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    Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles
    Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles
    Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles
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    Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles

    By Mardo Williams

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    “Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles is an enchanting storybook. Twenty-one stories delight readers with subjects from make-believe to losing teeth to new babies. The Puckerdoodles are funny, colorful characters and the family stories are light and playful. The book is perfect for reading a single story each day either in class or at home. One reader did note, however, that she could not put it down!”-- Kathleen Kain, Ph.D., Children’s Educ Co-op

    “The adventures of three little ones and their family are accom-panied by action-filled, charming illustrations. The relationships of great-grandad, mother, father and siblings are detailed in everyday activities. The 21 short adventures contain topics school-aged children can relate to. The stories are great for bedtime and give younger readers a sense of continuation.”—MTM, Children’s Book Review Service

    "The stories are rich in their very simplicity. Yukiko Mishima's illustrations reflect the same masterful ‘simplicity.’ The stories tell of many adventures, both entertaining and instructive. But best of all they provide a secure place that offers the reader good cheer and gentle affection."
    --Kathy Piper, Professional Puppeteer, Past-president of The Puppeteers of America

    “It’s a fun, family read-aloud book. The names of the characters are sure to bring giggles galore. The delightful illustrations simply enhance the 21 heartwarming stories.” Victoria Grimes, Today’s Family

    "Lots of laugh and dabs of philosophy celebrate the unique bond between children & their great-grandparents. Yukiko Mishima's enchanting illustrations are a joyous & colorful addition & bring the stories to life." --RebeccaReads.com
    "These are adorable, funny, interesting stories and beautifully illustrated. Yukiko Mishima has a whimsical flair to her drawings and wonderful use of color. I intend to make a gift of Great Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles to several of my best friends (who are first time Grandmas)." --Sharon White, Expectant Grandmother
    "A delightful collection of short stories perfect for naptime and bedtime reading. Great thought has been given to including stories perfect for holiday reading as well. The wide variety of vocabulary provides opportunity for children to learn new words such as what is "falsetto," what does "cock of the walk" mean, and what's "a nook and cranny"? The humorous illustrations allow children to participate as they point to their favorite ice cream flavor and laugh at the antics of the Puckerdoodle children." --Linda Meinelt, School Librarian
    "Every day family events and family members make up this wonderful collection of stories. The storyteller has a gift for helping the reader see the humor, fun, and excitement that abound in family life. Colorful illustrations enhance the stories beautifully, capturing the activities and personalities of this delightful intergenerational family." --Sara Burneson, Elementary Language Arts Coordinator, Elementary Principal

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCalliope Press
    Release dateMar 13, 2012
    ISBN9780964924185
    Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles
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    Mardo Williams

    Mardo Williams' story is right out of the pages of Horatio Alger whose books he read as a young boy. Alger's heroes valiantly overcome poverty and adversity and this seems to be exactly what he did. He grew up on a 100-acre subsistence farm; serendipitously--after he lost his job at the Kenton, Ohio car shops because of the Depression--he answered an ad and became the only reporter at the Kenton News-Republican, a small Ohio daily. (He'd always had an inclination to write.) He had no college degree but while he'd been cleaning out the insides of the smokestacks of the locomotives up in Toledo, he'd taken two courses at the business school there, shorthand and typing, and so he was prepared to be a reporter. He did all the beats, hoofed it around the small town of Kenton digging up stories on slow news days. Nineteen years later, after World War II ended, the Columbus Dispatch recruited him to the copy desk. He moved up the ranks from the copy desk to travel editor . . . and in 1954 he was asked to develop and write stories about the world of business. Columbus was booming at this time. Mardo, familiar with pounding the pavement to search out stories, did just that. Within the year, he was writing a daily business column with byline. After he retired from the Dispatch in 1970, he freelanced for several years, editing a newsletter and doing publicity. He began his second career, writing books, at age 88, after his wife died after a long illness. At his daughters' urging, he learned to use a computer and began writing his first book, Maude. It was about his mother, who lived to be 110, and also about life at the turn of the century when everything was done arduously by hand. This was to be for family, but his daughter Kay read a few sections to her writers group. They loved it, and wanted more. The manuscript grew from 50 pages to a 334 page book with a 32 page picture insert. The finished product was published in 1996, Maude (1883--1993): She Grew Up with the Country. It has been adopted by some college American history classes as a supplemental text "to put a human face on history." Then Mardo wrote an illustrated children's book, Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles, based on the escapades of four of his great-grandchildren. He decided at age 92 that he would try something completely different--a novel, One Last Dance. His magnum opus. He spent three years writing the first draft while tour...

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      Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles - Mardo Williams

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      Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles is an excellent new title, with wonderfully illustrated stories. The author is 94 and the illustrator is 23, but the stories are timeless. --Alan Caruba, Bookviews

      Twenty-one brief and chuckle-filled stories are packed into this ‘family read-aloud book,’ written by a great-grandfather who has generations of experience in the parenting field. The tales tell of the impish Puckerdoodles: Teenie, Weenie, Waddles and baby Toodlebug. Kids will enjoy the antics and illustrations as Williams captures the magic of childhood wonder—learning to spit watermelon seeds, falling in love with a first puppy, selecting ice cream at the local parlor. The story of a crabby toddler who gets up on the wrong side of the bed is guaranteed to elicit big grins. An excellent pick for parents to read aloud, young readers ages 7 to 10 also will enjoy saying the very words in these stories—marshmallows, Britches the dog, kazoo, six-shooters, Ma and Pa Fuddyduddy and the children's silly names. Williams has a true talent for language, and the illustrations are colorful and cute without upstaging the stories.—Today’s Librarian

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      A Family Read-Aloud Book

      Great-Grandpa Fussy

      and the Little Puckerdoodles

      21 Stories

      By Mardo Williams

      Illustrated by Yukiko Mishima

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      Published by Calliope Press at Smashwords

      Text Copyright © 1999, 2000 by Mardo Williams

      Illustrations Copyright © 1999, 2000 by Calliope Press

      All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters. incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to persons living or dead, business establishment locales, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      The Library of Congress has established a Cataloging-in-Publication record for this title.

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      Hard Cover ISBN-13: 978-09649241-3-0

      EPUB ISBN-13: 978-09649241-8-5

      Smashwords Edition, License Note

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or if it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Table of Contents

      Teenie, Weenie, and Waddles Go to the Ice Cream Store

      The Puckerdoodles Have a Holiday

      What’ll We Do?

      The Little Puckerdoodles Get a Surprise

      The Tooth Fairy Steals Teenie’s Tooth

      Weenie and Waddles Are Cowboys

      Teenie Asks for a Little Sister

      An Adventure with Great-Grandpa Fussy

      Waddles and the Christmas Picture

      The Little Puckerdoodles Look for Easter

      Teenie Dreams a Picnic

      Wishing on a Star

      Waddles Gets Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed

      Great-Grandpa Fussy and the Flummy Wumpus

      Where’s Britches?

      Teenie Stays in Bed

      A Puckerdoodle Children’s Day

      Weenie’s Big Game

      Waddles Is Lost

      Welcome, Baby

      Toodlebug Takes Charge

      Ninety-five-year-old author Mardo Williams with 23-year-old illustrator Yukiko Mishima

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      Dedication

      For my great-grandchildren, who taught me to listen more carefully, to continue to be amazed and curious at the life around me, and to be more tolerant of the different levels of noise they

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