Belinda's Dandelion

By Pauline T Gallagher

A dandelion wakes up for the first time. All around her are different types of flowers. She praises each flower for its special beauty. A crocus tells the dandelion that her beautiful yellow head is like the sun. Everyone is happy until a dark cloud passes over the garden.
A wizened perennial bursts forth with hateful words. She points out that the dandelion has no value. It also has no feelings. Her ancient family has fought countless wars to rid the world of weeds. Little by little, the plants turn against the dandelion. Even the rose, a symbol of love and peace, joins the bullying mob. Alone and feeling worthless, the dandelion waits for the gardener to pull her out of the ground. Into this dark and hateful world, comes the light of a child. Can Belinda’s love overcome hate? All Children’s books by Pauline Gallagher offer a bonus feature connected to the main story. This particular feature is about dandelions. It features details and images of their arrival by ship from Europe. It examines the role of dandelions as medicine and wine in the lives of early pioneers. There are maps and information about this weed that once was considered as a flower! ALL Children’s books by Pauline Gallagher offer a related bonus feature. This Bonus feature is “Fun Facts about Dandelions.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pauline T Gallagher
• Release date: Oct 11, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370244782

Pauline T Gallagher

I was born in Ireland, lived in England and Australia and finally settled down in Canada. I retired as an elementary and high school teacher and now I house and pet sit. This is our fourth year of pet sitting and the assignments have taken us to Britain, Europe, Tahiti, Australia and New Zealand. I always travel with my laptop. I blog children’s stories daily on http://childrenandteensstoriestomotivateandinspire.com -Some years ago I wrote several children’s stories without an artist. They were taken by Annex Press, Toronto to two publishing conferences in New York. They lost the contract, but stated my books were very publishable and not to ‘give up.’ One of my stories, “Mrs. Claus and the November Visit,” won in the Canadian Library Competition. It chooses short stories across Canada and publishes them in a yearly anthology called “Winners Circle.” Mine was the only children’s story selected. -Fast forward to 2016 and the opportunity to use images from the copyright free Public Domain site. Now, I have four stories ready to become ebooks by end of October, 2016. They are: --Mrs. Claus and the November Visit --Belinda’s Dandelion (about bullying) --Unicorns Come at Night (about the death of a pet) -- The Bouncing Blue Ball ( a fun story). The following stories are almost ready.... --The Incredible Show and Tell Story ---Difference Spring Breaks --Look Who is Helping Bo Beep Find Her Sheep --Ranger Jabauri and the Serengetti Plain Please visit my daily blogged children’s site that also provides more details and short extracts from these books. Thank you Pauline Gallagher

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