AmaZing Animals
Viewing comments for Chapter 18 "AmaZing Animals - R"The A-Z of animals and facts
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Comment from Amanda Louise Davis
Another great entry in this book, a labor of love for a child. He is very lucky to have you doing this for him. Thanks for sharing this with us also by the way.
reply by the author on 30-Jul-2020
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Another great entry in this book, a labor of love for a child. He is very lucky to have you doing this for him. Thanks for sharing this with us also by the way.
Comment Written 29-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jul-2020
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Hi Amanda, thank you once more for another wonderful review, and for the six shiny stars. You are always so nice, and supportive and I appreciate it a lot. Thank you! Have a lovely day, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
Comment from Barbaraj1
I bet your grandson is getting excited as you are almost at the end of the alphabet. You always have such good and interesting facts about your animals.
reply by the author on 30-Jul-2020
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I bet your grandson is getting excited as you are almost at the end of the alphabet. You always have such good and interesting facts about your animals.
Comment Written 29-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jul-2020
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Yes, only 8 left to do. It's been fun doing all the research and then writing it in a way everyone, no matter their age, will understand the facts. Thank you so very much for the lovely six stars, Barbara, and your most encouraging review. I do appreciate them both. Have a lovely day, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
Comment from R. Hiland
Excellent work, as usual. Lots of fun facts and interesting information. You might want to look at the second sentence in your Climate Change section. You have "With the warmer weather, the ice is melting and exposing the water." You might consider "the ice melts and exposes the water." Good work Sandra. RH
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Excellent work, as usual. Lots of fun facts and interesting information. You might want to look at the second sentence in your Climate Change section. You have "With the warmer weather, the ice is melting and exposing the water." You might consider "the ice melts and exposes the water." Good work Sandra. RH
Comment Written 29-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jul-2020
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Thank you so much for you lovely, helpful review, RH, I really appreciated your thoughts and I'll check that sentence out next. Thank you for your continued support, my friend. :)) Sandra xxx
Comment from Mary Furlong
The poem is great fun, but I enjoyed the detailed information even more. Just the info about reindeer is enough to make a little book. Maybe you could find an illustrator, or enough free to use photos to use in a book. Make it easy to read, and I think you have a winner.
reply by the author on 30-Jul-2020
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The poem is great fun, but I enjoyed the detailed information even more. Just the info about reindeer is enough to make a little book. Maybe you could find an illustrator, or enough free to use photos to use in a book. Make it easy to read, and I think you have a winner.
Comment Written 29-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 30-Jul-2020
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Hello, Mary, thank you so much for another lovely review. I found so many interesting facts about these amazing animals it was difficult to choose what to put in and what to leave out. I'm delighted you enjoyed this one. Have a lovely day! :)) Sandra xx
Comment from F. William Lester
Another great story and so very interesting. I look forward to buying a copy when it is published.
I do have a couple of suggestions for your opening poem. In the second line, "The Reindeer lives in Arctic parts of Earth, where it's so cold." I would delete "of Earth" and change "where it's so cold" to "where it is so very cold." Then in the last two lines, "they'll use their sense of smell which can reveal it through the snow." I would change it to "they'll use their sense of smell which reveal's it through the snow."
Look at it and see what you think. I'm not a poet, but these small changes seemed to smooth out the rhythm.
Another great story. Keep up the good work.
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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Another great story and so very interesting. I look forward to buying a copy when it is published.
I do have a couple of suggestions for your opening poem. In the second line, "The Reindeer lives in Arctic parts of Earth, where it's so cold." I would delete "of Earth" and change "where it's so cold" to "where it is so very cold." Then in the last two lines, "they'll use their sense of smell which can reveal it through the snow." I would change it to "they'll use their sense of smell which reveal's it through the snow."
Look at it and see what you think. I'm not a poet, but these small changes seemed to smooth out the rhythm.
Another great story. Keep up the good work.
Comment Written 29-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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Hello, William, thank you so much for this lovely review, and the input for my poem, I immediately changed the first suggestion, that was really excellent, and I'll check out the other one next. I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated that. Thank you. :)) Sandra xxx
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My pleasure, Sandra. I'm glad it helped.
Frank
Comment from Pam (respa)
-Good artwork, photos, and poem, Sandra.
-A very good overview of reindeer.
-Seeing ultraviolet light is a good feature,
along with all of the things they
can do with their hooves!
-The clicking sound is also a
good feature, a good way to
keep everyone together.
-That would be helpful when
shopping; people wouldn't get lost:)
-On a serious note, it's a shame that
animals are impacted by climate change,
but hopefully efforts to improve things
will continue to make a difference.
-This was a very informative piece,
and I learned a lot about reindeer.
-Now children will know there is more
to reindeer than at Christmas time.
-I think that is a very good thing, too,
to know more about the planet they live on.
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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-Good artwork, photos, and poem, Sandra.
-A very good overview of reindeer.
-Seeing ultraviolet light is a good feature,
along with all of the things they
can do with their hooves!
-The clicking sound is also a
good feature, a good way to
keep everyone together.
-That would be helpful when
shopping; people wouldn't get lost:)
-On a serious note, it's a shame that
animals are impacted by climate change,
but hopefully efforts to improve things
will continue to make a difference.
-This was a very informative piece,
and I learned a lot about reindeer.
-Now children will know there is more
to reindeer than at Christmas time.
-I think that is a very good thing, too,
to know more about the planet they live on.
Comment Written 29-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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What a lovely review, Pam, thank you so much. I was just as surprised to learn all those things, they are amazing animals. Who would have thought they could swim that distance? I'm glad you enjoyed this one, my friend, thank you so much for the six stars. They are most appreciated. :)) Big hugs! Sandra xxx
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You are very welcome and deserving of the stars and review, Sandra. It was a very good choice for "R". Now we'll wait to see what "S" will be:)
Comment from Y. M. Roger
Sooooo, Rudolph really had his melodic roots in a bit of reality - lol!! ;) :) A great one with lots of facts and a tie in to other hot-button issues like climate-change. :) :) Thanx for sharing, my lady! ;) Yvette
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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Sooooo, Rudolph really had his melodic roots in a bit of reality - lol!! ;) :) A great one with lots of facts and a tie in to other hot-button issues like climate-change. :) :) Thanx for sharing, my lady! ;) Yvette
Comment Written 29-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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I know! All this time people have been telling me Rudolph isn't real! Thank you, Yvette, for another lovely review, I'm glad you enjoyed this one. It was such a surprise to find out some of those incredible facts. Hope your down sizing is still going well? Have a lovely rest of the day, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
Comment from RPSaxena
Hello SandraMitchell,
R is for Reindeer: Nice piece in continuation of English Alphabets having lucid as well as perfectly matching the theme wording, enchanting flow throughout from the beginning to the end, and beautifully depicting the Reindeer through verse and prose.
Pictures enhance depth and beauty of the theme.
Interesting and Educative highlighting the writer's great skill!
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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Hello SandraMitchell,
R is for Reindeer: Nice piece in continuation of English Alphabets having lucid as well as perfectly matching the theme wording, enchanting flow throughout from the beginning to the end, and beautifully depicting the Reindeer through verse and prose.
Pictures enhance depth and beauty of the theme.
Interesting and Educative highlighting the writer's great skill!
Comment Written 29-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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What a lovely review, RP, thank you so much, and a big hug for the six stars! I'm delighted you are still enjoy reading about these amazing animals, only 8 left to do. It's reviews like yours that encourage me to research deeper into each animal, so thank you for that. Have a lovely day, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
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Hi Sandra,
Most Welcome!
With best wishes,
~ RP
Comment from Vanna1
I would take out nice, you already have tasty. Now scientists are looking into the theory of Rudolph... (Comma not period) to find out whether there is truth behind the story, but so far... Or reword it to your liking obviously. You're missing commas in places I would say it aloud and you will notice. - Another interesting fact is how their hooves expand... Where as in the winter... Don't start paragraph with those. - (animals with solid antlers) what is lichen? This would be a fun fact book for kids, but I would lower the reader age to 6. My son is 5, and I read him animal books much more advanced. With revisions this could be excellent.
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I would take out nice, you already have tasty. Now scientists are looking into the theory of Rudolph... (Comma not period) to find out whether there is truth behind the story, but so far... Or reword it to your liking obviously. You're missing commas in places I would say it aloud and you will notice. - Another interesting fact is how their hooves expand... Where as in the winter... Don't start paragraph with those. - (animals with solid antlers) what is lichen? This would be a fun fact book for kids, but I would lower the reader age to 6. My son is 5, and I read him animal books much more advanced. With revisions this could be excellent.
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The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 29-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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Hi Vanna, thank you for this thorough review. I really appreciate the time you took. I'll go through your edits now. Lichen is a type of moss. Its name is actually Reindeer lichen.
Thank you for the age advice, too. I wasn't sure what age to start this at. I think I'll leave the closing age bare, as I think all ages could probably learn something from this. :) Have a nice day. Sandra xx
Comment from oliver818
This is really great! I think your grandson must love it and other kids will too. Most people like Strange and funny facts And you put a lot of them in this. It's well written and enjoyable to read. Thanks for sharing this and have a great day
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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This is really great! I think your grandson must love it and other kids will too. Most people like Strange and funny facts And you put a lot of them in this. It's well written and enjoyable to read. Thanks for sharing this and have a great day
Comment Written 28-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2020
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Thank you so very much for the lovely review and all those shiny stars, Oliver. I'm so pleased you liked this. 'S' coming next. Have a wonderful day, my friend. :)) Sandra xx