Tom Mato
Debbie Nicholson
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(Published by keDEB publishers, Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand, Nov. 22, 2019)
The other day I sent out a children’s book for reviews to be included in my new book publication and I got such a great little request from a five-year-old customer. He was very interested in a follow up book to the one his mother had just read him. Well, my heart just melted and at the time I was looking at a Tomato on my kitchen bench and the thought rushed through my mind to start this little five book series on Tom Mato.When I read books (I can assure you I read many, many books as often as I can) I often wonder what would have been the inspiration for the words I read from others. I know in my Mal’s Adventure Series, I was very taken with the shape of the Volkswagen Beetle and my father mentioning to me that it appeared to have eyes in the front as well as the back. Plus, I am a great fan of Herbie which was a very popular movie in my younger days about the real-life feelings of my Mal’s predecessor the Volkswagon itself.I have thought over many days about Tom Mato and all the things I could teach young children about how important the fruit, the tomato is in our lives and most importantly in our tummies.Let’s hope you and your children enjoy what I have started today and put together to become an educational trip along the life-span of a tomato.Kindest regardsDebbie NicholsonNovember 2018
