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Fred Burstein shares his career as a boxer, poet, children's author, teacher, and devoted family man. His memoir reveals a passion for all of the above while also capturing what many people miss -- the little things that children see so vividly and what we, as readers of his new book, will awaken to - the beauty of poetry and a life well-lived.

Fred Burstein is the author of eight children's books, many of which have won awards.Reviewers have said that he sees through the eyes of a child. However, in this book he is seeing through the eyes of his dog, Gracie. As we read we get to know a variety of birds in their natural environment. The same for Gracie. So the reader follows in her rather large footsteps and learns how each bird in the woodland lives, eats, sees. This book is like Gr...

Animal Dreams by poet, teacher and children's author, Fred Burstein, is a special way of seeing how children see the creatures of their imagination. In this case, it's a baby buffalo, a horse, a goldfinch, and a pod of whales. Each animal has a special message to impart to the dreaming boy, who, one imagines is the author. The animal dreams come swiftly on magical hooves, wings and fins. Every morning, after the dream, the boy asks his mother ...

Fred Burstein is a poet of moments. He enjoys the woodlands around his home and celebrates them in short, lovely verses. From the poet's sharp eye we learn which way the frog faces …when the red eft comes out of hiding … how the wind, rain, sun and snow tickle the senses. We see through the eyes of a child, hear through the mind of a natural man who has spent his entire life amidst turning leaves, red berries, chickadees, bluejays, woodpeckers...

Fred Burstein is a poet of moments. He enjoys the woodlands around his home and celebrates them in short, lovely verses. From the poet's sharp eye we learn which way the frog faces …when the red eft comes out of hiding … how the wind, rain, sun and snow tickle the senses. We see through the eyes of a child, hear through the mind of a natural man who has spent his entire life amidst turning leaves, red berries, chickadees, bluejays, woodpeckers...

Jimmy, Robin and Marie are best friends on the way to school in Maine. Somehow it seems to them it will never stop snowing. But while it snows, there is a count-down to Marie's birthday. But it's also the sensitive and compassionate bus driver, Jack, and the harmonic magic of his bus that make this story unique. Will Marie's birthday prayer come true? Will it ever stop snowing? Along with what they learn about friendship, loyalty and love,...