when he narrowly escapes an IED blast with his life. Afterward, Bussler wrestles with the guilt of going back home injured, leaving his team behind to fight without him. The final and longest section ofNo Tougher Duty, No Greater Honormirrors the length of the final and longest tour from 2005-2006. This tour especially proves to be the most challenging for not just Bussler, but his whole team, and it leaves them all forever changed.
HILLBILLIES to HEROES
The Memoir of James Quinton Kelley
By S.L. Kelley
World War II veteran Quinton Kelley recounted his life story to an avid biographer – his daughter, S. L. Kelley, a documentarian and award-winning video producer.
Kelley’s tale begins in Coker Creek, Tennessee, where he was raised on an 80-acre farm, in a log cabin that he described as rough, but “brightened” with flowers. Taught to be honest and hardworking by his parents, he grew up with kerosene lamps for light, a fireplace for warmth and a wood stove for cooking. His recollections are colorful, with language that recalls his roots.
The critical issues surrounding post-traumatic stress among America’s wounded warriors is expanded here to include the challenges and concerns of military wives and families.
Barbara McNally was working as a physical therapist when she watched helplessly as a man jumped off a bridge to his death. Feeling involved in his tragedy, she learned he was a wounded veteran. The experience spurred her to find out more about PTS and its effects on those who have participated in war.
A CROWDED HEART
By Andrea McKenzie Raine Note: This is a work of Fiction
Willis Hancocks survives fighting in Western Europe during World War II but faces continuing battles of the mind at war’s end in Andrea McKenzie Raine’s poignant study of the plight of the former soldier in her historical novel,A Crowded Heart.
Willis decides to remain in London rather than return to his native Canada where his parents and sister live near Vancouver. Eager to put the war behind him, he marries Ellie, an intelligent young woman who has studied art at Cambridge University. Her affluent parents approve of Willis, and her father offers to finance his new son-in-law’s study of law at Cambridge. The newlyweds’ future could not look rosier.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY PTSD
By Christopher Oelerich
“I went away to war one person and came back another, and in my wildest dreams would never have chosen to be the one who came back.” – Christopher Oelerich
Thus begins this heartfelt discussion of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by a military veteran who has spent his life helping others deal with the debilitating symptoms associated with the disorder. Christopher Oelerich relates his own personal history, beginning from when he was drafted into the military during the Vietnam War, and continuing through his return to civilian life and his own rocky road to recovery.
Oelerich eschews political correctness in favor of blunt talk mixed with detailed, empowering strategies that have worked for him, as well as for the military veterans and homeless he has helped over the years.
Brooding Château du Freudeneck, just outside Strasbourg, France has villains in the drawing rooms, stolen art hidden in the cellars, and bats in the belfry – all the best elements for a 19th-century Gothic mystery.
However, in Michelle Cox’s novel, A Spying Eye it’s the 20th century. The Great War is passed, but the next war already looms on the horizon. The people of Strasbourg feel the growing conflict sharply, at the heart of Alsace-Lorraine, a fertile region that has been contested between France and Germany since time immemorial.
Which means those bats are in the unfortunate head of the elderly Baron Von Harmon, the current lord and master (as much as he’s still able to be, at least) of the Chateau, while the stolen art is pursued by both the villainous Nazis and the only slightly-less villainous agents of Britain’s MI5.
Amongst this strife, Clive and Henrietta Howard visit the Chateau, at the behest of both his mother and his country. They’re filled with conflicting hopes about a second honeymoon after their disastrous first attempt in A Promise Given, while conducting a wild goose chase for a missing occult art masterpiece in the home of Henrietta’s long-lost relations.
The game is afoot from the very first page of this sixth entry in the award-winning series – long before Clive and Henrietta even know that they are being played by both sides, neither of whom intends for them to survive.
While Inspector Clive Howard is certainly the more experienced investigator of this pair, the focus in A Spying Eye is firmly on Henrietta, particularly in contrast to the trials and tribulations faced back home by her sister Elsie and her sister-in-law Julia.
The Strasbourg troubles in which Henrietta finds herself mired combines a search for the roots her family left behind generations ago with an utterly riveting and thoroughly researched investigation into the early years of the Nazi movement, Hitler’s seemingly endless search for mystical and mythical artworks to feed his obsession with the occult, and a real-life mystery wrapped around just what happened to the panel of the Ghent Altarpiece that the Howards oh-so-briefly managed to hold in their hands.
The pace of the story is relentless on both sides of the Atlantic, as Henrietta, Julia, and Elise all face personal, professional, and even criminal crises, in a world marching towards World War II.
Readers who have fallen in love with the detective duo of Howard and Howard will be in rapture over this latest entry. Fans of the bestselling Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear or the Elena Standish series by the late Anne Perry will find just the kind of character-driven, meticulously researched historical mystery that they are craving, set in the fascinating period between the wars.
As A Spying Eye ends, Henrietta gets her hat on the way out the door to her next adventure, A Haunting at Linley, scheduled for release in late October 2023.
The Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Romantic Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best new books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart, historical love affairs, perhaps a little steamy romance, and stories that appeal especially to fans of affairs of the heart to compete in the Chatelaine Book Awards (the CIBAs). We will put them to the test and choose the best among them.
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Chatelaine Romantic Fiction Long List to the 2023 Chatelaine Book Awards SHORT LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Chatelaine Semi-Finalists. Finalists will be chosen from the Semi-Finalists.All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).
The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024 Chanticleer Authors Conference.
These titles are in the running for the SEMI-FINALISTS of the 2023 Chatelaine Book Awards novel competition for Romantic Fiction!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.
Susan Bagby – Christmas Wish Upon A Star
Douglas Bachmann – Afterlife
Kathryn Brown Ramsperger – A Thousand Flying Things
K.S. Jones – Once In a Bluebonnet Moon
Jeanette Watts – My Dearest Miss Fairfax
Charles M. DuPuy – Rescue Man
T.K. Conklin – Guarded Hearts
Morgan Sloan – Stableshoes
Edie Cay – A Viscount’s Vengeance
Kathleen Stone – Hey Jude
Gail Avery Halverson – A Sea of Glass
Hope Gibbs – Where the Grass Grows Blue
Betty Codd – Agatha
Alice McVeigh – Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
George T. Arnold – Old Mrs. Kimble’s Mansion
Bonnie Rose Ward – Loving Beth
Catherine Tinley – A Laird for the Highland Lady
Carmela Dutra – Love Extra Credit
KB Taylor – Hattie’s Family: Through the Eyes of a Dairymaid
Suzanne Baginskie – Dangerous Revenge- Book 2 of The FBI Affairs Series
S.G. Blaise – Proud Pada
Lynn Yvonne Moon – Fish Scales
Rose Prendeville – Mistress Mackintosh and the Shaw Wretch
Wendy Rich Stetson – Heartsong Hills
Yvonne Korshak – Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
Marie Jones – Those We Seek
Eve M. Riley – The Outcast
Carol Van Den Hende – Always Orchid
KD Sherrinford – Song for Someone
Nancy Herkness – Royal Caleva: Gabriel
Evie Alexander – Love ad Lib
Kelly Miller – A Dutiful Son
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
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Acts of Supremacy: A Cautionary Indictment of America’s Military Justice System by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick III, edited by Dominic McFarland Martin, is a unique treatise about one man’s court-martial in the spring of 1990.
This work details how an admiral set in motion the events that would lead to his subordinate’s court-martial, and how that subordinate – the author – fought to be exonerated. The author, now a retired naval officer, explains to readers how the current system of military justice came to be, claiming it to be beyond the laws and constitution of the United States, and what can be done to start fixing it.
“A central idea advanced in this work is that America’s military discipline system is extra-constitutional (unconstitutional, or outside the constitution) and extralegal (outside the law), and that it is purely a function of command wherein military commanders practice absolutism, giving them a free hand to treat their underlings as ‘so many chickens,’” Fitzpatrick says.
He continues, “If a given military rule bears any resemblance to the scope and operation of the US Constitution, it is simply a matter of that commander’s passing whim.”
Fitzpatrick goes into the history of military justice in this country, even to how it was formed with the Founding Fathers:
“ ‘John Jay told George Washington this much: “Let Congress legislate. Let others execute. Let others judge.” The bedrock foundation of the Constitution was a separation of powers in times of peace and tranquility. Little known, though, and terribly unappreciated is that the founders further provided that in times of national emergency or dire threat, all power must migrate to and reside in an ‘energetic executive.’ In other words, the Constitution is situational, and its structure and power are tied directly to particular levels of threat that the country may face.”
“Therefore, there is nothing particularly ‘judicial’ about America’s military government under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ),” Fitzpatrick explains, holding that the code is nothing more than “flimsy artifice” and indeed, that it is used to “hide in total darkness the very serious real-world abuses visited upon US servicemen.”
“A country’s character is measured by the way it treats its veterans.” —Unknown
Fitzpatrick concludes, “It follows that those not bound by constraints of the Constitution and those who deny constitutional protections to others cannot be trusted to defend the Constitution. Individuals and groups who deny these protections are most certainly suspect and represent a greater danger to the country than America has ever faced.”
Fitzpatrick’s unique, deep-dive work is an eye-opening look at the military justice system and how it has been used and abused throughout the years.
For readers interested in a unique romance, Air Boat: Love is an Adventure by Jacek Waliszewski offers a distinctive cast of characters and tense excitement in the sky.
Air Boat brings together a former Special Forces soldier, Luke, who prefers to keep to himself, an independent and sarcastic female pilot, Stella, and a three-legged Husky named Saint who marches to the beat of his own drum. These captivating characters embark on a fast-paced, page-turning tale.
Author Jacek Waliszewski starts this romantic adventure with a suspenseful scene of a vintage plane barreling towards the Twin Cities, accompanied by two F-16 fighter jets, before setting the stage for the two main characters to meet. The mystery of this scene will stick in the reader’s mind, drawing them forward with stark curiosity that only grows in excitement.
Saint, the wandering Husky mix, brings these two together, with sparks quickly flying between their strong personalities. Luke is not one to share much about his personal life or history, but the wounds Stella sees on his shoulder indicate trauma from his time deployed with the Green Berets. Unlike some common counterparts in a romance, Stella is a strong, competitive woman who is not likely to fall for anyone – nor give them the last word.
After the two spend some time together (axe throwing at a local bar), Luke takes Stella up on an offer to learn to fly the small commuter planes that Stella and her father, Pierre, use for their airboat business of ferrying people across the west (Montana, Alaska, and Minnesota are some of the locales). As the attraction between Luke and Stella grows, an opportunity to fly together turns into a terrifying situation which brings the story full circle.
This adventure romance has fine detail and intrigue, as the author draws from his own time as a Green Beret.
Air Boat is an exhilarating and fast-paced adventure that romance and adventure fans will love.
The story will continue, as Air Boat is the first in a five-part Special Forces Connection series, two of which will be coming out in 2024. Readers will eagerly await more by Jacek Waliszewski.
Anna Casamento Arrigo tells of longing, memory, and lingering pain through verdant imagery and mythological metaphor in Petals, a poetry collection.
Poems such as “Life Speaks Loudly” and “Time Too Quickly” establish a focus on the ever-changing seasons, and the power of time to both take away from someone and transform them. Arrigo’s work here is a remembrance of those things gone to the past, both the beautiful and the awful. “A Slow Dance in the Summer Rain” shows the weight of loving memories, while “Treading” reaches for the dreams of childhood, before they were stamped out by the struggles of life.
These poems use vibrant sensory descriptions – especially of the natural world – which ground the heightened emotions to allow readers to connect with them. In fact, readers can listen to some of these poems in musical form on Arrigo’s YouTube channel.
Petals grapples with family and identity in “Who Am I” & “Nonno’s Orchard”, grief over a lost father in “Daddy’s Flower”, and a yearning for connection in “Wrapped in Your Heart”. These themes meld with one another to give a complete sense of loss. Certain intimate details, such as a specific jacket or kind of flower, recur throughout the book. Readers will begin to recognize these motifs, creating a familiarity that will open them to deeper sorrow and joy.
Arrigo explores a sense of being adrift in the world, unsure of even one’s own self.
“Hey Child!” and “More than Now” insist that, even while adrift, there is a powerful urge to act – to take in the world. “My Naked Soul” dalliances with the very cosmos, while “Hollow Men” and “The Reality” use mythology to interrogate how people see themselves, and whether their eyes are clear when they do so.
This sense of interrogation continues, growing into the biblical reckoning of “The Gatekeeper” and the menace of “The Red Knight”. Greed, injustice, and faith intertwine in these poems as Petals sets its sights on those who have used and abused their fellow people and the world around them.
A strong rhythm carries Petals along, with a back-and-forth of long lines and short, as well as comforting and tumultuous emotion.
Arrigo uses occasional formatting changes to make poems such as “The Night Warrior” striking while maintaining a broadly consistent style.
The likewise consistent through-line of reminiscence lends itself well to stark tonal shifts, as these poems hold tight to memories of love, fear, and grief alike. “Sounds and Silent Seas” calls out to the past, asking it to open a path of reunion while indulging in the beauty of what once was. “TOO!” speaks instead of escape, flying away from the darkness of childhood.
And yet, a person can’t let memory consume them, not while they have a present. “Now” stands as an answer to the past – for all of its wonderful and terrible power, it only exists through the lens of what is now.
Through careful description and dedication to the impact of memory, Petals creates a cohesive and affecting collection of poems.
Michael J. Cooper’s latest historical fiction novel, Wages of Empire, draws readers into the perilous journey of sixteen-year-old Evan Sinclair and his father into WW1. On this path, their lives will intersect with such historical figures as TE Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, the Arab nationalist Faisal ibn Hussein, the proto-Nazi and advisor to the German kaiser Guido von List, and Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.
Set in the summer of 1914 we find Evan living in the American southwest where his father moved the family from England for his Oxford sabbatical. Evan struggles to cope with his mother’s death in childbirth and yearns to escape his father’s controlling grip. As war breaks out in Europe, Evan decides to leave home and join the fight, without telling his father.
By the time Clive realizes Evan is missing, the war is in full swing. Clive returns to England to search for Evan and reactivates his commission at the War Office in London. There, Clive uses every means available to find Evan. Meanwhile, Evan has made his way across the Atlantic and into France with the hope of joining the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), but instead he is arrested by the Paris police as a possible German collaborator. He escapes, but by mistake, crosses into occupied Belgium where he barely survives a German artillery barrage with poison gas. Joining the Flemish resistance, he is badly wounded after helping to flood the lowlands, a deciding factor in stopping the German army. After recovering in a BEF hospital in France, Evan begins a romance with a beautiful young nurse just before he is discharged to return to England by hospital ship.
Cooper masterfully weaves a compelling narrative that includes fictional and historical characters with high stakes in the conflict. Wages of Empire takes us from Whitehall in London to the Western Front in Flanders, where we glimpse a world of imperial power where massive casualties result from outdated military tactics in the face of new wartime technologies. Cooper also provides an intimate look into the German Kaiser’s machinations in the conflict and his intentions for the Holy Land.
The Kaiser, who anticipates victory in the war, has sent his agents to facilitate his rule in Jerusalem as Holy Roman Emperor with dominion over Arabia’s rich oil reserves and control of the Suez Canal. And from his throne on the Temple Mount, he plans to extend a vision of German-Nordic racial supremacy throughout the world. Woven into this challenge, we glimpse a covert fellowship of Guardians of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. This mysterious and clandestine community is aware of the Kaiser’s intentions and dedicated to stopping him.
With gripping tension, Cooper keeps readers on the edge of their seats as the stakes are raised with each turn of events. Will Evan and Clive be reunited? Will they survive the war? These questions and more are left echoing in the reader’s mind long after the story’s conclusion.
Michael J. Cooper’s Wages of Empire is a must-read blockbuster for history buffs of all ages. The novel’s masterful storytelling will leave readers wanting more. Available for pre-order now.
The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans, by Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover, & Jessica Alexanderson, is perfectly written for children between three and eight years old.
Eye-catching colorful graphics by Adam Trask, fun characters, and a wonderfully lighthearted storyline uphold this book’s message of protecting the environment. Both children and adults will feel empowered to help our planet one can at a time.
An adventurous young girl named Ellie wants to buy a Unicorn. To earn the money she needs, Ellie plans to collect and recycle one million cans. But she soon realizes that her plans may need to take a different track. Together with her community of friends, who show great teamwork and perseverance, environmental lessons continue on with fantastic results.
Few books do such a fine job of combining so many life lessons while still keeping the learning lighthearted and fun.
This is a refreshing tale of environmental hope, and an all-around winner for both children and adults to learn that you can help the planet through something as simple as recycling metals.
One of the coauthors, Jessica Alexanderson, has provided book readings at schools and libraries and has built a fun hands-on program to learn more about metals and recycling.
She has supported many metal recycling fundraisers at not only local schools here in Washington State, but in several other states around the U.S. as well. Jessica recently coordinated a can recycling competition at nine different schools in eight different states.
You can visit the Scrap University Kids website to purchase this wonderful book, learn more about recycling metals, and get started on making a positive difference for our planet! kids.scrapuniversity.com
The Little Peeps Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Early Readers. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books, and Educational Books.These books have advanced to the Long List for the 2023 CIBAs.(For Young Adult Fiction see ourDante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see ourGertrude Warner Awards.)
These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2023 Little Peeps Early Readers entries to the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards LONG LIST. Entries below are now in competition for the 2023 Little Peeps Shortlist. The Short Listers will compete for the Semi-Finalist positions. Finalists will be selected from the Semi-Finalists. All FINALISTS will be announced and recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC24).
The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.
We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2024Chanticleer Authors Conference.
These titles are in the running for the SHORT LIST of the 2023 Little Peeps Book Awards novel competition for Early Readers!
Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works in the 2023 CIBAs.
Michele L. Sayre – The Unluckiest Leprechaun by Far (Happy Tails)
Ginger Smith – The Magic Blanket
Cheryl Carpinello – Grandma Tales 3: Vampires in the Backyard and A Fish Tale
Michele L. Sayre – What I Would Wish to Be (Wonders of Childhood & Beyond)
George M. Johnson – Sophia’s Secrets
Donna L. Huntriss – Bowerbirds!
Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – The Accidental Orchestra
Beth Davis – Hanna the Hawk is a Super Youneek Beast
Laura Teste – Book of Bad Manners
W. B. Murph – Molly’s Miracle
Hugh Pittman – Chika’s Mysterious Phone
TK Sheffield – Nellie’s Island, a tiny filly from a small farm earns her “filly esteem” while working among giant draft horses on Mackinac Island
Michael Dow, RN, MS – Nurse Florence® for Beginning Readers: Help, I’m Bleeding!
Joy K. Ball – Winnie’s Christmas Treasure Hunt
Kimberly Delude – Freddie the Fly: Seeing Through Another Lens
Brenda Wilson Huddleston – Liam & Little Tail
Cynthia C. Huijgens – Polar Bear and the UFO
David Lane – I Have Questions, Lots and Lots of Questions: A True Story of Christmas
Joshua Swank – Barry the Brave: A Flowerageous Journey to Courage
Miranda Sada – Wings of Glitter
Michael Michie – Pablo Avocado
Adalgisa and David Nico – Fish in the Desert: The Untold Story of the Death Valley Pupfish
O.L. Flubermin – A Dinosaur Named Alone: What Will I Do?
Grace Wolf – May I Sit At Your Table?
Susan Sullivan – Bob Tales, Land of the Woody Warbles
Victoria Smith – Tuxedo Baby and His Annoying Cousins
Liana Somerset – Detective Buster Cuffs: Catching the Treat Snatcher
Beth Davis – Lacinda the Lion is a Super Youneek Beast
Carolyn Wild – Jacob Sheep: Do You Have A Little Lamb?
Michele L. Sayre – The Not So Funny Bunny (Happy Tails)
Carolyn Wild – I Like Ducks: All Year Long
Laura Teste – Book of Bad Bargains
Chloe and LaRanda Burke – Keys to Your H.E.A.R.T.
Katrina Johnson – Captain Patch and the Treasure of the Sea Gods
Dave O’Hare – Quigley Lopez, A Friend For Life
Miki Taylor – Bentley’s Fantabulous Idea
Victoria Smith – Priscilla and Tux: Brothers are Caring
Johnny Marfia – Marco & Me
Brenda Wilson Huddleston – The Squirrel & the Dragonfly
Julie G Fox – Katya’s Sunflowers
Tzuri King & Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed the War Over
Lynne Marie – The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project
Conrad J. Storad – Story Monster’s S.T.E.A.M. chronicles. Book one, Night watchers : nocturnal creatures of North America : coyotes, snakes, owls, spiders, and more
K.R. King – Charlie the Champion
Beth Davis – Mykal the Monkey is a Super Youneek Beast
Hillary Harper – Thankful FUR You
Ruth Amanda – Geckos in the Garden
Carolyn Wild – This Kitten; Has Blue Eyes
Sheryl Bass – Baby Dragon’s Big Sneeze
Julie G Fox – The Dreamer: The Girl Who Dreamed The War Over
David Horn – Eudora Space Kid: Do the Robot!
Anna Casamento Arrigo – Mr Moon Mr Moon
Brooks Olbrys – The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob – A Secret in the Deep
Jonna Laster – Nutshell Regatta
Kristin Crowell Ellis – Firefly Fran’s Fran-tastic Day
Anna Casamento Arrigo – A Child’s Love
Carolyn Wild – Big Dogs Little Dogs: On The Farm
TK Sohal and Ms. Raman Kaur – Twin Adventures
Lori Keenen Smith – Lorlee and the Light
Anna Casamento Arrigo – What Little Girls Can Do!
Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover , Jessica Alexanderson – The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans
Geraldine Moran and Illustrated by Daniella Banco – The Moon Child
Raven Howell – Friends Come in all Sizes
Aniela Emma Chaudhuri – Picnic Pandaemonium
Anthony Delauney – Rohan and Nyra and Big Sister’s Bet
Laura Shovan – Welcome to Monsterville
Erik Perezbrain – Good Luck is My Guardian Angel
Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer and The Jared Box Project
Katharine Mitropoulos – Ready… Set… Frog!
Katherine Lockwood – Why Me, Mama?
Anthony C. Delauney – Michael and Hannah and the Magic Money Tree
Joey Benun – Pebbles and the Biggest Number
Dominique Ellis – The Wisdom Tree: A Father’s Love
T.K. Sheffield – The Night Icelandic Horses Saved Christmas Eve
Katrina Johnson – Lily’s Song
Laura Teste – Book of Best Words
Betsy Coffeen – Cate and the Garden Bandits
Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.
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Brooding Château du Freudeneck, just outside Strasbourg, France has villains in the drawing rooms, stolen art hidden in the cellars, and bats in the belfry – all the best elements for a 19th-century Gothic mystery.
The Chatelaine Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in Romantic Fiction. The Chatelaine Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).
Michael J. Cooper’s latest historical fiction novel, Wages of Empire, draws readers into the perilous journey of sixteen-year-old Evan Sinclair and his father into WW1. On this path, their lives will intersect with such historical figures as TE Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, the Arab nationalist Faisal ibn Hussein, the proto-Nazi and advisor to the German kaiser Guido von List, and Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.
The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans, by Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover, & Jessica Alexanderson, is perfectly written for children between three and eight years old.
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