Monday, November 15, 2010

The Psychology of Gratitude - FoxNews.com

The Psychology of Gratitude - FoxNews.com

Friday, November 12, 2010

New Children’s Book: Lollopy Goes Olympic for 4 to 8 year olds

Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 12, 2010 -- Grit Weinstein and Miranda O’Shea have just launched their second children’s book titled Lollopy Goes Olympic.

Lollopy Goes Olympic is a heart-warming story with colorful illustrations about the true meaning of winning, losing and friendships. Lollopy, the rabbit, and his animal friends, Sniffy, Dory, Maddy and Paddy, decide to organize their very own winter Olympic games. This is the second children's life lesson story after The Tale of the Little Duckling named Dory by Grit Weinstein and illustrator, Miranda O'Shea. More about Lollopy and his animal friends at http://lollopyandfriends.com.

“Lollopy Goes Olympic is about a little rabbit and his animal friends having fun together and learning the true meaning of winning and losing,” said Grit Weinstein, the author.

Miranda O’Shea, the illustrator: “Our children need our help with important life lessons. The colorful illustrations are designed to make this an enjoyable experience for children.”

Lollopy Goes Olympic will be available online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and many other retailers. The book can be previewed at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/gritweinstein.

About the author:
Grit Weinstein was born and raised in Germany. After finishing her education as a nurse, she moved to Zurich, Switzerland where she lived and worked as a nurse for more than 12 years. She has a passion for reading, art and children. She is working on a series of children books. She is married to Lt. Col. Bob Weinstein, USAR-Ret, also known as the Health Colonel, and resides with him in South Florida.

About the illustrator:
Miranda O’Shea was raised in Rome, Italy for most of her early years. She has had a mixed education with a combination of Italian and English. From Rome, Miranda went on to further her studies in England, and studied fashion design. She then went on to Santa Barbara, California to study fine art and multimedia. She has had her own greeting card business photographing architectural views around parts of the globe. She resides in South Florida with her boyfriend Gidon and has a line of baby t-shirts with her colorful
illustrations.

Lollopy Goes Olympic 


Endive Salad in a Fruity Way

(For 2 Persons)
This salad is rich in vitamins and you can always eat a second helping…..
- 2 white endives
- 2 Kiwis
- 2 Oranges
- 1 big sweet Apple
- 1 Banana
- Handful of Raisins
- Handful of chopped Nuts (like Almond, Walnut, Hazelnut)
- Half lemon, Vanilla sugar
1) Cut all the fruits and endives in little pieces
2) Add the raisins and the nuts, mix it together
3) Spice it up with a pinch of vanilla sugar and fresh squeezed lemon juice
Tips: - for Xmas you can add also chopped dates and a spoonful of coconut flakes
- Or instead of raisins, cranberries

Grit is an RN trained in Germany an is a children's book author for ages 4 to 8.
For more on her children's books go to www.LollopyandFriends.com.
She welcomes recipe suggestions and comments at gritweinstein@gmail.com.