Rocks in the Box
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Jasmine Simone placed a golden rock in her pocket. Sarah collected a clear rock for her bag. Nicholas kept and held on tight, to a black, round rock. Henry slipped a green stone in his bag. And Linda wrapped her white rock in a paper towel and dropped it in her bag. They chattered, “This is so much fun!”
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About the Book
Through the clever use of rhyme and metaphor, the story explores the homey neighborhood of Jasmine Simone, Sarah, Nicholas, Henry and Linda. Friends forever, they embark on a treasure hunt for rocks and soon discover the beauty found in nature and in themselves. Jasmine Simone and her friends soon realize that they are not stony or lonely like the rocks initially were, but are “friends forever." And the rocks are no longer considered to be stony or lonely, but beautiful and wonderful.
About the Author
She has held professional appointments at the Library of Virginia, universities, Dominion Energy, served as Director of the National Slavery Museum, and currently is a librarian at a public school. Moreover, other accomplishments include serving on the Hanover County, Virginia School Board, being nominated as Teacher of the Year at her school, and a published author of children’s resources, articles in magazines and journals, and authored, researched, compiled as well as edited for publications such as Statesman’s Yearbook, Notable Black American Women: Books I and II (Gale Publisher), Dictionary of Virginia Biography, and Freedom in My Heart: Voices from the National Slavery Museum (National Geographic Publisher). In 2000, she attended Harvard Graduate School of Education Leadership Institute, earned her Ph.D. in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University and she has two Masters Degrees in Educational Administration and Library Science and Services.