Jelly Bread and Water Juice

About the Book

Jelly Bread and Water Juice is an inspirational tribute to the author’s memory of her grandmother. The main character takes us into an imaginary journey through oceans, skies, jungles, mountains, secret gardens and finally into the loving arms of Grandma.

The author recalls her favorite moments from childhood that were spent with her Grandmother, Amy McNeil. The vivid colors, sounds, textures, tastes and smells from grandmother’s home come alive in this imaginary tale.

One of the most significant memories of that house was the backyard. This brick “row” style home featured the loveliest backyard with a grape arbor, stone pool and a swing made by the author’s uncle. The yard also featured a lovely garden filled with huge sunflowers and geraniums that “Grandma Amy” so carefully tended to. The garden was where Lora would spend most weekday afternoons playing and talking to the neighbor’s dog…”Queenie”.

About the Author

Lora Tazewell is a High School Media Specialist in the Newark Public Schools System in New Jersey. Her career as an educator began more than 20 years ago as a middle school English Teacher in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. Her love of exposing students to “a good book”

led her to pursue a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Sciences at the Palmer School of Library Science in Long Island, New York. Lora obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from Mary Mount ManhattanCollege in New York City.

Barbara Tazewell has been an educator for many years as a teacher of French and English. She also worked as a middle school media specialist. She is the author’s mother-in-law and the grandmother of Lora’s two children and five of their cousins.

She has been interested in children’s literature many years and is the author and illustrator of a children’s “flip-book”, Ola the Water-Bearer, in the African Pavilion of the North Carolina Zoo.

She now lives in Asheboro, NC where she has exhibited art work in the Moring Art Center.