Off to See...

By Karen Deford

Haliebelle lives in the domed city of Rubyville, in the westest part of Jewel Isle. She once lived in Emerald Town before the frost overtook the domed cities. No one remembers what life was like before the frost. Haliebelle has a very small remembrance of a smile, laughter, a pair of eyes, and a double swing. It is a good memory. Life was so much better. Now she lives with her wicked stepmother, Wicked Witch Winifred and her stepsister, Witchette Sylvani. Everyone in Rubytown is wicked and angry, even Haliebelle. Emerald Towns people are snooty, and Sapphirefields people are very frightened. All of Halo Island is in shambles, except for Diamond City. Haliebelle believes if she could make it to Diamond City at the top of Mt. Zykron and speak to King Dustman, maybe the frost could be melted, maybe everyone would remember. But the entrance to the crystal staircases which connect the lower cities to Diamond City have been blocked. Perhaps... If only she could find a way to Diamond City. If only she could find a way to go to the Grand Ball.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496924254

Karen Deford

Karen Deford lives in Vandalia, Indiana with her husband Chuck, their four quarter horses, four Australian shepherds, seven cats and some twenty four or so rabbits. She has a son and daughter, three step sons and in all thirteen grandchildren. Growing up in a large family of five brothers and three sisters, there was a lot of playing make believe and storytelling. Her stories were written for her grandchildren. Each one written with love and a message of encouragement to overcome one of life’s little troubles. She is affectionately known to her youngest grandchildren as Grandma Kitty. When she is not playing with grandchildren, kittens, puppies, bunnies or horses, she enjoys sewing and of course writing. Her stories include, The Frightened Princess. The Sleepy Grumpy Fairy, The Practically Perfect Pixie, Daylight Fading Fast, and Off to See .... One of her future stories is Purple Skies and Pink Ribbons.

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Off To See…

By

Karen DeFord

Cover Illustrated by

Jenny Buchanan

Map Illustrated by

Karen DeFord

Edited by

Erin Phillips

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Published by AuthorHouse 08/18/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-2424-7 (sc)

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For Halie

My beautiful young lady

Your Sweetness

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In Loving Memory of Kelly Shafer My little sister, the most uplifting person I know, who inspired and encouraged me to write.

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My Mother Sarah Callahan Who never ceased to pray, whose prayers continue to bless me, and I will always cherish them.

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Reviews for Off to See...

[lekenned · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book would be a great tool to teach young readers about early math skills.

[abruser_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The story is a bout a rooster who wants to see the world. He begins his journey and meets two cats they come along, then 3 frogs, 4 turtles, 5 fish, and fireflies. They all go around together for a moment but they all get tired and go home. the rooster goes home as well and finds happiness in his dreams. The message is that you never feel alone in your dreams.

[kelsimcnab · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book is about a rooster who wants to travel around the world. He wants his friends to join him in this journey.

[maryettaj · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

One morning the rooster wanted to travel. On his journey he was joined by two cats, three frogs, four turtles, and five fish. When night falls the rooster and his friends did not find any food or shelter. They decided they saw enough of the world and travel back home.

[taylorwells · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Summary: In this book we follow the adventure of a rooster who wants to see the world, meeting colorful animals along the way. Review:This easy to read story contains lots of sight words. The art is stronger than the text. This story would be appealing to young readers because it has eye-catching pictures of colorful animals. It is also appealing because it is a story about adventure and how there is no place like home.could be used for counting addition and subtraction with strong visuals

[kate_schulte078 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This story is good for both sequencing and counting. The students might like this story because of the different animals in it going on the same journey.

[meditationesmartini · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This one provides pretty Carle-style colour spray art by Carle and many opportunities to use funny voices but I can't help but also feel alienated from the rooster's ultimate conclusion that there's no place like home because I am filled with Fernweh (seemingly, perpetually).

[davis22-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a weird book, and I am not sure if the moral is to just give up, or if it has no moral and it is just supposed to be cute that the rooster does. Anyways...couldn't hurt! Read it to the littles. But at the risk of encouraging them to be quitters. Maybe put this one on the long list.

[tamarasmith_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is about a rooster who decides he wanted to travel as he walks he runs into some friends which add to the animals traveling.First two cats join him then three frogs then four turtles. In the corner of each page there is a reminder of the amount of friends traveling. Student can count the friends while reading the book. The animals then go home and they begin to subtraction and the pictures in the corner begin to disappear. This is a great book when teaching addition and subtraction to students.

[hillarybertucci · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a great children's book that can help teach friendship. As the rooster explores the world he makes different friends of all kinds from frogs to turtles, cats, fish and many more. This book brings me back to reality that no matter how different we are from each other we can still all be friends. I also like the reminder in this book that there is no place like home!

[krguarisco · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A wonderful counting book that encourages the reader to guess the next animal that the rooster comes in contact with. The story follows Rooster as he is joined by different animals on his trip. The book ends with Rooster gladly returning home

[kelseyannb · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Cute book. I love the illustrations (Eric Carle is one of my favorites from my own childhood), but I would have liked to see the numbers displayed visually (4) as opposed to just written out (4). While the written words are useful for children who are working on story problems in math class, I believe that with illustrations of the numbers this book could also be beneficial to those children who are just starting to count.

[kshielee · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Since there are talking animals in this book I would classify it as a fantasy. The rooster is a round character in this book. He is developed and we can understand his needs.

[rjmcwhorter1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book, as all Eric Carle books, has beautiful illustrations. It also has a good counting activity for young students, and it can also be used to challenge their memory skills.

[kmcgiverin05 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book is a fantasy about a rooster that convinces other animals to move. I would use this story with the primary school age. I would use this to show that running away isn't always the best idea, and I would also show the patterns with numbers in the book. The rooster is a character who is round and learns a lot through his experience.

[aspirit-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Rooster wants to see the world and sets off to see it. He gets lonely, so he asks other animals to travel with him: two cats, three frogs, four turtles, and five fish. At moonrise, the group realizes they've left everything they need at home. Each set of animals leaves. The rooster returns to his home perch to dream of traveling.A corner of the book shows blocks to represent the animals as the count goes up then down. Each set of animals acts in a characteristic way with well-chosen verbs that keep the sentences concise. There are quick references to what's friendly behavior, while none of the animals are aggressive to another; the characterizations are nice.My child says it's a bad book because the rooster doesn't see the world the way he'd wanted in the beginning. Conversely, I think the book contains excellent lessons that makes what she sees as bad actually very good. (Plan ahead, stay safe, look for friends when you need some, and recognize the differences between dreams and reality.)Whatever her opinion about the simple adventure, my child does enjoy the number play. Carle's illustrations are unique and, in places, amusing. (The moon disappeared, too.)

[brookemattingly-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Summary:This story is about a rooster who wakes up one morning feeling lonely and decides that he wants to go on an adventure around the world. On his way he stumbles across two cats, three frogs, four turtles and five fish. He invites them all along on his journey and they begin traveling. Along the way it becomes dark and all the animals leave one by one because they are either afraid, hungry, or cold. Even the moon disappears and the rooster is one again lonely. The rooster was also homesick, so he went home and had a wonderful dream about a trip around the world. Comments (opinions/arguments):This book is really awesome because along with a good story and great illustrations, it also incorporates a little bit of adding and subtracting. Starting with the very first page, Eric Carle introduces the rooster as ‘one’ and adds a little picture of one rooster in the corner. On the next page he introduces two cats and then adds two little pictures of two cats in the corner to accompany the one rooster. He does this for the whole story so that children can continue to add on each page. Then when the animals begin to leave, their pictures in the corner begin to disappear as well. This is when children can begin subtracting in the book. I think this is a very awesome and clever way to introduce the simple lesson of mathematics. I love that this concept is very simple, but very age appropriate for young readers. I was a little confused about the message of the story though because Eric Carle is a big advocator for risk taking and teaching children that adventure is a good thing. In this story though he is almost giving children the message that home is where they should stay. He does this by having all of the characters leave the journey and return home. I can see how he might be telling children that home is always the most comfortable place, but it’s fun to try and adventure too, but the message is a little skewed when all the animals just seem to give up. Overall, I still enjoyed the concept of the story and the illustrations.