Digger Digger Digger - Softcover

Clarke, Mark A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1737301725 ISBN 13: 9781737301721

Publisher: MAClarke, 2022

Synopsis

Digger, Digger, Digger is a delightfully crafted story in poetic verse. Colorfully illustrated in watercolor, the reader is invited to journey into a child's world of make-believe. Unbound by the limitations of the grown-up world, this is a story about Elliot, his toy and the power of imagination.

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About the Authors

Mark A. Clarke grew up in Upstate New York. Enlisting in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, he served in an Airborne Infantry Regiment in Europe. Mark earned a bachelor's degree in English Education at SUNY Oswego, a master's degree at Saint Rose and post graduate studies in a PhD program at Syracuse University. Studying Anglo-American literature for a semester in London, he met and discussed the works of Kingsley Amis, Ruth Fainlight and Gordon M. Williams. Mark taught for more than thirty years in a public school in Columbia County, where he met his wife. His first book was Columbia: Those Who Honorably Served, which recounted the lives and service of 200 veterans from Columbia County. His second book, Harriet's Egg, is an enchanting children's story about kindness, determination, and the power of motherly love. Digger, Digger, Digger is Mark's third book

Karen Amendolagine is a traditional artist, specializing in graphite, colored pencil, oils and watercolor. As art is in her DNA, she began private lessons in her adolescence. During her later years in high school, she began displaying work at Bethlehem Art Gallery in Cornwall, New York. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Salisbury University in Maryland, Karen continued exhibiting her work in small galleries and cafés in Tokyo, Japan, and at Beyond the Lines Gallery and The Hive Gallery in Los Angeles, California, along with multiple pop-up shows around the city. Karen also illustrated Mark A. Clarke's first children's book, Harriet's Egg. In 2020 she illustrated her first children's book, The Real & Curious You: A Childhood to Adulthood Learning Guide.Karen continues to grow her body of work in Queens, New York.

Cindy Casey is an independent book editor and publisher. She works with authors from around the country and a variety of genres, including memoirs, business and educational workbooks, mysteries, cozies, science-fiction, children's books and short story collections. She is a member of the Florida Authors & Publishers Association and the Independent Book Publishers Association. Cindy is a graduate of SUNY Morrisville (AAS/Journalism) and Syracuse University (BS/Communications and Media Studies). Prior to her book editing business, she spent 43 years as a writer and editor at newspapers, magazine and specialty publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: MAClarke
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1737301725
• ISBN 13: 9781737301721
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Amendolagine Karen
• Number of pages: 32
• Editor: Casey Cindy