FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Here
are the US links: You can type in Janie Lancaster in iTunes and the
books will come up. Lesson plans for the middle grades are available for
the Julie book. Please download free samples for review. Teacher's Edition includes 25 pages of lesson plans. http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/when-silence-reigns/id464099423?mt=11 Visit Janie's Home Page for Pictures Janie's Home Page Link ####
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 2009 Contact: Janet Elaine Smith, Marketing Director for Star Publish Email Address: marketingstarpublish@yahoo.com Website: http://starpublishllc.com Star Publish LLC has signed a contract with Janie Lancaster, author of Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale, to publish her second book Emily/Out of My Mother’s Darkness. The
focus of Janie’s new book deals with emotional torment. It shows the
effects that harsh words and attitudes can have on a child. Most fictional books have their basis on something in real life, which is the case for Emily/Out of My Mother’s Darkness. Ms. Lancaster describes her story as “autobiographical fiction.” She
says: “It was a hypergraphic, therapeutic writing journey, a journey
that helped me to understand my dark past and deepen my identity.”
Readers will find her book very powerful, crushing, then inspiring - all
beautiful. Star Publish is honored to have her book join their list. The tale takes you on a journey with Emily on a desperate search for her missing father. She
opens a forbidden cedar chest, where she encounters fancy clothes, an
embroidered tablecloth, glittering jewelry and a Chinese box. Upon
unlocking the box, she discovers her mother’s darkest secrets. She
invites readers to share in her struggle to climb out of her mother’s
darkness. Lancaster’s
first book has been syndicated in several newspapers across the
country, as well as being available at both online and brick-and-mortar
bookstores. She plans to share her experiences of the therapy she
received while writing Emily/Out of My Mother’s Darkness
by giving lectures and teaching seminars. Therapeutic writing for
troubled teens will be one of her favored topics. If you would like to
schedule an appearance with her, you can contact Ms. Lancaster at:
janielbl@aol.com or call at: 760-743-7572 Title: Emily/Out of My Mother’s Darkness Genre: Young adult fiction ISBN: 978-1-935188-03-2 Publisher: Star Publish LLC Date of Release: Spring 2009 ### 2006 Email Address: marketingstarpublish@yahoo.com Website: http://starpublishllc.com Star Publish announces the release of Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale
by Janie Lancaster. It is available for purchase at your local
bookstore or at online stores such as Amazon.com and BN.com. In Julie’s
story, you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy tale,
Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You
travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza, and meet Cordelia Grimm,
great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm. Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale is the first children's book that Star Publish has published. “I was not planning to accept children's books,” Star Publish owner Kristie Leigh Maguire states, “but Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale was too good to pass up. I had to have it for my company. Another first for Star Publish is the fact that Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale
is being serialized in newspapers across the country through the
Newspapers in Education programs where children read newspapers in
classrooms.” According to Anna McCartney, Erie Times-News Newspaper in Education and Literacy Projects Coordinator, “The response received when we published the serial story, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale on our NIE Extra-Extra! Read All About It! literacy
page was phenomenal. The story was an excellent choice to help us reach
our goal of bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world.
It helped us foster communication with educators, students and their
families and the entire community.” Janie Lancaster grew up in Middletown, New York. She has two grown children and a teenage granddaughter. She now lives in southern California with her husband Don, her blue eyed childhood sweetheart. After working as a sign language interpreter for the last fifteen years and a college professor for seven she has set out on a course to fulfill her childhood dream to publish her written works. In 1997 at the Wildacres Children's Book Writers Workshop in North Carolina, Janie was picked “the most determined to be a writer.” She has gone to numerous conferences sponsored by The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, The San Diego Book Awards Association and The San Diego Writers/Editors Guild. At this time she has written three children's novels, fifteen picture books and numerous poems. For further information, go to http://starpublishllc.com or http://www.janielancaster.com/ ### Attention: Features Editor Creative Writing Gave Voice to a Silenced Child and Gave Birth to a Middle Grade Novel Please
visit Janie's web site to see how her creative writing put together her
Humpty Dumpty childhood pieces and take a look at her work of fiction
-- a new middle grade novel that ignites a sense of wonder in its
readers. In the Charles Dickens tradition, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale was printed first as a serial story in newspapers. "The
suspense surrounding Julie's discovery of the fairy tale--found buried
in an old travel chest in her Grandmother's attic -- takes readers on an
eventful and fascinating journey through time." Cora Niver, NIE coordinator for The Times Herald "I love it. It is unique and fascinating and the students will love it too." Millie Jedrosko, a school teacher in Olean, NY
(Millie tied the story of Julie with literacy history, immigration
studies and the use of the imagination in fictional writing.) Description: In
Julie's story you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy
tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits.
You travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza and meet me, Cordelia
Grimm, great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm. Author:
The book of Julie was inspired by Janie's deep love for her grandmother
and by her fond memories of fairy tales--fairy tales that gave Janie
hope and strength to keep her going through a difficult childhood. (Free teacher's lesson plans online at:) Contact Janie for more information or for an interview. ISBN: 13: 978-1-932993-60-8 (Paperback) Price $10.95 # Pages 116 Distributed by: Ingram Baker and Taylor Available in bookstores and on-line at: Barnesandnobles.com & Amazon.com Interview with Ednews FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Janie Lancaster 760-743-7572 Email Address: janielbl@aol.com Website: www.janielancaster.com We live in a troubled world. Today's
kids need a way out, something to hang their hopes on. Something that
makes them believe in dreams and even in fairy tales. Janie Lancaster's delightful book, "Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale," is doing just that for its readers. The
story has also been serialized in newspapers across the country through
the Newspapers in Education programs where Janie’s story has had rave
reviews by teachers and newspapers alike. http://janielancaster.com/Juliebook.html Janie was picked one of the top ten for Writers to Believe In on November 2007 and January 2008. http://www.writerstobelievein.com/HistoricalFiction.php January 2007 this book hit # 12 on Amazon's Hot New Releases for the Children's Literature & Stories Category. Janie
Lancaster will be available to visit classrooms to help motivate kids
to write their own stories. Free teacher's lesson plans are also
available with her book. The lesson plans support 2nd through 6th grade curriculum. Janie
will also give power point lectures for teachers and groups on Opening
the Mind Through Creative Writing. She will use some of her written
works as well as sharing some of her research on awakening the right
side of the brain. the creative side. For further information, go to: www.janielancaster.com or http://starpublishllc.com ###
Nov. 16, 2011
Contact: Janie Lancaster
Email Address: janielbl@aol.com
Website: www.janielancaster.com
Janie Lancaster Publishes 5 New iBooks for Apple’s iPad Pilot School Programs!
Janie Lancaster Publishes five new books in the new epub3 format that will foster support for Apple’s iPad pilot programs in elementary and middle schools worldwide.
Janie Lancaster's titles, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale—Teacher’s Edition, Edwina Beena’s Polka Dot Day, Edwina Bina Y El Día De Las Bolitas and When Silence Reigns—Help Yourself Through Expressive/Therapeutic Writing are now available in iTunes bookstores in 32 countries.
Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale is a story that has been embraced by Newspapers In Education nationwide for ages 8-14. This 15 chapter story was submitted by the Erie Times News for the excellence in literacy award in 2006 and loved by students and teachers, including those who work with special needs kids. Drawings and historical photographs in full color along with curriculum based teacher’s lesson plans included in the teacher’s edition will enhance classroom instruction.
Edwina Beena’s Polka Dot Day is for K-2nd grade teachers and available in English and Spanish. This iBook is an example of what an epub3 format can do for a picture book because it combines the wonders of modern technology with one of the most effective ways to educate our children—reading the written page. Young readers can use their tiny fingers like a magnifying glass on the iPad to explore a delightful polka dot world. Activities posted on the iTunes page can be incorporated in classrooms to stimulate the imaginations of children as well as support classroom curriculum.
School councilors and teachers will find Janie’s new iBook, When Silence Reigns—Help Yourself Through Expressive/Therapeutic Writing, a valuable tool in dealing with the cumulative traumas we all must face in today’s troubled world. Inside the book are writing samples charts as well as therapeutic poetry that can be used to stimulate expressive/therapeutic writing in yourself or in others. Readers will benefit from an in-depth understanding of an injured mind and yet enjoy the simplicity of uncluttered information in Janie’s book.
News media are welcome to use pictures and information on Janie’s website. She is also available for interviews. Her books will soon be available for other e-readers.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/edwina-beenas-polka-dot-day/id455377931?mt=11
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/edwina-bina-y-el-dia-de-las/id455387301?mt=11
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/julie-the-lost-fairy-teachers/id455381171?mt=11
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/julie-the-lost-fairy-tale/id455380125?mt=11
This one is good for school counselors to promote expressive/therapeutic writing.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec 1 2010
Contact: Janie Lancaster
Email Address: janielbl@aol.com
Website: www.janielancaster.com
We live in a troubled world. People
need a way out, something to hang their hopes on. Something that makes
them believe in dreams and in themselves.
Janie Lancaster will
read from her book, Emily/Out of My Mother’s Darkness. She knows very
well what it takes to stay alive when you want to die. She has
developed power point presentations for teachers and groups on Opening
the Mind Through Creative/Therapeutic Writing as well as booklets to
help promote awareness of the pain and suffering caused by being more
than sad and how to help its victims.
Review: Emily/Out of My Mother’s Darkness
"Great book.
Powerful writing. Haunting words. I have read many books about
abuse.This one really focuses on the truly dark secrets and the
struggles that continued to cling for a very long time. — "Dore E.
Frances, M.A. Therapeutic Consultant) Horizon Family Solutions, LLC
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Star Publish Gives Voice to a “Silenced Child”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Janet Elaine Smith, Marketing Director for Star Publish
Star Publish LLC Releases Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale by Janie Lancaster
Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale
By Janie Lancaster
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Will Julie become a movie or a Broadway Play? Stay tuned.
Michael F. Shaughnessy Senior Columnist EdNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University
January 2008
In
Julie's story, you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy
tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You
travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza and meet Cordelia Grimm,
great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm.