Pelicans of Palm Beach

By Estelle Craig

This book is about a Pelican family who lives in Palm Beach.

In the morning, they fly together as a familythe children to school, the parents to work.

The Pelican Father, Paragon, is a lawyer. The Mother, Polly, is a volunteer caregiver.

The youngest Pelican is called Peewee. He is very mischievous. He does not follow the rules at school.

His teacher calls Paragon to complain about Peewee, and when Peewee comes home, Paragon scolds him and reminds Peewee that he plans to run for congress and become a senator.

Peewee promises to behave and creates a kite with space for people to advertise on it. He makes quite a bit of money, and they use it for the campaign.

Paragon is elected, and the Pelican family celebrates!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524642440

Estelle Craig

A phone and a typewriter were all Estelle Craig needed to start what turned out to be a lifetime of fun and meeting famous people, from a prime minister of England to a mountain climber, Sir Edmund Hillary. Changing diapers and booking celebrities at the same time, she created and directed World Adventure Tours for forty-one years. Evening gowns were Estelle’s working clothes when she appeared on the stage to introduce the artist of the evening. As many shows were sold out, armchair travellers subscribed to the series year after year. Estelle wrote travel articles, interviewed people for the CBC broadcasting network in Canada, published a national magazine, Small Types for children and satisfied her hunger for travel by escorting people on trips around the world. Estelle became the President of the Toronto Women’s Variety Club and Press Club. At the same time, she raised three children and ran a household for the family. When Estelle decided it was time to turn to other ventures, she received an offer to sell World Adventure Tours. At Ryerson University, in Toronto, she discovered Act II Studio and auditioned and appeared in plays. She has written several plays, which were produced by Act II Studio. She has also written a newspaper column, radio scripts, and published three autobiographical books. Her special delights are music, the theatre, her grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, and the untold mysteries and wonders that tomorrow might bring. After the age of 100, Estelle wrote The Pelicans of Palm Beach and The House That Swam. At the age of 103 Estelle Craig has written Barry Weds Minnie.

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/30/2016

ISBN: 978-1-5246-4243-3 (sc)

978-1-5246-4245-7 (hc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016916108

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CREDITS

Cover art : LAURA MARKS

Interior photos : ROBIN MELANIE CRAIG

Editing : SHERI RUTTLE

Author Photo : ROBIN MELANIE CRAIG

Contents

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

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Chapter I

Polly Pelican was peeved. She had been planning to take her family to the monthly picnic of the Pelican Clan. She scanned the picnic grounds and where was Peewee? Nowhere to be found. She had lined up her children, seven in all, to know who was there, Paul, Peter, Patsy,