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THE BUZZ OF IMAGINATION: HONEY BOOKS COME ALIVE
Johnna Veroni-Lyman is a retired teacher who had been in the field of special education for over 35 years, including 30 years as an early intervention specialist working with children birth – 8 years and their families. The combination of Johnna’s career in special education and paying tribute to her late mother, Honey, has resulted in the Honey Books. These books are colorful and attractive as they are designed to promote early literacy development. The Honey Books have been sold not only locally, but internationally.
All of Johnna’s Honey Books are hand illustrated and written in her own handwriting. The look is intentionally simplistic. They are not produced in a digital manner and are naturally imperfect in appearance.
The Honey Books are the perfect gift for young children and early childhood educators alike.
All books bought during THE BUZZ OF IMAGINATION: HONEY BOOKS COME ALIVE Classroom Visit will be signed and dated by the author.
THE BUZZ OF IMAGINATION: HONEY BOOKS COME ALIVE CLASSROOM VISIT INCLUDES: Reading of one HONEY book (which will be raffled off at end of session), large group activity corresponding with story, & set of HONEY books with nylon HONEY backpack for the classroom $100
CLASSROOM VISIT BOOK SPECIAL AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
HONEY CALMS THE FARM- Honey helps calm the farm animals when they experience a variety of emotions.
HONEY VISITS THE ZOO – Honey spends the day at the zoo visiting and having fun with her friends.
HONEY FEEDS THE POND - Honey decides she wants to surprise her friends with lunch so she fills her picnic baskets and flies to the pond. One by one, Honey's pond friends meet her at the lily pad to get a treat. See what Honey brings each one of them...can you guess?
HONEY EXPLORES THE CITY - Take a trip with Honey as she decides it's a great day to explore the city. During her adventure, Honey explores seven different areas in the city and describes what she does at each one.
HONEY DISCOVERS THE FOREST - Honey uses her binoculars to discover animals in the forest. (Also available in a bundle – book, binoculars, Honey nylon backpack)
SPECIAL EDITION:
HONEY STAYS SAFE - Honey Stays Safe is a story about Honey and her friends staying safe during the Pandemic of 2020 as told through the eyes of young children. The young contributing artists tell what they have missed the most during the pandemic and Honey gives them suggestions of fun things to do while keeping safe.
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The unstructured style of outdoor play allows kids to interact meaningfully with their surroundings. They can think more freely, design their own activities, and approach the world in inventive ways.
Playing outdoors is important for developing capacities for creativity, symbolic play, problem solving and intellectual development. Outdoor play has clear physical benefits for developing children including helping children to acquire gross motor skills, eye-hand coordination and helping to prevent obesity. (Child Mind Institute)
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Johnna Lyman’s Honey Books and related products are a tribute to her late mother, Honey. Her writing journey began one night in December 2018. As her mother spent her last days in hospice, Johnna was sitting nearby when these thoughts kept coming to her. She wasn’t sure what they were but she liked the ideas and started writing them do
Johnna Lyman’s Honey Books and related products are a tribute to her late mother, Honey. Her writing journey began one night in December 2018. As her mother spent her last days in hospice, Johnna was sitting nearby when these thoughts kept coming to her. She wasn’t sure what they were but she liked the ideas and started writing them down. So began the chapter of writing and illustrating her first book, Honey Calms the Farm. Johnna was not sure where the inspiration for the theme and title came from but what she did know for sure is that her mom was the calm in all of her storms. The story flowed out of Johnna effortlessly, although her husband Tom gets all the credit for the last page of all the books in this Honey Series. He was the one who suggested writing a series. We are all glad that he did!
The combination of Johnna’s career in special education and the need to fully grieve the loss of her mom inspired her to this place of writing children's books as a means of healing her heart and celebrating the memory of her mom. All of Johnna’s books are hand illustrated and written in her own handwriting. The look is intentionally simplistic. They are not produced in a digital manner and are naturally imperfect in appearance. The Honey Books are designed to promote early literacy development and are a joyful tribute to her mother, Honey, who loved children and loved to read.
These are the perfect gift for young children and early childhood educators alike and are sold individually or in gift packs. All books ordered through this website will be signed and dated by the author.