Starkishia

"My 2 to 24 Activity Book" introduces readers to math concepts related to the number two including addition and multiplication exercises. "My 2 to 24 Activity Book" is Vol 5 in "My First Book Series" which includes six (6) primer books under on cover. All volumes: "My 1 to 5 Activity Book," "My A to G Activity Book," "My H to P Activity Book," "My 10 to 100 Activity Book," "My 2 to 24 Activity Book," and "My Q to Z Activity Book.

"My Q to Z Activity Book" gives readers an overview of words and sentences using the alphabets Q to Z. Readers will learn new terms and can practice writing. This volume is a coloring and activity book for readers ages three to five. "My Q to Z Activity Book" is Vol 6 in "My First Book Series" which includes six (6) primer books under on cover. All volumes six volumes: "My 1 to 5 Activity Book," "My A to G Activity Book," "My H to P Activity Book," "My 10 to 100 Activity Book," "My 2 to 24 Activity Book," and "My Q to Z Activity Book.

"My A to G Activity Book" Volume 2 of My First Book Series was designed to promote early literacy. The book teaches children words and short sentences with the letter A through G. A family tree and a Certificate of Completion is included. My "A to G Activity Book" is the 2nd volume in "My First Book Series" which includes six (6) primer books under on cover. The six volumes are: "My 1 to 5 Activity Book," "My A to G Activity Book," "My H to P Activity Book," "My 10 to 100 Activity Book," "My 2 to 24 Activity Book," and "My Q to Z Activity Book.

Mary was born in 1933 in Scott, County Mississippi to sharecroppers. Her memoir described her two fathers as the most significant people in her childhood. One of them was impoverished and indebted to white landowners, and the other owned property and was independent. They agreed to expose Mary to both worlds. Change is hard, but Mary found her way, and the inspiration to dream. With the gift of song and the mind to step out of the box, Mary broke ground in business and in song.Meredith Etc Editorial ReviewEXCERPT: At age six, I, along with my siblings attended a one room school, where ... Mr. McCarter taught first through eighth grade. We carried our lunch to school in small molasses buckets which consisted of whatever we had left over from the previous day. We did not eat sandwiches like children do today; we ate peas, greens, salt meat and cornbread. Sometimes we had a baked sweet potato for dessert.Bessie often sat on the porch and dipped snuff. I wanted to try it, and be grown.One day, I asked her for some snuff, and she said, "Okay, let me show you how to put it in your lip, so you won't get it on your clothes.""Okay," I agreed.She filled the lid with snuff and told me, "Lean your head backward."I obeyed her, and she filled my mouth with snuff and began to rub it in. I tried to get away ... and swallowed some of it. I laid out on the porch in the summer heat longing to die. I was so sick I felt death was better than suffering. The incident took my taste for snuff...Advance Praise for Mary's Story & Song Mrs. Coleman has written a book that everyone should read. We were both born in 1933 and lived in Mississippi during the years of the Black Civil Rights Movement. Her life is a living reality of the Black struggle and a greater true picture of the changes that occurred. I loved it.James Meredith, Ole Miss, 1962While this book is a personal account of the life of Mary Coleman, it is one with which we can all identify and cherish. I am sure that this historical account of her life will be something that generations coming after her will be able to use to get an understanding of from whence they came.Judge William WalkerMary's Story and Song chronicles the great strides and struggles in the transformative life of the Haralson Family from slavery to freedom Mrs. Coleman's soft-spoken style and positive outlook is evident throughout this book and makes for a spirited autobiography that reads like a novel. It will serve as Mrs. Coleman's testimony for many generations to come.Norma G. Alexander

Small print edition 5x8 - Starkishia: Estrella is a story about a little girl who grew up too fast to feel the grass wear thin under the soles of her shoes. Abuse thickened her skin, yet her nightmares were as dark as they were real. The library became her sanctuary where stories took her to another place and time. But, in reality there was nothing imaginary about the bruises under her clothing as she advanced from one classroom to another during middle school, or nothing fictitious about being molested by the maggot hands of a despicable relative. Her plight was hidden in a small town in Georgia, just as her physical abuse was disregarded by the school's social worker. This colored child was brought into this world by her 14 year old mother who was ruthlessly dominated by her husband. Starkishia loved her mother above all else; her step-father who provided shelter for them witnessed her birth and helped raise her. She consumed pieces of joy, but sometimes she received broken reprisals and ended up walking down the dark road alone; yet in some fortunate way humanity was always within reach. After her parents split up, Starkishia and her family ended up in Texas. Single parenthood changed their family structure forevermore. Starkishia became a wage earner at age 13; she also became homeless the following year. She was, for years, engulfed by her impoverished and dysfunctional environment. She married a native of Mexico a few days after her 15th birthday. He nicknamed her 'Estrella' a Spanish term which means 'Star.' It goes without saying that Starkishia was born in the land of opportunity, but it was not exactly within her reach. Yes, she was her grandmother's star, but she was a statistic of minimal proportions as far as small town and suburbia America was concerned. Shortly after marriage, she became a mother. Afterward the life of this teen went downhill at lightning speed. Many readers will identify with her; for, she walked away from her husband broken hearted; then, she fell in love with another man, and as new babies arrived, she took her limited funds and focused on the lives of those under her roof; in time, her parental absence to her oldest two children turned flat out into abandonment. Have mercy Starkishia was a lost teen, but through grace she eventually became a productive woman in American society. Meredith Etc., a small press, proudly introduces readers to Starkishia: Estrella, a story about the perils of teen parenthood, economic dispossession, and the charity of new beginnings.Meredith Coleman McGee, Publisher/Acquisition EditorMeredith Etc., a small pressJackson, Mississippi, USAwww.meredithetc.com

6" x 9" Trade Paperback EditionStarkishia: Estrella is a story about a little girl who grew up too fast to feel the grass wear thin under the soles of her shoes. Abuse thickened her skin, yet her nightmares were as dark as they were real. The library became her sanctuary where stories took her to another place and time. But, in reality there was nothing imaginary about the bruises under her clothing as she advanced from one classroom to another during middle school, or nothing fictitious about being molested by the maggot hands of a despicable relative. Her plight was hidden in a small town in Georgia, just as her physical abuse was disregarded by the school's social worker. This colored child was brought into this world by her 14 year old mother who was ruthlessly dominated by her husband. Starkishia loved her mother above all else; her step-father who provided shelter for them witnessed her birth and helped raise her. She consumed pieces of joy, but sometimes she received broken reprisals and ended up walking down the dark road alone; yet in some fortunate way humanity was always within reach. After her parents split up, Starkishia and her family ended up in Texas. Single parenthood changed their family structure forevermore. Starkishia became a wage earner at age 13; she also became homeless the following year. She was, for years, engulfed by her impoverished and dysfunctional environment. She married a native of Mexico a few days after her 15th birthday. He nicknamed her 'Estrella' a Spanish term which means 'Star.' It goes without saying that Starkishia was born in the land of opportunity, but it was not exactly within her reach. Yes, she was her grandmother's star, but she was a statistic of minimal proportions as far as small town and suburbia America was concerned. Shortly after marriage, she became a mother. Afterward the life of this teen went downhill at lightning speed. Many readers will identify with her; for, she walked away from her husband broken hearted; then, she fell in love with another man, and as new babies arrived, she took her limited funds and focused on the lives of those under her roof; in time, her parental absence to her oldest two children turned flat out into abandonment. Have mercy Starkishia was a lost teen, but through grace she eventually became a productive woman in American society. Meredith Etc., a small press, proudly introduces readers to Starkishia: Estrella, a story about the perils of teen parenthood, economic dispossession, and the charity of new beginnings. Meredith Coleman McGee, Acquisition Editor Meredith Etc., a small press Jackson, Mississippi, USA www.meredithetc.com