Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Simple Pleasures
    Simple Pleasures
    Simple Pleasures
    Ebook35 pages2 minutes

    Simple Pleasures

    By Rob Ansell

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    What do you need to be happy?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKucheza
    Release dateJul 30, 2020
    ISBN9781838072421
    Simple Pleasures
    Author

    Rob Ansell

    Rob Ansell is a teacher and trainer and the author and editor of more than 30 children's books, as well as a consultant for a non-profit organization which sets up free community libraries in underprivileged classrooms and communities. With many years' experience in kindergarten and primary classrooms, Rob captures the voice of his students - poignant, playful, and laugh-out-loud funny - in his vibrant stories that leap off the page. His latest work, Simple Pleasures, captures the joy and resilience of the students he met while developing a volunteer program and training local teachers in a small rural school in the heart of Kenya.

    Related to Simple Pleasures

    Related ebooks

    Children's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Winning Letter

      Feb 16, 2024

      A FEW weeks ago I went to the Calabash in Cape Town specially to see Maroon 5. I’d invited a childhood friend to go with me and we set off like a couple of giggly teens – and on a school night too! I hadn’t been to a concert for a long time, but as s

      5 min read

    • Article

      Full-time Families

      Aug 20, 2018

      Full-time Families
      10 min read

    • Article

      One In A MILLION!

      Feb 16, 2023

      Standing in the queue for the next rollercoaster, I watched the kids lick their lollies happily. As part of a team of volunteers, I’d taken 20 children with additional needs to Chessington World of Adventures, giving both them and their parents a muc

      1 min read

    • Article

      Have Yourself A Mindful Christmas

      Nov 27, 2019

      Have Yourself A Mindful Christmas
      7 min read

    • Article

      Bonjour MiniMaggers!

      Feb 3, 2022

      Bonjour MiniMaggers!
      2 min read

    • Article

      Heart’s Work

      Apr 22, 2022

      Heart’s Work
      7 min read

    • Article

      A Letter To… My Ray Of Sunshine

      Feb 10, 2022

      Dear Reggie, The first day we met, you were just 1 month old, and so small in your hospital crib. You’d arrived in the world, in November 2010, with so many challenges. Seven weeks premature, you had severe learning difficulties and diplegia cerebral

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Flying Seagull Project

      Feb 1, 2018

      The Flying Seagull Project
      4 min read

    • Article

      Winning Letter

      Jan 5, 2024

      MY FAMILY has always been big on capturing moments and memories together. I have an aunt who still holds a very large and impressive collection of old photo albums of my siblings, cousins and me growing up. Our cheesy smiles in our annual school snap

      5 min read

    • Article

      Playful, Powerful, Poised

      Jun 23, 2023

      There comes a time in every child’s life when they leave the crayons behind, cuddly toys get taken to the charity shop and their curiosity about those insects in the garden becomes a distant memory. Adulthood takes over, we’re told to focus on our ca

      2 min read

    • Article

      DOING GOOD differently

      Feb 22, 2023

      DOING GOOD differently
      5 min read

    • Article

      Winning Letter

      Jan 27, 2023

      SO THERE we have it – the first month of the year is almost over and for many it’s a case of good riddance! It isn’t called Januworry for nothing: the funds that have to stretch and stretch long after the holidays are over, the school fees that need

      5 min read

    • Article

      Giving Gracefully

      May 11, 2023

      Every safari should have a positive, sustainable impact on everyone involved. This was brought into sharp perspective by the Covid-19 pandemic and the incalculable effect the global travel bans had on the people who live in and around the wilderness

      2 min read

    • Article

      How Novel!

      May 23, 2022

      How Novel!
      3 min read

    • Article

      One In A MILLION!

      Nov 24, 2022

      Watching as the pile of wrapping paper grew higher, I couldn’t believe how much stuff we’d accumulated at Christmas. Our garage was already filled with old toys, buggies and baby books we’d got from previous Christmases, that my daughters, Sophie, 11

      1 min read

    • Article

      We’re Saving A BILLABONG

      Apr 26, 2023

      We’re Saving A BILLABONG
      3 min read

    • Article

      Letters To The Future

      May 26, 2021

      Founder and CEO of Asylum Seeker Research Centre My dream is that 50 years from now we have not built tougher borders or higher walls to stop human beings finding safety and freedom but a longer table with a seat for everyone. We have met the challen

      15 min read

    • Article

      Leg Up

      Dec 17, 2021

      Leg Up
      4 min read

    • Article

      Education

      Sep 2, 2021

      Megan Daley A gentle guide for parents and educators to help foster a love of reading in children from birth and beyond. Award-winning teacher librarian Megan Daley unpacks twenty years of experience in children’s literature in this personable and ac

      3 min read

    • Article

      # Crib notes

      Feb 1, 2023

      # Crib notes
      8 min read

    • Article

      Thriving Away From Home

      Jul 20, 2023

      Thriving Away From Home
      3 min read

    • Article

      Winning Letter

      Jun 30, 2023

      I WAS curious about getting into a submarine when I had to do it way back in 2005. I was sent to Mauritius to do a travel story for the women’s magazine I was working for at the time and had no idea what to expect. It took about two hours to go down

      6 min read

    • Article

      Winning Letter

      Feb 23, 2024

      EACH week our team comes together to discuss and plan the magazine – from choosing which stories will go into the issue to sourcing images for each page and seeing everything through to the layout process. And week after week, story after story, the

      5 min read

    • Article

      Meet the MODERN GRANNY

      Jun 4, 2020

      Meet the MODERN GRANNY
      6 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Jan 3, 2020

      I APPLAUD all the people who are well off who reach out to the needy. But I worry that – although they give out of the goodness of their hearts – they may not end up uplifting the needy people they’re hoping to help. Giving a food parcel to someone i

      3 min read

    • Article

      Winning Letter

      Feb 24, 2023

      IT’S not easy for me to write about a cover price increase. I know things are tough with the economy what it is, load-shedding, petrol prices, never-ending increasing fees of practically everything. I wish there was a way we could delay or stop it, b

      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Simple Pleasures

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Simple Pleasures - Rob Ansell

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1