Interview With Howard Shapiro, A Children Book Author
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- December 9th, 2009 |
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I nterviewed Howard Shapiro on October 24 2006
Q: What are you employed on now?
At the moment I am marketing my Hanukkah book for the 2nd year
and trying to get my anti-bullying book into schools, foundations etc.
After the first of the year, I am planning to start process my 3rd
book “Hockey Day’s” which I hope to have out in October, 2007.
Q: Tell us about your cardinal books?
My first book was published in October, 2005. It is called “Hanukkah
Counts Also!” and the premise is that thither are a brother (Tomcat) and a
sister (Tupelo) who are each eight years old and they live in a
predominately non-Jewish area and they are bombarded by Christmas images, shows, movies etc. And Tupelo, questions why they have to be different and why Santa can’t bring her a shoetree or presents. She runs upstairs on the first night of Hanukkah but has a heart-to-heart talk with her older cousin and after the talk she comes to realize that Hanukkah is an important holiday and that it matters (and counts) also.
My new book which was released on September 12th, is called “Destructo
Boy & Spillerella…We Are Who We Are!” and it is an anti-bullying
account. It again involves Tomcat and Tupelo, who are being bullied by a big fourth grader. First the bully starts picking on Tomcat and so Tupelo and Tomcat has a chat with his Dad who reminds him that he has capability and courage that he doesn’t even know he has. When the bully starts picking on Tupelo, and Tomcat sees the hurt in her eyes and face, he puts his foot down and tells the bully that his words and actions don’t matter and will not hurt he or Tupelo any more.
Q: Apical five tips for raising kids:
1. Parents have to activity as a group: I believe that this is the absolute number one advise for raising kids. The Parents must be in synchronise with each other and cover each other on household tasks. Especially when the child or children are one to III years old. The household tasks like doing the laundry, the dishes, emptying the disparage, balancing the checkbook and paying the bills can be overwhelming so those tasks must be divided up and the parents have to Activity at being good teammates.
2. Make time for yourself. Whether it’s going to a movie by yourself
or just walking around the mall or going to a athletic event, couples
need to do any block to get them out of the house for a abbreviated amount of time.
3. Agenda at least one date night a month. Piece it helps to
recharge one’s batteries doing something unaccompanied, couple’s should make time once a month to get out and accompany a movie or have dinner or simply get out of the house and be unitedly at least once a month.
4. Be cost and money concious. Everyone wants to make their kids
happy but the $50 or $75 that is exhausted on a holiday gift or outfit that will be tangled in the closet never to reform of day could be better old by being put in the bank or towards a college education fund. When I have money concious I mean that the husband and woman should put off luxury purchases and similar purchases like new furniture, drapes a better car etc. in lieu of action money for the childs education.
5. Keep things “even” between the husband and woman’s families. What
I mean is that if you have to make cardinal Blessing boodle, do it. If
the woman’s mother is observance the kids one night, ask the husband’s
mother to follow them the next time. Keeping both families on an even keel will do wonders for the husband and woman in their relationship and won’t cause any friction with their families. If one broadside is being also agressive or bossy, it is the husband or woman’s obligation to tell them to back off, it’s for the greater good of THEIR marriage/relationship and in the children’s interst to keep things as even as possible between the families.
Q: Where can we find out about your books and site?
I have a site, .howardshapiro.net and my books are both available on Amazon.com. Also, copies can be ordered directly from me and I will autograph each copy. Both books cost $8.95. For more information, please send an email to howard.shapirohotmail.com or go to .howardshapiro.net
Q: Something people must know about you.
Just that I activity really hard at the entire “business” or writing and
marketing my books and that I love feedback from people who have read
them. As Louis Ferdinand Celine said “when you compose, you should put your cutis on the table” and I truly believe this and deprivation my books to make a difference to individual or help them in any artifact, even if it’s just for a moment. That, and I also believe that we are all capable of greatness in all that we do and we should reach for that.