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Story Eases Children’s Bedtime Fears

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Helps to Improve Their Reading Skills.

Houston, TX (USA), November 15, 2013 — Future educator Alicia Lloyd’s new book When the Monsters Are Quiet will help children become more proficient readers while easing their bedtime fears. “The inspiration for the book truthfully came from my own experience,” Lloyd said. “I was sleeping in a different place and hearing all kinds of unfamiliar noises. My boyfriend later asked me how I slept, and I told him ‘eventually, when the monsters were quiet.’”

Published by Halo Publishing International, When the Monsters Are Quiet offers helpful hints for parents to improve reading and calm their child’s fears of darkness. “Alicia Lloyd took a common fear and created a story that will help children face it while also improving their reading proficiency,” said Halo Publisher Lisa Umina.

Lloyd said When the Monsters Are Quiet is a friendly book that will help children realize there are just different noises in the dark, not monsters. The story’s main character is a young boy modeled after Lloyd’s younger brother Zachary, now 13. “He had those big blue eyes and space pajamas,” said the author.

Lloyd said she has wanted to be a teacher since she was a young child. She attended a Teacher Academy while still in high school and after graduation earned an Associate’s Degree in Education from Delaware County Community College in Pennsylvania. Presently, Lloyd is in her senior year at West Chester University of Pennsylvania where she is working towards her Bachelor’s Degree in Early Grades Preparation (pre-Kindergarten through fourth grade) and Special Education. She has a strong passion for working with children and is employed as a preschool teacher at Nottingham Country Daycare in Nottingham, Pennsylvania- very close to where she resides in Oxford, Pennsylvania. Lloyd said she has always enjoyed writing and hopes to publish other books in the future.

To learn more about When the Monsters Are Quiet, visit http://www.halopublishing.com where the book can be ordered, or the author’s Facebook page: When the Monsters Are Quiet- by Alicia Lloyd. To reach author Alicia Lloyd, e-mail her at alicia_lloyd09@yahoo.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Lisa M. Umina, Publisher
Halo Publishing International
AP #726 / P.O. Box 60326
Houston, TX 77205-0326 – USA
877-705-9647
lisa@halopublishing.com

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Importance of Family is Theme of New Children’s Book

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Author Tim Kloos recognizes the important role his family has played throughout his young life.

Houston, TX (USA), Tuesday – January 03, 2012 — Author Tim Kloos recognizes the important role his family has played throughout his young life. His new children’s book, A Mishap (or Two), recently published through Halo Publishing International ( http://www.halopublishing.com ), stresses the important relationship between a father and a son in a fun, rhyming story readers will truly love.

“One of my hopes for the book is that it will inspire parents to be better parents,” Kloos said. Parents make mistakes sometimes, explained the author. “If the parents own up to their responsibility when things don’t go right, children learn how to do that too.” “I think that is an important lesson.” “And, we all need someone to encourage us along the way,” Kloos said.

Halo Publisher Lisa Umina said parents will enjoy reading A Mishap (or Two) with their children. “It is important for parents to develop the love of reading in children.” “This book is about the family relationship and that sometimes people make mistakes.” “I think sharing the message strengthens the family bond,” Umina said.

While in college at Cleveland State University, Kloos tutored grade school children through the America Reads program, a grassroots national campaign challenging every American to help all our children learn to read. Always searching for new books to share with his students, Kloos was inspired to write A Mishap (or Two). A meaningful tale the author describes as “Little House on the Prairie meets Dr. Seuss.”

Kloos said the book is a good bedtime story, one he hopes parents share often with their children. “I think one of the book’s strengths is that it uses the fun of rhyming but challenges readers beyond the “See Spot Run” reading level,” said the author.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Kloos grew up in the West Park neighborhood where he attended St. Mark’s Catholic grade school and became a 2001 graduate of St. Edward’s High School. He attended Bowling Green State University and graduated in 2005 from Cleveland State University with a degree in Computer Science. One of four children, Kloos and a brother started their own company, Resonant Programming, which specializes in Web programming and computer consulting services including search engine optimization and Web site creation.

Kloos plans to promote his book at schools, libraries and area book stores.

To reach author Tim Kloos, call 216-759-3987 or e-mail author@amishaportwo.com. Information also is available at his Web site, http://www.amishaportwo.com.

To order this book, visit http://www.halopublishing.com

Press & Media Contact:
Lisa M. Umina, Publisher
Halo Publishing International
AP #726 / P.O. Box 60326
Houston, TX 77205-0326
877-705-9647
lisa@halopublishing.com

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Child’s Birth Inspires Book about Unbounded Love

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Inspired by the birth of her adopted son, Caleb, author Melissa Ivey Staehli wrote I Love You to the Moon, a new children’s book about unbounded love.

Houston, TX (USA), Tuesday – December 06, 2011 — Inspired by the birth of her adopted son, Caleb, author Melissa Ivey Staehli wrote I Love You to the Moon, a new children’s book about unbounded love.

“I am so thankful and blessed that Caleb’s birth mother chose life for him. The love I have for my son is what inspires me to write,” Staehli said.

A simple, poetic lullaby, I Love You to the Moon is a book that any loved one can read to a young child to let them know how much they are loved.

“Born out of a mother’s love for her child, this book will bless both the reader and child,” said Halo International Publisher Lisa Umina. “Sharing unbounded love with a child benefits our world forever.”

A native of the Akron, Ohio area, author Melissa Staehli grew up being close to her brother and four cousins, children of her mother’s twin. She attended Chapel Hill Christian elementary school where her husband, Jared, also was educated as a child. “Acquainted only” according to the writer, throughout school, the couple reconnected in their early twenties and married in 1993. Jared earns a living as a videographer/editor/producer and Melissa was employed as a nail technician when Caleb miraculously arrived in their lives.

“His birth mother generously decided to let a family adopt him,” Staehli explained, “and we had already started the adoption process through Korea, never knowing that a domestic adoption was meant to be.”

Staehli had written several poems over the years, including “one about God giving me a baby boy,” she said. I Love You to the Moon is basically another personal poem, one inspired by her faith in God and true love for her child, she said.

Staehli is available for book signings, readings and hopes to share her book throughout the community. She hopes to remind people “that we all should be thankful everyday of the year, because we have so many blessings.”

The author is working on her second book, Charlie’s Gingerbread House, also to be published by Halo Publishing International.

To reach author Melissa Staehli, call 330-322-6357 or e-mail melissa@joyfulbooks.com. To learn more about the book, or to order, please visit: http://www.ILoveYouToTheMoon.com or http://www.halopublishing.com

Press & Media Contact:
Lisa M. Umina, Publisher
Halo Publishing International
AP #726 / P.O. Box 60326
Houston, TX 77205-0326
877-705-9647
lisa@halopublishing.com

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Children’s Book Author Offers Comfort to Grieving Families

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Bringing comfort to families grieving the death of a beloved pet is the goal of Bailey’s Heartstrings, written by Joy Chicatelli, a caring animal lover who grew up on a small farm in Holmes County, Ohio.

Valley View, OH, May 18, 2011 — The new author was inspired to write the story while dealing with a personal experience involving her dog, Louis, who needed weekly chemotherapy treatments. “During Louis’ treatments I met many parents who talked about having to explain the eventual death of a pet to their children. I wanted to create a positive and comforting way to help them explain this difficult life experience,” Chicatelli said.

“I love to write, and as an attorney, I do it all the time,” said the former corporate executive, assistant prosecuting attorney and law firm partner. “But, I wanted to challenge myself, explore creative writing, and publish a children’s book.”

Bailey’s Heartstrings is a story about a dog that wakes up and finds herself in a beautiful meadow filled with flowers, a bubbling stream and a rainbow that never goes away. The animal is no longer sick and can run and play with many other dogs.

Readers will join Bailey as she travels from the Rainbow Meadow back to visit her human family in order to bring them wonderful surprises that cheer them up in her absence. Bailey also helps her family find a new dog in an animal shelter.

A portion of the proceeds from Bailey’s Heartstrings, published in May by Halo Publishing International, will be donated to animal rescue, a cause Chicatelli works for constantly. The author hopes to raise money and awareness for animal rescue so that people will know the many ways, other than adoption and donations, that they can help pets affected by disasters and other compromising situations, she said.

Chicatelli has her own law practice in Akron, Ohio and concentrates in Family Law. She dedicates a substantial portion of her practice to the representation of survivors of violent crimes and sexual assault, many of whom are children. For nearly a decade, she has consistently ranked as one of the top three Ohio attorneys assisting survivors.

She also has three Dogue de Bordeaux dogs that compete in shows and recently earned her first AKC Championship.

Chicatelli is a graduate of West Holmes High School, the University of Akron, Malone College and Cleveland Marshall College of Law.

To order Bailey’s Heartstrings, visit http://www.halopublishing.com. To contact Chicatelli, send an email to chicatellilaw@gmail.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Lisa M. Umina, Publisher
Halo Publishing International
5549 Canal Road
Valley View, OH 44125
216-255-6756
lisa@halopublishing.com

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