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Our book, Rockrhydin, wins the Mom's Choice Awards!

The Mom’s Choice Awards Names RockrhydinAmong the best in Family-Friendly Products!The Mom’s Choice Awards has named Rockrhydin among the best in family-friendly media, products and services. The Mom’s choice Awards (MCA) is an international awards program that recognizes authors, inventors, companies, parents and others for their efforts in creating quality family-friendly media, products and services.Parents, educators, librarians and retailers look for the Mom’s Choice Awards Honoring Excellence seal of approval when selecting quality materials for children and families.As esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of PBS’s Reading Rainbow, Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times best-selling author, Priscilla Dunstan, creator of the Dunstan Baby Language; Patricia Rossi, host of NBC’s Manners Minute, Dr. Letitia S. Wright, D.C.h host of the Wright Place TV Show, and Catherine Witcher, M.Ed., special needs expert and founder of Precision Education, Inc.MCA judges are bound by a strict code of ethics which ensures expert and objective analysis free from any manufacturer association. The evaluation process uses a propriety methodology in which entries are scored on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost.To be considered for an award, each entrant submits five identical samples of a product.  Entries are matched to judges in the MCA database. Judges perform a thorough analysis and submit a detailed assessment. Results are compiled and submitted to the MCA Executive Committee for final approval.The end result is a list of the best in family-friendly media, products and services that parents and educators can feel confident in using.For more information on the awards program and the honorees, visit MomsChoiceAwards.comFor more information on Fern’s Music/Fern Forest Enterprises visit: http://www.fernsmusicforkids.com  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiyNX60AgsMSee More

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Our book, Rockrhydin, wins the Mom's Choice Awards!

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The Mom’s Choice Awards Names Rockrhydin

Among the best in Family-Friendly Products!

The Mom’s Choice Awards has named Rockrhydin among the best in family-friendly media, products and services. 

The Mom’s choice Awards (MCA) is an international awards…

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The Artist Within

Posted by Brenda Sorrels on April 18, 2013 at 8:00pm 0 Comments

 

 

     One of my favorite songs is “Harbor Lights,” by Boz Scaggs.  If any of you have ever had this experience, you’ll understand.  This song resonates so deeply with me that sometimes I tear up just listening to it, it’s that powerful.  The song takes me back to the years after…

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Oh Me, of Little Faith

Posted by Brenda Sorrels on March 21, 2013 at 1:35pm 0 Comments

     How often have you found yourself duking it out with things in your life that are out of your control?  You know, spinning in various “what if” scenarios, creating nightmares for yourself over something that may or may not ever happen.  The other night I found myself in such a situation driving with my…

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CAPA Annual Writing Competition 2012-13 Winners

Posted by Dan Uitti on March 3, 2013 at 4:00pm 0 Comments

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Jerry Labriola  Brian Jud

Annual Writing Competition 2012-13 Winners

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1st Place - Virginia (Pinny) Bugaeff

2nd Place - David Garnes

Honorable Mention - Dodie Milardo

Honorable Mention - Matthew Goldman…

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Family Intangibles

Posted by Brenda Sorrels on February 21, 2013 at 3:28pm 0 Comments

     I went away this weekend.  I packed up a bag, boarded a plane and in just shy of three hours was enjoying lunch with my sister at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona.  With the sun warm on our backs, surrounded by the beauty of the Sonoran desert, we lingered over herb-infused…

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If you look at the members book page, the books have all disappeared. This is not something I have done, but, as I have been told, an adjustment on the ning. site. I have been told to wait till this is fixed and the books will come back. So please be patient.

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