Julie Stiegmeyer,Author of "Under The Baobab Tree" Is My Guest On The G-ZONE Today!

Julie Stiegmeyer, author of “Under The Baobab Tree”,  starts the week off on my blogtalk show “The G-ZONE” @ 11.30amEST.

Here is the link for the show and a little bit about the book:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2012/06/11/julie-stiegmey...

  The baobab tree story, which I wrote (the church version) is actually based upon a true story, told by Limakatso Nare, a Lutheran pastor who is currently serving a congregation in Louisiana. When he was growing up in his native Africa, he gathered for Sunday school under the baobab tree. Here he learned the Biblical stories of Noah and the ark, Jonah and the big fish, and the parables of Jesus. His Sunday school experiences inspired my story, Under the Baobab Tree.

Here is some of The Reviews Already:

STARRED REVIEW: From the opening full-bleed, full-spread watercolor illustration of a young boy greeting the dawn in front of his grass-roofed hut with arms stretched wide toward heaven, to the final spread of a community gathered to praise God under a baobab tree's encompassing branches, a spirit of quiet joy and wonder reverberates through this tale. As brother and sister Moyo and Japera walk dusty roads to the next village, they pass through their diverse community: weaverbirds in acacia trees, gazelle at a watering hole, a termite mound 'rising from the tall grass like a finger pointing to heaven,' rendered by Lewis (Bat Boy and His Violin) as a vivid red natural sculpture decorating a brown, arid plain. Amid the children's observations and musings, Stiegemeyer (Seven Little Bunnies) interweaves the refrain 'But who will gather today under the baobab tree?' A preface page introduces the baobab tree, describing its practical and spiritual value to the African savanna's human and animal communities. Understated lyricism combines with uncluttered, foreground-focused depictions of creation in this prose hymn of thanksgiving, prayer, and praise. -- Publisher's Weekly

'A subtle, captivating glimpse of another way of life, with a regrettably generalized author's note about the significance of the baobab tree in African culture.' - Kirkus Review -- Kirkus Review

'Amid the children's observations and musings, Stiegemeyer (Seven Little Bunnies) interweaves the refrain 'But who will gather today under the baobab tree?' A preface page introduces the baobab tree, describing its practical and spiritual value to the African savanna's human and animal communities. Understated lyricism combines with uncluttered, foreground-focused depictions of creation in this prose hymn of thanksgiving, prayer, and praise.' - Publishers Weekly Review -- Publisher Weekly Review