Splunkunio Splunkey Detective and Peacemaker

is an exciting, fun-filled, adventure series for children, families and educators

in English/Spanish and English editions.

Dream Image Press, LLC

is delighted to present

SPLUNKEY'S SPECIAL

THREE-PART ADVENTURE PACKAGE:

The First Book in Splunkey's Mystery Series -

Case One: The Missing Friendship Bracelet

[Printed in English/Spanish and English]

plus

Splunkey's Audio CD: Case One

[Recited in English]

plus

Teaching Guide for Educators and Parents

[Printed in English]

Review of Splunkey's Three-Part Adventure Package:

"Splunkey's Three-Part Adventure Package is a delight in creativity and originality. What child would not find this detective-peacemaker a source of imagination and dramatic fun!

Children ages 4 to 8 will be enthralled by Splunkey's mystery-adventure story which includes an English-Spanish version. The illustrations will intrigue both adults and children. The ieas of teaching compassion, respect and wisdom will elicit a thoughtful response from readers and viewers.

Listening to the audio CD, gifted children and young students alike further explore their comprehension and sensory skills through the personality portrayals in the voices of the storybook characters as recited by Ashley and through their sensitivity to the Hispanic flavor imbued in the original, background music.

A unique feature of the package is the English-Spanish component which evokes a large appeal to bilingual, ESL and other classrooms and their students. The book, the audio CD and the Teacher's Guide for Educators and Parents enable all of us as adults to work effectively with our children in understanding values we seek to impart.

Dr. Elana Ashley offers a splendid contribution to the classroom and the home through her book, CD and teacher's guide. Splunkey's three-part package is a wonderful source of fun, learning and literacy!"

Joan Franklin Smutny, Director, The Center for Gifted at National-Louis University, Box 364, Wilmette, IL 60091-0364

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Children's Book Author Dr. Elana Ashley and Storybook Character Ellie Elephant

welcome you into

Splunkey's World of Reality, Fantasy, Adventure and Mystery:

Take a look at other wonderful reviews extolling Splunkey's detective mystery:

The Bloomsbury Review, Vol 25/Issue 5, Sept/Oct 2005, Children's & Young Adult Books:

"Elana Ashley has created an excellent bilingual children's book. It's an interesting story for young children, from about four to eight. It’s well illustrated, with appealing and colorful photographs. It teaches a lesson about friendship and understanding. And it works equally well in English and Spanish.

The simple plot involves a dispute between Ellie Elephant (Elefantita Ellie) and her friend Eli (Ilay)Lefant. Ellie loses her friendship bracelet while playing in her house with Eli. When she assumes he's stolen it, he angrily stomps home.

Magically, Ellie gets a phone call...It's Splunkey, a mostly red, yellow and blue alien...With humor, understanding and patience, he [Splunkey] helps Ellie and Eli act out the events (some touching and some humorous) that happened before the bracelet was lost... In the end, they both learn something about cooperating to find the truth.

Along with this gentle lesson, children will enjoy the many colorful photographs...Kids will enjoy seeing the little elephants look through familiar household rooms for the lost bracelet.

Unlike some dual language books, this one is just as enjoyable in either language. Stefan V. Nikolov translates the few rhymes into perfectly rhymed Spanish. And he always finds the right Spanish idiom...Whether in English or in Spanish, young readers will be delighted with this book."

The Midwest Book Review Volume 4, Number 6, Small Press Bookwatch, TheChildren’s Shelf June 2005:

"The debut title of a bilingual (English/Spanish) picturebook mysteries series for young readers by author/photographer Elana Ashley, Splunkunio Splunkey: Detective And Peacemaker (Detective y pacificador) introduces a stuffed animal detective who is called upon to find out what has happened to a lost friendship bracelet. In carrying out his investigation, Splunkey helps two friends find more than just one very special bracelet. With a fun and engaging story text so very nicely illustrated by her photography, Elana Ashley's Splunkunio Splunkey: Detective And Peacemaker is especially recommended for family, school, and community library bilingual picturebook collections for children who are preschool through second grade."

T E R R I F I C N E W S:

Dr. Elana Ashley and Her Storybook Characters

Eli, Ellie and Splunkey [from left to right]

have now written

Case Two of Splunkey's Adventure Series:

Big Bully Holly Howler

Keep a look-out for this book

in English and English/Spanish editions

in 2009!

1560 - Del 06 al 12 de Julio del 2005

JET SET

Splunkunio Splunkey, enseña valores e inglés

Por Alfonso Bermudez

Sin duda, no hay mejor fórmula para entrener e instruir a los niños que a través de historias mágicas que estimulen su imaginación y sus naturales buenos sentimientos. Y eso es precisamente lo que hace la Dra. Elana Ashley con Splunkunio Splunkey, un candoroso personaje extraterrestre que ha creado para enseñar a los niños valores como la amistad, la solidaridad, el perdón y la lógica.

Pero eso no es todo, Ashley a esa tarea ha sumado otra valiosa y práctica, enseñar inglés y español a través de una edición bilingue del libro Splunkunio Splunkey Detective and Peacemaker (Splunkunio Splunkey Detective y Pacificador), que en su primera historia presenta el caso The Missing Friendship Bracelet ( El brazalete de la amistad desaparecido).

El caso lo comparte Splunkunio Splunkey con dos amigos, los elefantitos Ellie e Ilay. Ellos se ven envueltos en la historia de la pérdida del colorido brazalete que ha llenado de tristeza a Ellie. Es en esa circunstancia cuando irrumpe en escena el detective y pacificador extraterrestre que ayuda a resolver el caso a través de una trama donde hay mucho de encanto y ternura y ningún atisbo de violencia.

El extraterrestre "Splunkunio Splunkey" y la elefantita Ellie con su creadora Elana Ashley.

La Dra. Ashley en una conversación telefónica con Impacto, dijo que su libro tiene un doble objetivo, enseñar valores (amistad, compasión, solidaridad, trabajo en equipo) y también a que el niño se introduzca en el aprendizaje del idioma inglés a través de los diálogos de los amistosos personajes.

El libro es el primero de una serie de historias donde el simpático Splunkunio Splunkey resolverá casos. Desde ahora, la Dra. Ashley invita a los niños a conocer al amigo extraterrestre que tiene una misión de amistad y paz por el universo visitando el sitio web: http://www.splunkey.org

Educadora, escritora y titiritera, la Dra.Elana Ashley es fundadora y directora ejecutiva de Great Imaginings, Inc, una organización sin fines de lucro que presenta programas educativos en escuelas, bibliotecas y medios de comunicación.

Press the Books navigational button at the top of this web site to view other reviews of the bilingual reader in English and Spanish. In addition, visit the following web site:

http://www.forewordreviews.com/View-Review.asp?ReviewID=333

Don't forget that you can get your own copy of the

mystery adventure in English!

FURTHER BOOK REVIEWS OF SPLUNKEY'S MYSTERY ADVENTURE -

CASE ONE: THE MISSING FRIENDSHIP BRACELET

An Alien Detective Helps Solve a Mystery

A missing bracelet causes a rift in friendship of two animated elephants. Alien Splunkunio Splunkey , detective, smoothes the difference and aids in finding the bracelet.

The story, most effectively narrated to a group by storyteller, Elana Ashley, offers conflict, peacemaking and humor. As an educational vehicle, it could launch discussions on friendship, trust and helpfulness. A lively, satisfying story

Nancy Ferrell, Juneau Juvenile Book Review Committee, Juneau Public Libraries, Juneau, Alaska, Author, Former Librarian, Former Teacher

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Children's books should be written to teach impressionable youngsters about life in a positive way, while concurrently entertaining them. Sometimes an author will get one aspect right, but not the other. Splunkunio Splunkey Detective and Peacemaker, Case One: The Missing Friendship Bracelet is a successful combination of these elements. How to maintain interrelationships is the integral message of this charming and amusing story. Trust, acceptance of others who might appear different, not giving up when things appear difficult, and being willing to work hard to solve scary problems are the lessons that children will learn from this book. I highly recommend it for parents, teachers and youngsters.

Dr. Leonard B. Miller, Professor of Psychology, American Behavioral Studies Institute, Santa Anna, California; Contributing Co-Editor, Integrative Psychotherapies

Now is the time to get to know Spokespuppet Splunkunio Splunkey®.

So join him in his first, detective mystery!