Blog: Childrens Author: Robert J. O'Mara, Friends are Special

Make your New Year resolution to read to your children and bring them to your local library. The ability to read well builds confidence and self-esteem. Take time to read to your children when they are young starting at two years of age.  Bring your children to your locate library at age four or five. Libraries have reading time for young children. At age, six or seven let them choice a book that they can read on their own. At age, eight get them their own library card so they can check out their own books. Partner with your local library in showing your children the joy of reading. Your locate Library is a fun place and it is a free resource.

My daughters are excited about Christmas. The cookies have been baked and the stocking have been hung. They cannot wait for the big guy in the red suit, Santa Claus.  Christmas is just not for children. Christmas is for the young at heart true believers never get old. Hoping all your dreams come true.  From my family to yours wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.

My three daughters are growing up. It is a great time when your children give Santa Claus a list of all the toys that they want. Their joy and excitement is contagious.  It is a magical time of the year. It is a time of caring and giving. It is not just about receiving gifts. Christmas is a time for giving and thinking about others. It is so neat to see my children developing into caring individuals. They are excited about receiving gifts. They are just as excited about what they are going to give each other for Christmas. Their excited about buying a toy for a child in need. It is so exciting to see my daughters learning the true meaning of Christmas.

Going to a science fair with the my daughters.Learning new things what a great Idea. Get involved in your children’s life.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. Hoping for a good book to read on those cold winter nights. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

The best Christmas present that you can give a child is a book. A book will open the world to a child. There is nothing more rewarding then to see and hear your child reading a book. Reading is the best confidence builder your child will ever possess. Reading is the corner stone of learning. If your child can read well it makes other subject easier to learn.  Empower your child give them a book for Christmas.

Thanksgiving is a great time of the year. It is a good time to look back on the past year and give thanks for what you have.  I am thankful for the good times I have with my wife and our three girls. I am thankful for having a great family and good friends. I am thankful for being able to have my first book published this year. Hoping everyone has a great thanksgiving.

This is my story of why and how I became an Author. Without my daughter’s help, I would have never written this book. When my oldest child was 18 months old, my wife and I had twin girls. At a young age, I would read to my daughters. They would be turning the pages of the book before I had finished reading that page because they were more interested in the pictures that were on the next page. From what I was reading and looking at the pictures, I would make up the story.  Half joking with my wife I told her I could write a children’s book. From that joke came this book. I wanted to write a story that would be entertaining and convey a moral message. That message is of forgiveness and giving other a second chance. I wrote and illustrated my book “Friends are Special”. I will always be thankful to my daughters for helping me launch a new path in my life.  In reading to them, I know that I have launched a new path for them. I dedicated my book to my daughter’s, my very special friends.