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A Writer’s Life By Elaine A. Powers, Author

Black bookshelf holding books on the Cayman Islands — **It’s very satisfying to see your books on display in a store. So, don’t ever give up on your writing dreams!**

I am often asked why I write books. Mostly, it’s due to the multitude of stories cluttering up my mind. I never thought I would publish any of them and create books, but you never know where life will lead you. I always hope people will enjoy my books, but I do derive a great deal of enjoyment from writing them.

So it is satisfying, and humbling, when I see my books prominently displayed in bookstores and gift shops. I have been very fortunate with the merchants of the Cayman Islands.

Not only it is exciting to see my books displayed for sale, but to see the company they keep! In Books and Books on Grand Cayman, they are hanging out with Pedro and Georgie. I like that they offer books on animals from around the world, but are generous with shelf space for books set in the Cayman Islands.

Down the road at the gift shop of the National Trust of the Cayman Islands, my books are also featured, along with other children’s science-based books. I was able to stock them with the newest CI-themed release, The Lime Lizard Lads and the Ship of Sneakers. This book has proven to be very popular on Grand Cayman and it is challenge to keep them in stock. But my marketing agent, Bonnie Scott, and I accept the challenge!

book cover, with beach and ocean, a pair of sneakers, with curly-tail lizards in them — The Lime Lizards of Cayman Brac, Gene and Bony decide to see where the tourists come from. They set sail on their adventure in a ship of sneakers. Will they ever see the Brac again?

My books may also now be found in all the libraries of the Cayman Islands, through the Friends of the CI Libraries, who purchased the copies. Their support of books about the islands is very commendable and I appreciate their generosity.

At the CI Book Fair held at the Main Library in George Town, teachers and schools were enthusiastic about my books. I hope to work with them in developing lesson plans to enhance their STEM education efforts. Many of the fun and educational workbooks available on LyricPower.net incorporate the characters found in the storybooks.

This passport craft is a fun way for students in grades 1-3 to learn about thirteen animals that live on the island of Cayman Brac in the Caribbean. Once the passport craft is put together, your students begin filling in their passports as they learn about the different animals! Assembly instructions included.

Forty-seven pages of fun activities about tortoises. Includes a KWL chart, fact sheet and coloring page; label the parts or a tortoise; predators of the tortoise coloring page; color by multiplication and division, color by three-digit addition; reading comprehension, 3rd and 4th grade vocabulary; four vocabulary-in-context pages; dangers to tortoises; ecology short answer; fill-in-the blank reading comprehension; True-or-False; cut-and-paste life-cycle; cause-and-effect worksheet; project sheets for writing a fable; nouns, adjectives, and adverbs; ecology crossword puzzle and word search.

I am still writing science-based books that take place on three of my favorite islands in the world. I look forward to many more visits and whatever adventures come next!

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