Isabella CastaspellaAuthor: Parvati Markus Genre: Children - K-3rd - Fable Publisher: SitaRam Press Date Published: August 1, 2022 ISBN-10: ISBN-13: 979-8-9866012-0-5 BUY IT AT AMAZON.COM GoodReads Rating:
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ISABELLA CASTASPELLA tells the story of Izzy?s struggles with Lavinia LaMeanie, a nasty witch who is always trying to make life miserable for Izzy and her friends. It has ten chapters, all in verse, with black-and-white illustrations, suited for ages 5-9 (K-3rd grade). |
PARVATI MARKUS has been midwifing spiritually-oriented books ever since she helped edit Ram Dass' classic Be Here Now. She is the author of Whisper in the Heart: The Ongoing Presence of Neem Karoli Baba (Mandala Publishing, August 2022) and Love Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neem Karoli Baba Told Through the Stories of the Westerners Whose Lives He Transformed (HarperOne, 2015). Books she has edited have been published by Hay House, Inner Traditions, Simon & Schuster, Contemporary/McGraw Hill, Lotus Press, and others. She has helped with spiritual organizations (as past President of the Board of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and Hanuman Temple in Taos, NM) and events (as a development consultant for the Global Peace Initiative of Women). She is on the Board of Advisors for the Love Serve Remember Foundation. Parvati has an M.A. in Creative Writing from The McGregor School of Antioch University. RADHA BAUM has a degree in Early Childhood Education from NYU and worked as a nursery school teacher. She is a retired Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and a Registered Nurse (RN), as well as a licensed acupuncturist and practitioner of various complementary healing techniques. She is D.A.N.-certified (Defeat Autism Now) and has worked with autistic children at the Exceptional Health and Wellness Center/Central Speech, in Hartsdale, NY, in family education, nutritional guidance, and ABA training for children. She has lectured on Childhood Disorders, and Allergies and Nutrition for Children at Exceptional Health and Wellness Center as well as at the Schachter Center for Complementary Medicine in Suffern, NY, where she also lectured on Woman?s Health Issues and Chinese Herbal Medicine. She and Parvati have both studied ?story? with Robert McKee.