An Oinkrrific Day!: A Musical, Bully-Busting, Barnyard Adventure

by Jean Voice Dart, Anastasia Yatsunenko (Illustrator)

Overview

Are you ready for an adventure? Jean Voice Dart's An Oinkrrific Day! A Musical, Bully-Busting, Barnyard Adventure is a valuable, heartwarming educational resource for teachers and parents. This sweet, silly, and straightforward poem-story packs a powerful message of friendship, self-confidence, harmony, and love. The storybook and the accompanying An Oinkrrific Day! Activity and Coloring Book teach:

• Ten common farm animals (crow, cow, donkey, sheep, duck, horse, dog, cat, hen, chick)
• Ten children's animal sounds (moo, caw, hee-haw, baa, quack, neigh, bow wow, cluck, cheep, meow)
• Ten children's classroom rhythm instruments (xylophone, tambourine, wrist bells, maracas, ukulele, triangle, harmonica, cowbell, claves, and drum)
• Common emotions and feelings (angry, sad, happy, brave, proud, loving, kind, sorry, surprised, sick, hungry, etc.)
• Repetitive rhythmic rhyme patterns
• The importance of a loving, supportive family and community
• The importance of believing in oneself to follow one's dreams
• The importance of apologizing and forgiving

Jean's rhythmic rhymes and Anastasia Yatsunenko's colorful illustrations introduce the reader to Bernie, the sensitive, posy-picking piglet, who must find an oinkrrific sound! Bernie leaves his family, meeting ten different barnyard buddies who offer advice.

What will Bernie do? Can he find his oinkrrific sound? In a magical moment, Bernie quietly listens and discovers the truth. Children and adults of all ages will giggle and smile as they learn how to be true to themselves, follow their dreams, and listen to their hearts.

It's the oinkity, oinkity best place to start!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640858992
Publisher:	Author Academy Elite
Publication date:	04/10/2021
Series:	Bully-Busting Adventures , #1
Pages:	56
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.15(d)
Age Range:	3 - 9 Years

About the Author

Growing up next to the Illinois cornfields, Jean listened to chirping crickets, chased lightning bugs, and created imaginative stories, songs, and poems. As a teenager, she wrote, "The Pig Who Found Music," a heart-warming story about little Bernie, later entitled "An Oinkrrific Day!" the first in the Bully-Busting Adventure Series. "Friends Have Feelings" continues the story of Bernie the pig and his barnyard friends.Multiple life challenges empowered Jean to become an author, registered music therapist, credentialed teacher, and certified creative and performing arts coach. Today Jean is a Certified Expressive Arts Grief and Trauma Coach and a Certified Art Therapy Practitioner. She helps people discover, identify, and release blocked feelings through the expressive arts (art, music, dramatic arts, public speaking, and creative writing) with her books, group sessions, and private sessions. She is currently authoring her adult book series based on the Podcast "Courageous, Creative Conquerors." It features stories and creative artwork from those who have triumphed over trauma. For more information, visit www.jeanvoicedart.com

Anastasia Yatsunenko was born and raised in Ukraine. She graduated from Kyiv University as a designer-illustrator and now works in the city, relaxing and observing nature and animals. Spending time with her grandfather is something very dear to Anastasia's heart. She especially enjoys seeing cows, horses, rabbits, chickens, pigs, and watching the swans and ducks in the village lake. Today Anastasia and Jean are delighted to have found one another and join together to create the Bully-Busting Adventures series of storybooks and activity books, including "An Oinkrrific Day! Activity and Coloring Book." For more information, visit www.jeanvoicedart.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Jean Voice Dart excels as a creative children's author in her vibrant partnering books, An Oinkrriffic Day! A Musical, Bully-Busting, Barnyard Adventure, and An OinkrrificDay! Activity and Coloring Book. You will want to read these delightful books of valuable character-building messages about listening to your heart and standing against the crowd. These two comprehensive books speak to the affirming power of a caring mother's encouragement, introduce children to a variety of musical instruments and animal sounds, and offer creative activity pages to fully engage your child. They are a must for any children's library!"

~Sally Betters, Author, From Crisis to Compassion, Looking Beyond the Sky, and Sarah's Amazing Animal Adventures. www.sallybetters.com/Coach

"Jean Voice Dart's An Oinkrrific Day! A Musical, Bully-Busting, Barnyard Adventure storybook and An Oinkrrific Day! Activity and Coloring Book are two sweetly sensitive partnering children's books about finding your own voice, standing up to bullies, forgiveness, and kindness. Filled with beautiful illustrations by the talented Anastasia Yatsuneko, the books introduce children to many musical instruments as Bernie, the adorable runt of the litter, journeys through the farm. The storybook provides darling rhymes and enchanting pictures; the partnering activity book includes mazes, word searches, counting activities, coloring pages, and much more. These books are a great addition to family libraries everywhere!"

~Stephanie Duesing, Author, Eyeless Mind: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen

"I love, love, love this book and can't wait to read it to my grandkids and children of my former students. Jean Voice Dart is a beautiful, bright light; talented and gifted musician; and a creative and inspirational teacher. The animal characters illustrated by Anastasia Yatsunenko are so lovable and adorable. The message to find your own song, in addition to accepting those of others, is a reminder we all need. I highly recommend An Oinkrrific Day! A Musical Bully-Busting Barnyard Adventure and the partnering book, An Oinkrrific Day! Activity and Coloring Book. Jean Voice Dart keeps sharing her positive and uplifting outlook on life throughout these seemingly sad, scary, and uncertain times. What a gift indeed!"

~Denise Hedlind, Unity Monterey Bay Music Director, Retired Vocal Music Teacher/Coach

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