Books with title Growing Up Mahogany

This book contains 78 poems, written for children aged between 7-13 years. They cover many aspects of life. The 26 delightful llustrations and the cover picture are by Yorkshire artist, David S Earnshaw, the elder brother of Dr Audrey Coatesworth. The author, Dr Coatesworth, is a retired psychiatrist, mother and grandmother. Some of the verses tell meaningful stories, all have a message, many contain humour whilst others show how wisdom, pleasure and growth can spring from the simplest and most natural things within a busy and materialistic world. Dr Coatesworth knows that growing up is rarely plain sailing, even in a loving and caring family environment, and her writing doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable truths. She writes from her concern for children, but these poems do not patronise children and the effect is never threatening or negative; any learning the reader may do takes place in a safe and manageable context. The collection is written from experience and knowledge to encourage values such as kindness. courage and endurance.

Excerpt from Growing UpThings she felt, were not right at home. She felt she couldn t get home quickly enough. She wanted to know the worst. She wanted to know if Robert had disobeyed again. She didn't trust Laurie,-what do nurses of scotch-irish ancestry know about discipline - no matter how long they've been with you. Alice didn't trust anybody to watch Robert in this emergency; she didn't even trust Tom.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.