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THE LITTLE TREE..... that would
An allegory about a little tree growing in a rock. A fable about the importance of accepting the fact that you are different, that you were never meant to be like everyone else. (In the tale, the other trees snicker at the little tree's attempt to grow its roots around the stone.) Ultimately, the little tree learns to accept its difference and survive the big storm that everyone else said would destroy it. An engaging parable for children of all ages.
48 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 29, 2013
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About the author
Eric B. Ruark
21 books29 followersI love a good mystery... books... TV... movies... real-life... which is why when I sit down at my keyboard, I have the tendency to write mystery stories. I was born and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut, but even at an early age, my parents encouraged me to travel, and although I'm a New England Preppie, I've been to schools in France and Switzerland and was the guest of Jose Greco, the famed Flamenco artist in Spain... all before I was 18 years old.
In college, I majored in English and Drama. I rowed on the varsity crew. After college, I took up acting. In Japan, you would have seen me as Babe Ruth in their popular show THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF JAPANESE BASEBALL. (That should give you a good idea of what I look like. I was Off-Off Broadway in BACKSTAGE BITCHES which had a limited run at the Cabaret Duplex in New York City. I was also in one of the road shows of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
Over the years I've had a love/hate relationship with writing. I've published a romance, RIVER OF RAIN for MacFadden under a pen name, and a mystery, THE CAMPUS KILLINGS under my own name. Both books are now out of print in the United States, although I hear that KILLINGS has recently been translated into Italian, but I no longer own the rights to that book.
When I turned 40, I took up bicycling and cycled across the country and down to Key West, Florida where I won the Hemingway Storytelling Contest several years in a row in the early 90s.
In 2004 Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine published ANTEBELLUM, a mystery set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and in May 2013, AHMM published SEEING DOUBLE, a modern mystery set in Maryland.
Currently, my wife and I live on a sailboat at a marina just off the Chesapeake Bay
In college, I majored in English and Drama. I rowed on the varsity crew. After college, I took up acting. In Japan, you would have seen me as Babe Ruth in their popular show THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF JAPANESE BASEBALL. (That should give you a good idea of what I look like. I was Off-Off Broadway in BACKSTAGE BITCHES which had a limited run at the Cabaret Duplex in New York City. I was also in one of the road shows of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
Over the years I've had a love/hate relationship with writing. I've published a romance, RIVER OF RAIN for MacFadden under a pen name, and a mystery, THE CAMPUS KILLINGS under my own name. Both books are now out of print in the United States, although I hear that KILLINGS has recently been translated into Italian, but I no longer own the rights to that book.
When I turned 40, I took up bicycling and cycled across the country and down to Key West, Florida where I won the Hemingway Storytelling Contest several years in a row in the early 90s.
In 2004 Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine published ANTEBELLUM, a mystery set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and in May 2013, AHMM published SEEING DOUBLE, a modern mystery set in Maryland.
Currently, my wife and I live on a sailboat at a marina just off the Chesapeake Bay
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June 4, 2015
The Little Tree That Would by Eric B. Ruark is a wonderful read both for children and for adults who read books to children. Cleaver story about a nut that falls into a crack in a rock and struggles to survive.
I love the lessons learned by the little try as it struggles with its differences. It teaches resourcefulness and making the best with what you have. Encouraged by the spider, the little try learns that there is no trying. He said he would do it because there was not other option. He trusted himself and was not lead astray by the other animals. All valuable lessons, at any age.
A delightful read!
I love the lessons learned by the little try as it struggles with its differences. It teaches resourcefulness and making the best with what you have. Encouraged by the spider, the little try learns that there is no trying. He said he would do it because there was not other option. He trusted himself and was not lead astray by the other animals. All valuable lessons, at any age.
A delightful read!
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