About The Mayfly and The Methuselah Tree: Memorable children’s story of living joyfully:
THE OLDEST LIVING THING, THE METHUSELAH TREE, IS BORED, BORED, BORED, UNTIL…
…a Mayfly, who lives for only one day, buzzes into his life and for her, everything is new, new, new! Can she change Methuselah Treeβs old attitude and help him feel young again?
You might not think it’s possible for the 4,800-year-old massive tree to change his 4,800-year-old ways. But you’ve never met the tiny mayfly, a loveable, filled-with-joy character who is so busy buzzing around and smelling the flowers, she doesn’t understand when the crotchety tree says, “What have you got to be so happy about? You’re not going to be here tomorrow!”
Because instead of getting angry, she looks up and asks, “What’s tomorrow mean?”
This book has already been called a modern-day classic and The BookFest awarded it First Place 2022 in children’s picture books for the depth and humor of its story and illustrations.
Here are parts of two typical reviews: “A lovely, gentle book with beautiful illustrations and a compelling message about appreciation and awareness.” “…a wonderful way to stop and smell the roses every once in a while. Not knowing about yesterdays or tomorrows, the little mayfly lives for this very moment, as should we.”
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Author Bio:
Bob Zaslow, writes children’s books as “Mr. Z” because that’s what his students in the Bronx used to call him. In 2022, he will be creating a podcast, Mr. Z Storytime, teaching children about the joy of writing their own stories.
Bob has been writing since the 1980s, when he worked as an advertising copywriter on Madison Ave. He’s written and produced more than one hundred radio commercials and dozens of tv spots and print ads, winning a Clio and two Effies. Before that, he won a Bronze American Film Festival award for his documentary film on a female artist and the women’s movement.
As a playwright, he wrote the book to the FringeNYC Festival musical, The Seed of Abraham. Six of his one-act comedies were performed Off-Off Broadway along with one in his new home state, WA and one in Vancouver, Canada. His play, You Were Awesome! was published in Best New Ten-Minute Plays, 2019.
Bob also wrote and published, Rap-Notes: Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits, rapping five of the Bard’s most popular plays.
Today, Mr. Z lives in a small house near a lake with his wife, Ann, and cat, Smokey, and focuses on children’s books that parents and grandparents will also love. He aims to have ten books available by Christmas. You can learn more at www.mrzstorytime.com