Get a free, digital copy of Ghastly School Shorts - written for middle-graders, but I've read it several times and I laugh out loud each time. It's creepy and very, very funny! As the blurb says, "Lynda Thornhill writes like a dream... as long as you count nightmares!" & the b/w illustrations? 😘👍!
La Gr@not@ Press (publishing hut) 💜📚🖊️📖📘🤔@lagranota.bsky.social · 12mo agoFREE digital book offer, deadline 9th Nov. NO STRINGS ATTACHED! You WON'T get unsolicited mail, we WON'T sell your e-mail address to Meta! A book for middle-grade readers. Many adults 💜 it, too! ALT text gives the relevant information, but here's the e-mail address again: halloween@la-granota.com
![A poster of La Gr@not@'s Halloween giveaway (in conjunction with author Lynda Thornhill and illustrator Kay Johanna.
Heading: HALLOWEEN IS COMING!
Text: Make SURE that you're prepared for it!
(By ordering your FREE digital copy* of ↓↓↓ )
[an image of the book's cover, which shows a creepy mansion (the school building) from the flagpole of which a dragon flag is flying.
Book title: GHASTLY SCHOOL SHORTS
ghastly stories by LYNDA THORNHILL
illustrations by KAY JOHANNA
(Logo of La Gr@not@, which includes a b/w drawing of a frog sitting on a stone)]
Resume text: Simply send an e-mail (any title, any content: we don't read them - nor do we save your e-mail address) to halloween@la-granota.com
You'll receive an AUTOMATIC reply, with a link to a web-page where you'll be able to download your digital copy for free.
NO STRINGS ATTACHED!
(We're in a holiday mood.)
GREAT TIP! ↓↓↓
Send that e-mail in time, and we'll suggest how you can give copies as treats for kids (from about 8 years old) who come trick-or-treating!
* in PDF format, so you don't need a Kindle or any other e-book device in order to read it
If you like Wednesday Addams' type of creepy humour, you'll like Ghastly School Shorts!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b3xcqk2ljq7miovlr7yvvjdk/bafkreie3i222ad5545do6p6v7qksxaigklfjw2eu7prlwsar3didn6m6im)
![The covers of 5 [digital] books published by La Gr@not@ Press.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:luogkpivhgdhxfniqlmtwmy4/bafkreihqxyawrrultmu5wofbbjhwcpvixqmpqyxjintkpsksaogbrlkufe)
![Heading: in fancy script, the title of the anthology, "Stranger(s) In A Strange Land"
Cover art: a contribution from Georgia Lythgoe (5 years old at the time) entitled "I am not afraid!", consisting of a drawing of a dragon and 2 new friends in a strange landscape (see text),
The text of Ms. Lythgoe's story: "I am the dragon. I am strange. I'm in a strange land with a green sky and red trees, but I say 'I am not afraid!' because I have friends.
Description of the anthology: "flash fiction and graphic art about and for refugees" [100% of profits would go to groups which work with refugees.]
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[Not in image]
Another of the over 40 contributions is my poem about a refugee who didn't lose QUITE everything. It's entitled "One Of The Lucky Ones (The Treasure)"
I stand here on a new shore,
My knees trembling.
(Not because I am scared
– Although, I assure you, I am –
But because I have been on that hell-boat,
Crouching, crowded, cramped,
For eleven days.)
I am one of the lucky ones:
I waded ashore.
The soldiers are unloading the unlucky,
Some of whom won’t make it.
(There were others who didn’t make it
Even this far.)
I am one of the lucky ones:
I didn’t need to sell my body
To smirking guards at the borders.
My husband paid for the bribes
And my sea passage…
Though unknowingly. (In short,
I robbed him of what I needed.)
I am one of the lucky ones:
I speak English and we had satellite;
So I know that we aren’t on
The shores of Paradise.
I won’t be crushed by discovering
That all my problems aren’t over.
I know that it’s going to be difficult.
Doesn’t that make me one of the lucky ones?
I am one of the lucky ones:
I carry in this one bundle
The greatest of treasures,
The most valuable contraband.
A Red Cross worker
(Noting my trembling legs)
Offered to take it from me.
But I will not relinquish my burden.
(At least not yet.)
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![Top: 6 screenshots of GIFs on prompt "happy dance": a woman, a cat, a toddler, a dog, a young girl, and 3 adults dancing in a circle
Text:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
FREE BOOK OFFER!
LYNDA THORNHILL (AUTHOR)
KAY JOHANNA (ILLUSTRATOR)
& LA GRANOTA PRESS
ARE GIVING AWAY ONE FREE DIGITAL COPY OF
GHASTLY SCHOOL SHORTS
TO EACH SENTIENT BEING WHO SENDS AN
E-MAIL TO HALLOWEEN@LA-GRANOTA.COM
(IT REALLY IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!)
[Image of the cover of the book, showing a painting of a creepy-looking, mansion-type building with 2 turrets and flying a dragon flag, the La Granota logo in the bottom-left corner]
Text continues:
WE'RE IN A HALLOWEEN MOOD!
SO IF YOU - OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE -
LIKE CREEPY HUMOUR OF THE TYPE
OF WEDNESDAY ADDAMS,
DO NOT MISS THIS OFFER!
WRITTEN FOR MIDDLE-GRADE READERS
(+/- 8-12s) - SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AUTHOR'S
TWO SONS - IT'S ALSO PROVING A BIG HIT
WITH GROWN-UPS (INCLUDING OTHER WRITERS)!
OFFER ENDS AT THE STROKE
OF MIDNIGHT, HALLOWEEN
(31/10/24, UK TIME)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b3xcqk2ljq7miovlr7yvvjdk/bafkreieacromqqh5gwiik2n66xewvfi2emb4s5gbsquctu56nr7bl6zhem)
![Top: 6 screenshots of GIFs on prompt "happy dance": a woman, a cat, a toddler, a dog, a young girl, and 3 adults dancing in a circle
Text:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
FREE BOOK OFFER!
LYNDA THORNHILL (AUTHOR)
KAY JOHANNA (ILLUSTRATOR)
& LA GRANOTA PRESS
ARE GIVING AWAY ONE FREE DIGITAL COPY OF
GHASTLY SCHOOL SHORTS
TO EACH SENTIENT BEING WHO SENDS AN
E-MAIL TO HALLOWEEN@LA-GRANOTA.COM
(IT REALLY IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!)
[Image of the cover of the book, showing a painting of a creepy-looking, mansion-type building with 2 turrets and flying a dragon flag, the La Granota logo in the bottom-left corner]
Text continues:
WE'RE IN A HALLOWEEN MOOD!
SO IF YOU - OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE -
LIKE CREEPY HUMOUR OF THE TYPE
OF WEDNESDAY ADDAMS,
DO NOT MISS THIS OFFER!
WRITTEN FOR MIDDLE-GRADE READERS
(+/- 8-12s) - SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AUTHOR'S
TWO SONS - IT'S ALSO PROVING A BIG HIT
WITH GROWN-UPS (INCLUDING OTHER WRITERS)!
OFFER ENDS AT THE STROKE
OF MIDNIGHT, HALLOWEEN
(31/10/24, UK TIME)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b3xcqk2ljq7miovlr7yvvjdk/bafkreigso2zmlhubyafawab4ycwlmlbzu3jrcsurpppaawgm2b2ce53kvy)
![Top: 6 screenshots of GIFs on prompt "happy dance": a woman, a cat, a toddler, a dog, a young girl, and 3 adults dancing in a circle
Text:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
FREE BOOK OFFER!
LYNDA THORNHILL (AUTHOR)
KAY JOHANNA (ILLUSTRATOR)
& LA GRANOTA PRESS
ARE GIVING AWAY ONE FREE DIGITAL COPY OF
GHASTLY SCHOOL SHORTS
TO EACH SENTIENT BEING WHO SENDS AN
E-MAIL TO HALLOWEEN@LA-GRANOTA.COM
(IT REALLY IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!)
[Image of the cover of the book, showing a painting of a creepy-looking, mansion-type building with 2 turrets and flying a dragon flag, the La Granota logo in the bottom-left corner]
Text continues:
WE'RE IN A HALLOWEEN MOOD!
SO IF YOU - OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE -
LIKE CREEPY HUMOUR OF THE TYPE
OF WEDNESDAY ADDAMS,
DO NOT MISS THIS OFFER!
WRITTEN FOR MIDDLE-GRADE READERS
(+/- 8-12s) - SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AUTHOR'S
TWO SONS - IT'S ALSO PROVING A BIG HIT
WITH GROWN-UPS (INCLUDING OTHER WRITERS)!
OFFER ENDS AT THE STROKE
OF MIDNIGHT, HALLOWEEN
(31/10/24, UK TIME)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:luogkpivhgdhxfniqlmtwmy4/bafkreigso2zmlhubyafawab4ycwlmlbzu3jrcsurpppaawgm2b2ce53kvy)
