Maretha at Fauna Park Tales

SPRINGTIME BOOK & BLOG PARTY WINNERS

Furry and feathered friends are using their own sounds barking, meowing and more to convey their CONGRATULATIONS  to the following winners who kindly visited our blog stop at:

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RRBC Badges (2) SPRINGTIME BLOG PARTY

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2xe-book vouchers for “FAUNA PARK TALES” BEEM WEEKS – received a MOBI file of Flame and Hope: An African Adventure and PAT FURSTENBERG, South African Children’s author – downloaded Flame and Hope: An African Adventure and left a review, which I received with thanks at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R2WW3UETDVV78W?ref_=glimp_1rv_cl

 (This person is not an RRBC Member but her email address may have been captured on my site when she left her comment).

3x Signed B&W paperback copies of FAUNA PARK TALES – book of their choice.

  • LINDA MIMS – Flame and Hope: An African Adventure book 1
  • RON YATES – Flame and Hope: An African Adventure book 1                                     I’ve dispatched the B&W signed copies on Saturday, 13th May, but while the three prizewinners had to wait for their physical prizes, I emailed a MOBI file to each of them as they  did not have an opportunity to download a free copy during my blog tour.
  • FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS – Friends: An African Adventure book 2
  • D. E. HOWARD – 1xDeluxe Colour Version paperback of An African Adventure: Flame and Hope – Tales from Fauna Park ( a 174-page colour copy of books one and two combined – not yet received), but I sent Dawn a MOBI of Flame and Hope: An African Adventure in the meantime.  She has already left a review  at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XDRQJQX/ref=pdp_new_dp_review               Thanks so much!
  • MARY L. SCHMIDT – 1xset of three colour illustrations to S. JACKSON – colour prints dispatched on Saturday the 6th of May.

I want to again thank everyone for the wonderful support I received during my blog tour. Harmony Kent also left a review.  I’m blown away by your support. 

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Published by Maretha at Fauna Park Tales

Maretha is a South African Italian, born in a small town called Montagu. She grew up in nearby Worcester in the Western Cape – a town reminiscent of living in Switzerland among the snow-capped mountains. Worcester had a small library. Young Maretha’s visits were limited to three times a week, because the librarian told her, “You spend too much time with your nose in a book and neglect your school work.” Nothing much has changed, because she's still a confirmed bookworm who constantly strives to raise more bookworms who enjoy reading, not just as a pleasant past-time, but as an excellent tool to be used when grown-up. Before immigrating to the UK to settle in Lancashire, Maretha worked as a librarian in a private school in Botswana, where one of her tasks was to encourage children to enjoy reading. That was a labour of love for this bookworm, providing valuable help in carving her own career as a children's author/illustrator. It brought her face to face with the literary industry’s toughest critics – children and preteens. She saw that many students also enjoyed reading about birds and animals, their care, habitats and general well-being, especially when a few added catchy rhymes here and there made reading sessions interesting and alive. In 2012 her job was localised and as things often happen, this unforeseen occurrence led to a new chapter in her life. To remain motivated, she wrote down everything she could remember about her family's pets – their little habits and characteristics. For example, the character of the working-dog hero in Fauna Park Tales is based on the different traits of every single dog her family ever owned. Researching habits, habitats and interesting titbits about martial eagles and eagle owls, as well as many smaller birds such as crimson-breasted shrikes and hoopoes,made it easier to illustrate them and tell a believable story. Her illustrations appear throughout Fauna Park Tales. Maretha Botha admits to being a chocoholic and unreformed coffee addict, a keen gardener and bird watcher, who likes to walk on the moors where the stiff breeze coming in from the sea, quickly clears her head, making way for more inspiration.

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