The Legend of Hobbomock: The Sleeping Giant

Jason Marchi

ISBN 10: 0983094519 / ISBN 13: 9780983094517

Published by Fahrenheit Books, 2011

Seller Inventory # CIN0983094519VG

Synopsis:

A young Quinnipiac Indian brave must stop an angry stone giant from destroying his village and his people. Based on a Native American legend about how a set of hills in Hamden, Connecticut came to look like a giant man sleeping on his back. The story promotes appreciation for the natural world and gets kids excited about studying Native American history, which is part of the elementary level curriculum in the 3rd to 5th grades across the nation.In recognition of significant contribution to American educational publishing The Legend of Hobbomock was selected as a Finalist in the prestigious Association of American Publishers 2015 REVERE AWARDS for PreK-12.The book, along with an 98 page Teaching/Activity Guide and audio book version are adopted as an educational package by elementary schools to fit the curriculum standards for Native American studies.

About the Author: JASON J. MARCHI made his first professional sale, a poem, to Amazing Stories magazine in 1988. Since then Mr. Marchi has sold over 800 articles, stories, poems, and essays to magazines and newspapers, and won over a dozen awards--most recently from the Association of American Publishers REVERE Awards, the National Federation of Press Women, the Connecticut Press Club, the Shoreline Arts Alliance Tassy Walden Awards, and the Society of Professional Journalists.During the 17 years that Mr. Marchi worked for McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, a higher education publishing company, he also founded and directed the not-for-profit New Century Writer Awards contest that operated for six years in close association with Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope:All-Story magazine. While New Century Writer operated over $65,000 was awarded to several dozen writers. Through the contest Mr. Marchi is also credited with discovering the early literary talents of Joseph Hill (20th Century Ghost, Heart Shaped Box, Horns) when the New Century Writer Awards presented Mr. Hill with the first Ray Bradbury Short Story Fellowship in 2002.Mr. Marchi himself was closely mentored by Ray Bradbury between 2000 and 2009, after the two had become pen pals in 1980. Mr. Marchi and Mr. Bradbury maintained their extraordinary friendship until Mr. Bradbury's death at the age of 91.Mr. Marchi is also the author of the The Growing Sweater, a children s picture story book for ages 4 to 8, and Ode on a Martian Urn, a collection of poems that touches on the topics of science, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and the mainstream.Mr. Marchi reaches out to the world with his stories from his boyhood home in Guilford, Connecticut and from his favorite place on the planet; a small island off the Rhode Island coast called Block Island.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Legend of Hobbomock: The Sleeping Giant
Publisher: Fahrenheit Books
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Hardback
Illustrator: Jesse J. Bonelli
Condition: Very Good