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Wayne Gerard Trotman's Rhyming Stories is a 270-page anthology of seven award-winning illustrated children's poems introduced by Benjamin Zephaniah: The Last Honey Bee [Finalist - The Wishing Shelf Book Awards] A Tiger's Tale [Silver - The Wishing Shelf Book Awards] An Elephant's Advice [Winner - Purple Dragonfly Book Award] Mattie Boombalatty [Gold - Literary Titan Book Awards] Song of the Blue Whale [Gold - Literary Titan Book Awards] A Letter from a Gorilla [Gold - Literary Titan Book Awards] A Turtle's Adventures [Winner - Purple Dragonfly Book Award] Wayne Gerard Trotman's Rhyming Stories was a 2021 Readers' Favorite Book Award Finalist.

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Reviewed By Bruce Arrington for Readers' Favorite - 5 Stars Wayne Gerard Trotman's Rhyming Stories: An Anthology of Seven Illustrated Children's Poems by Wayne Gerard Trotman is a collection of seven different stories, all in one large volume. The target audience is children, and so the illustrations are geared toward that age group. Most of the stories (The Last Honey Bee, A Tiger's Tale, An Elephant's Advice, Song of the Blue Whale, A Letter From a Gorilla, and A Turtle's Adventures) have strong conservation themes, targeting humans as the underlying cause of species population problems. Fortunately, the book also goes on to show that people can be a part of the solution instead of only the problem. This gives the reader a more hopeful view of how problems can be solved. The story, Mattie Boombalatty, is about a girl who is forced to move with her family because of a lost job. But the school is full of bullies and she has to deal with them. This is a fantasy story wherein a magical creature takes justice into his own hands, jeopardizing the lives of the bullies. Will Mattie stand up for them or let them go to ruin? The artwork is professional, colorful, and filled with lots of detail that will make the reader want to come back again and again. The artistic aspect helps young readers connect much better with the messages presented by the author. Wayne Gerard Trotman's Rhyming Stories: An Anthology of Seven Illustrated Children's Poems is a recommended collection that will inspire young readers. Reviewed By Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite - 5 Stars An orphaned honeybee tells its sad tale of being alone, lonely, and unable to pollinate our fruit trees or even make honey. Sad, but true, that honeybees are an endangered species. Telling the story from a honeybee's point of view makes the tale all the more electrifying. I'm from a land/ Across the sea/ An unhappy land/ Oh, what a pity/ There's no more milk/ And no more honey/ In what was once/ A place of plenty. The honeybee keeps meeting other living creatures and trying to explain its plight. It's a sad tale, almost too close to the truth. And then there's the story of Tun Tun, the six-year-old elephant whose greatest fear is the human poacher who threatens his family. Run Tun Tun Tun, run Tun Tun/ I see a poacher with his gun/ Don't wait for me just quickly flee/ Run Tun Tun Tun, run Tun Tun. You can hear the panic in Tun Tun's mother's voice; the poacher, of course, means danger. Wayne Gerard Trotman's Rhyming Stories: An Anthology of Seven Illustrated Children's Poems is a compelling look at what we've done to our planet. Stories told in rhyming verse and accompanied by vibrant, colorful illustrations will teach readers young and old about the plight of other life forms on our planet and their struggle for survival. These are teaching stories, but parables too, cleverly told using the voice of the oppressed. The lyrical nature of the rhyming verses makes the stories sing their sorry tale and hopefully, the reader will listen, learn, and do all they can to change this downward trend toward disaster. But the stories are also fun, intuitive, and very insightful. These are stories about all creatures great and small told with both care and compassion.

Reviewed By Bruce Arrington for Readers' Favorite - 5 Stars Wayne Gerard Trotman's Rhyming Stories: An Anthology of Seven Illustrated Children's Poems by Wayne Gerard Trotman is a collection of seven different stories, all in one large volume. The target audience is children, and so the illustrations are geared toward that age group. Most of the stories (The Last Honey Bee, A Tiger's Tale, An Elephant's Advice, Song of the Blue Whale, A Letter From a Gorilla, and A Turtle's Adventures) have strong conservation themes, targeting humans as the underlying cause of species population problems. Fortunately, the book also goes on to show that people can be a part of the solution instead of only the problem. This gives the reader a more hopeful view of how problems can be solved. The story, Mattie Boombalatty, is about a girl who is forced to move with her family because of a lost job. But the school is full of bullies and she has to deal with them. This is a fantasy story wherein a magical creature takes justice into his own hands, jeopardizing the lives of the bullies. Will Mattie stand up for them or let them go to ruin? The artwork is professional, colorful, and filled with lots of detail that will make the reader want to come back again and again. The artistic aspect helps young readers connect much better with the messages presented by the author. Wayne Gerard Trotman's Rhyming Stories: An Anthology of Seven Illustrated Children's Poems is a recommended collection that will inspire young readers. Reviewed By Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite - 5 Stars An orphaned honeybee tells its sad tale of being alone, lonely, and unable to pollinate our fruit trees or even make honey. Sad, but true, that honeybees are an endangered species. Telling the story from a honeybee's point of view makes the tale all the more electrifying. I'm from a land/ Across the sea/ An unhappy land/ Oh, what a pity/ There's no more milk/ And no more honey/ In what was once/ A place of plenty. The honeybee keeps meeting other living creatures and trying to explain its plight. It's a sad tale, almost too close to the truth. And then there's the story of Tun Tun, the six-year-old elephant whose greatest fear is the human poacher who threatens his family. Run Tun Tun Tun, run Tun Tun/ I see a poacher with his gun/ Don't wait for me just quickly flee/ Run Tun Tun Tun, run Tun Tun. You can hear the panic in Tun Tun's mother's voice; the poacher, of course, means danger. Wayne Gerard Trotman's Rhyming Stories: An Anthology of Seven Illustrated Children's Poems is a compelling look at what we've done to our planet. Stories told in rhyming verse and accompanied by vibrant, colorful illustrations will teach readers young and old about the plight of other life forms on our planet and their struggle for survival. These are teaching stories, but parables too, cleverly told using the voice of the oppressed. The lyrical nature of the rhyming verses makes the stories sing their sorry tale and hopefully, the reader will listen, learn, and do all they can to change this downward trend toward disaster. But the stories are also fun, intuitive, and very insightful. These are stories about all creatures great and small told with both care and compassion.

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Wayne Gerard Lionel Trotman is a British-Trinidadian award-winning writer, filmmaker, artist, photographer, composer and producer of electronic music. Born in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, he immigrated to England in 1984 where he studied painting under Daphne Todd OBE at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea, London. He is an author of rhyming children's books, action-packed thrillers, horror, fantasy and science fiction for adults and young adults, and inspiring cooking and travel non-fiction titles. His novel Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest is a coming-of-age, science-fiction adventure story set in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and presented with much of its dialogue in authentic Trinidadian Creole. The epic novel explores the culture of Trinidad and Tobago and combines legends and characters from Trinbago folklore, including Papa Bois, Soucouyant, Douen and Mama Dlo, with the themes of wildlife conservation, redemption, and forgiveness. The novel was academically reviewed in Supernatural Literature, a 3-volume encyclopaedia published by St. James Press covering the literature of the supernatural across the canon, including such notable works as Shakespeare's Hamlet, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Trotman is the most quoted author of Caribbean origin. His photographs are available via Getty Images, and he runs the award-winning blog: Red Moon Chronicle for which he has interviewed some of the biggest names in science fiction and fantasy. Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is a British poet, playwright and author who was born and raised in Birmingham, England. In 2008, he was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers. Zephaniah won the BBC Young Playwright's Award. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of North London (in 1998), the University of Central England (in 1999), Staffordshire University (in 2001), London South Bank University (in 2003), the University of Exeter and the University of Westminster (in 2006). On 17 July 2008, Zephaniah received an honorary doctorate from the University of Birmingham. Zephaniah is an honorary patron of The Vegan Society and Viva! (Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals). As an actor, Zephaniah appears in Peaky Blinders as Jeremiah Jesus.

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