A Weekend at Granny’S Pet House

By Martin Kari

This book is for children of almost every age, including the young at heart. One of the challenges of writing a childrens book is how to convey what we want to say to a younger generation without sounding preachy or condescending. Children should not only get enjoyment from this book but also learn about real life. Such learning cannot start early enough. It can protect us from many mistakes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press AU
• Release date: Jun 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9781504308618

Martin Kari

Martin Kari wurde während dem I I . Wel tkr ieg im Jahr 1941 in Kleinschelken/Siebenbürgen- Transylvanien als zweiter Sohn des Weinbauers Michael und seiner Frau Sara geboren. Schulausbildung, technische und höhere Ausbildung bereiteten den Autor besonders in Eigeninitiativen auf sein Leben vor.Born in Transylvania during World War II, Martin Kari's life followed many pathways, starting with his time as a refugee in Germany. Technical and then formal higher education prepared the author for life with a sense of exploration, adventure, intellect and humanity. Having worked and lived on four continents as a global citizen, he settled in Australia with his wife and 6 children. It was only in retirement that he found the time to take up the pen again, proving that it is never too late to take on something new in life.

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-0860-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5043-0861-8 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date: 06/14/2017

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Family, Pets & Nature

Chapter 2: WELCOME HOME

Chapter 3: FLOWER - WELCOME

Chapter 4: BIRDS also watch TIM and TARA

Chapter 5: Kangaroos also call the area Home.

Chapter 6: A First Day is never long enough

Chapter 7: A Full Day in and around Granny’s Pet-House

Chapter 8: Grandpa’s Workshop

Chapter 9: Around the Property

Chapter 10: Swamp, No-Go-Area !

Chapter 11: Back in the House

Chapter 12: Lunch in the Pet-House

Chapter 13: Siesta first, then again Fun

Chapter 14: Ants, Frogs, Crickets & Currawongs call the Rain

Chapter 15: Buckets of Rain from Heaven

Chapter 16: Bed-Time in the Pet-House

Chapter 17: The Early Morning Adventure

Chapter 18: Daylight gains the Upper Hand

Chapter 19: Preparing back Home

Chapter 20: Going Back

Chapter 21: A Surprise in the Pet-House

Chapter 22: Fixing the Mess

Chapter 23: The End is Never Far Away

Chapter 24: Play-Time

Chapter 25: Connecting to School again

Chapter 26: Farewell Gets Closer

Chapter 27: A Jar of Jokes

Chapter 28: Getting Ready for School

Chapter 29: Back to Town

Chapter 30: Tim and Tara Tell Their Story

Epilogue: The Moral of the Story

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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T he author, Martin Kari, writes many different kind of books which many different kinds of people like to read. In 2006, after Martin retired from full-time work, he rediscovered a love of writing, proving that it’s never too late to start something new in life.

Martin was born many years ago in Dracula Country, Romania, in 1941. Before and after meeting his wife Arja and having six children, Martin travelled with his family to many different countries around the world. He has also lived and worked in Europe, Africa and South America. In 1981, the family came to Australia, where they have been living ever since. The author and his wife are now grandparents and Martin drew on his experience when writing One Weekend at Granny’s Pet House. He hopes that the book will help children of today visualise a happy childhood from a slightly different perspective.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

F irstly, I’d like to thank my wife Arja, mother of our three boys and three girls, for helping me to write this book. I’d also like to thank our friends and next door neighbours, who gave me the idea for the book. The other important part of a children’s book is the support of good illustrations. As I’ve taken in this task myself, it is difficult for somebody else to illustrate one’s own ideas. Children see the world differently from adults – much in their lives seems to be smaller. Such creative work in a children’s book is surely an invitation to young and old to read.

This book is dedicated to my so far eight grand-children : Sarah, Patrick, Mikey, Nick, Abhay, Tara, Cobal, Mitchell and to all children around the world.

SETTING

CHARACTERS

FOREWORD

T his book is for children of almost any age, including the young at heart . One of the challenges of writing a children’s book is how to convey what we want to say to our younger generation without sounding ‘preachy’ or ‘condescending. Children should not only get enjoyment from this book but also learn about real life. Such learning cannot start early enough. It can protect us from many mist akes.

The ‘teddy-bear’ world of a young child’s life can become misleading for that child if it is kept up for too long. But, is the other world of current times really what we want for our children either ? Are all the techno’gadgets’ – TV, mobile phones, computers, videos – any better ? We have seen the end results in bullying at school and news of violence and crime and much more in our ‘progressive’ world. These are only the results of what people have achieved, or struggle to control. Both results, the ‘teddy-bear’ world and the techno world, are of no use for children all the time.

Children need simple toys to help them master each developmental step of life before moving to the next. Have we forgotten how childhood was when we were young ? This story aims to bring back simple happiness with the little things of life. Back to nature is a wonderful way to begin to understand the complex relationships of real life. This book shows how two children spend a weekend in the Australian bush with their grandparents at a unique ‘pet house’.

There are many ways to experience the story. It isn’t only meant for children of Tim and Tara’s age. Even children from the age of three onwards can ‘read’ the book’s illustrations. As they become older, they learn to read the text of the book. And adults are not excluded. They can read the book to children as a bedtime story – perhaps one chapter every day over a month.

Even before reading, children can learn the story from one illustration after the other, which will help develop their reading skills.

Then children can