Maretha at Fauna Park Tales

Series Notes #9 – Fauna Park Tales – Four Books

Happiness is having four books in the Fauna Park Tales Series available on Kindle and black-and-white illustrated Paperback. Go to: https://amazon.com/author/marethabotha

A few well-loved illustrations to whet your appetite!

A pair of African fish eagles support the Fauna Park Promise.
Inquisitive meerkats
Flame aka Jack Old Boy – hero and self-appointed V.I.A. of the Molofi valley.
Mars, the martial eagle scout

Thank you for you interest!  The first book, “Flame and Hope: An African Adventure” has been chosen as one of three July BOOKS OF THE MONTH – a great honour! If you are a Rave Reviews Book Club Member, please make sure to support all three authors this month – reading, reviewing and using your Social Media pages to the greatest extent possible, to advertise these books.

Our Book Club is currently reading…

“THE STRANGER” by Author,Joan Hall (@JoanHallwrites)

“MADE FOR ME” by Author, Pamela Schloesser Canepa (@PamSCanepa1)

“FLAME AND HOPE” by Author, Maretha Botha (@MarethMBotha)

We will admit to not having read all of these, but we trust that if you select a read which you find is not up to par (in your opinion), that you will give it your HONEST REVIEW and maybe, that HONEST review will help the author to take a closer look at their work, to ensure that it is the best that it can be. WE ARE NOT ABOUT GIVING ALL 5* REVIEWS here at #RRBC, we are about giving HONEST REVIEWS, whatever they may be.

We encourage all of our members to support these awesomely deserving members by going out and getting the e-book or paperback copy of their books (or pick one that you’d most like to read) so that you’re able to join in the discussion of these fabulous books on our next Book Club Discussion day. We ask that you please post a review after you’ve finished the read. PLEASE REMEMBER: Support these authors so that when it is your book here, you are supported in the same grand fashion!

Winsome Words Written By Deserving Indie Authors Deserve Our Highest Praise – An Honest, Positive Review!

 

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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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