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September 28th, 2024 | Author: admin
September 28, 2024, 22:55 Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“Author and Illustrator Maria Kawah Leung uses her children’s book to help communities help families all over the world.”
Happy fourth anniversary to:
Educator, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Children’s Advocate MARIA KAWAH LEUNG and Happy Dog and Mia, and their duo-language (English and Chinese), delightfully illustrated children’s book entitled:
LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET: AND HOW THEY STAY STRONG IN AN UNHAPPY HOME
Happy Anniversary to children's book author Maria Kawah Leung and Happy Dog and Mia!
MARIA KAWAH LEUNG shows how a girl named Mia and her loyal companion Happy Dog (he’s much much more than a stuffed animal) use their imagination to cope in an environment they have no control over – domestic violence.
Together, they learn that friends do not have to always like the same things, and, that love means protecting and comforting each other.
Maria Kawah Leung’s messages help everyone – “When you’re scared or sad, talk to grown-ups you trust.” and “It’s not a child’s job to make parents happy.”
Maria Kawah Leung says: “Domestic Violence Awareness is about helping the Families.”
Happy Anniversary to children's book author Maria Kawah Leung and Happy Dog and Mia!
author Maria Kawah Leung reading her delightfully illustrated children’s book
LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET: And How They Stay Strong In An Unhappy Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vivKrfvokkk 13 minutes
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How to get out of Domestic Violence (GET HELP NOW!)
Jamie Ong interviews children’s book author Maria Kawah Leung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoZ4DfNzh0g
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To watch the 39-minute interview – author Maria Kawah Leung in conversation with Kim McMillon, Ph.D.
https://youtu.be/p-YMEPfwp2Q
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LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET is endorsed by Hannah Yeoh who is a Member of Parliament in Malaysia.
Story Time with Hannah Yeoh: LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k8DLcJlvVg 20 minutes
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Happy Anniversary to children's book author Maria Kawah Leung and Happy Dog and Mia!
author Maria Kawah Leung’s facebook page: https://web.facebook.com/maria.kawah
To see my other blog posts that reference Maria Kawah Leung https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?s=Maria+Kawah+Leung&search=
Sincerely,
Teresa Jade LeYung
Published author, blogger, lover of Paris, FRANCE, photo historian, Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“I wish for all children everywhere – gentle, kindhearted, easy-going, safety conscious, open-minded guardians/caregivers/teachers, nature’s healing, love and laughter. Thank you, dear Educator, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Children’s Advocate MARIA KAWAH LEUNG and Happy Dog and Mia, and your duo-language (English and Chinese), delightfully illustrated children’s book entitled: LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET: AND HOW THEY STAY STRONG IN AN UNHAPPY HOME.“
Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
Love Made Of Heart ®
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July 27th, 2024 | Author: admin
2024 July
I wish for all children everywhere – gentle, kindhearted, easy-going, safety conscious, open-minded guardians/caregivers/teachers, nature’s healing, love and laughter.
I celebrate Educator, Children’s Book Author, Children’s Advocate MARIA KAWAH LEUNG and her duo-language (in English and Chinese), delightfully illustrated children’s book entitled:
LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET: AND HOW THEY STAY STRONG IN AN UNHAPPY HOME
Teresa Jade LeYung took Maria Kawah Leung's delightfully illustrated children's book LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET to City of Light, spring 2024
MARIA KAWAH LEUNG shows how a girl named Mia and her loyal companion Happy Dog (he’s much much more than a stuffed animal) use their imagination to cope in an environment they have no control over – domestic violence.
Together, they learn that friends do not have to always like the same things, and, that love means protecting and comforting each other.
Maria Kawah Leung’s messages help everyone – “When you’re scared or sad, talk to grown-ups you trust.” and “It’s not a child’s job to make parents happy.”
Maria Kawah Leung says: “Domestic Violence Awareness is about helping the Families.”
To watch the 39-minute interview – author Maria Kawah Leung in conversation with Kim McMillon, Ph.D.
https://youtu.be/p-YMEPfwp2Q
LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET is endorsed by Hannah Yeoh who is a Member of Parliament in Malaysia.
Story Time with Hannah Yeoh: LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k8DLcJlvVg 20 minutes
author Maria Kawah Leung reading her delightfully illustrated children’s book
LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET: And How They Stay Strong In An Unhappy Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vivKrfvokkk 13 minutes
Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog post:
Maria Kawah Leung in conversation with Kim McMillon, Ph.D.
https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/educator-childrens-book-author-childrens-advocate-maria-kawah-leung-says-domestic-violence-awareness-is-about-helping-the-families-2/
Thank you for reading my blog post:
“Author Maria Kawah Leung uses her illustrated children’s book to speak out on behalf of families everywhere”
I wish for all children everywhere – gentle, kindhearted, easy-going, safety conscious, open-minded guardians/caregivers/teachers, nature’s healing, love and laughter.
To see my other blog posts that reference Maria Kawah Leung https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?s=Maria+Kawah+Leung&search=
Sincerely,
Teresa Jade LeYung
Published author, blogger, lover of Paris, FRANCE, photo historian, Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
Love Made Of Heart ®
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June 28th, 2022 | Author: admin
2022 June 26, 21:18; June 27, 01:00; June 28, 13:00, 23:16 California
Teresa Jade LeYung here saying “Thank you, Kim McMilllon, Ph.D., for having children’s book author Maria Kawah Leung on your show “Writers On Writing”. You both are Heroines / Heroes!”
To watch the 39-minute interview https://youtu.be/p-YMEPfwp2Q
Maria Kawah Leung https://mariakawah.com/ is the author of the delightfully illustrated book
LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET: And How They Stay Strong In An Unhappy Home
which is endorsed by Hannah Yeoh who is a Member of Parliament in Malaysia.
The main characters in LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET are Mia (a little girl) and her Happy Dog (who is much much more than a stuffed animal)
Happy Dog and Mia are the Little Heroes of Bay Street
children's_book_author_Maria_Kawah_Leung_and_Happy_Dog
Kim McMillon asks: “Maria, why did you write your book?”
At the first words, Maria Kawah Leung shows courage …
Maria: “Kim, I’m very much honored… because I am a behind-the-scenes kind of person, but, because of my book Little Heroes of Bay Street, it’s important for me to get the message out there… about domestic violence.”
Maria: “Happy Dog has been my best friend since I was 6 years old. He helped me survived watching my father abuse my mother. When I was little, and this was happening, I thought that my family was the only one in the entire world that this was happening to. So, it was very scary. And I felt very lonely. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I found out that other families had the same situation….”
Maria: “I wanted to de-stigmatize this issue [domestic violence], so that people don’t think it’s something that happens ‘to those kinds of people’. It happens everywhere, all cultures, all social economic statuses. I want to raise awareness. Especially for the children. And the mothers. That’s why I wrote a children’s book. Whereas my sister [ Teresa Jade LeYung] wrote an adult novel Love Made Of Heart.”
Kim: “The books you and your sister write help community, families, helping people understand just how prevalent and how dangerous domestic violence is.”
Maria: “I wish I had a book like this when I was little. That’s why I wrote it. For the children. For the teachers to be aware. No teacher was ever aware that I was going through all this pain. I didn’t act out in school. It’s not like I brought attention to myself.”
Maria: “I’m hoping that through my book… that every teacher would get a copy… and school counselors… nurses… so that they can be aware, and, look out for signs, and reach out to these children.”
Maria: “It’s NOT an easy thing. It’s NOT an easy thing for a teacher to approach the parents. Because of feeling ashamed. I felt ashamed when I was abused. I thought people were going to say ‘She must be stupid or uneducated’ or ‘ she brought it onto herself’. You have to be brave and confront the parents so that they can seek help.’
Kim asks Maria about Happy Dog …
Maria: I was 6 years old, my brother Vitus was 10. My brother had asked our parents to get Happy Dog for me…. At the store, my brother saw him [Happy Dog] on the top shelf. One of a kind. No tags. Nothing. I think he’s an alien from somewhere. There he was, already kind of tattered… people must have played with him. His arm already needed sewing.”
(please watch/listen to the interview to find out who Happy Dog is a successor of)
To watch the 39-minute interview https://youtu.be/p-YMEPfwp2Q
Maria: “A few years ago, artist Chandra Garsson, a dear friend of my sister Teresa’s, gave him [Happy Dog] … would you say botox? New lips altogether. Thanks to Chandra, he looks brand new.”
Maria: “Maybe I didn’t publish the book until now… because I wrote it ten years ago… because I felt ashamed that I grew up in a family with violence and that I also experienced it myself [when I was an adult] … that people might think I’m childish because I still cherish my childhood toy. Now I’m old enough to realize I don’t care what other people think. It’s a healthy thing for children to have somebody or some thing to make them feel safe… to go to their happy place.”
Maria Kawah Leung's children's_book_LITTLE_HEROES_OF_BAY_STREET_Mia_and_Happy_Dog
Kim: “I remember your mother. She was extraordinary beautiful. [ Rita ] I had great admiration for her.”
Maria: (holds up photo of herself and Happy Dog with her mother) “My mother was dying of metastasized breast cancer in 1999… Yes, she’s beautiful. Powerful. And she’s a powerful guardian angel now.”
Maria: “I’m not trying to tell happy children in happy homes that they should know about all these horrible things that happen in the world. But if it’s a friend in the classroom… you want to help that friend.”
Maria: (showing audience pages from her book; pages 22 and 23 where Ms. Chavez tells Mia that it is not Mia’s job to make her parents happy. )
Maria talks about the illustration on page 22 – about the pictures of the two people on the classroom wall. “… my real life fourth grade teacher, I loved her, but she didn’t see any signs that I needed help. But she was a wonderful teacher. And that’s my friend Mayhar A. Amouzegar, provost at University of New Orleans. He has published several novels. And he writes nonfiction for his work. All these inspirational people in my life.”
Kim: “I found your book so inspirational. I love it. It’s so important. I felt it was healing for you, pouring out that experience, that it could help another person. I thought that was beautiful.”
Maria: “If I can reach as many children as possible and help them heal … when children witness violence at a young age….”
Kim: “When I saw your book was out, I was so proud of you, Maria. I just adore you and I’m so happy that you’re doing so great for the world. I do believe helping people to overcome issues is one of the greatest things, in service to others, so, thank you for so much service to others.”
Maria: “During lockdown of this pandemic, domestic violence has skyrocketed…. Please reach out to people because it’s scary for everybody, this pandemic. There’s fear, there’s hatred, it’s a scary time. Help the families out there now.”
https://mariakawah.com/ has resources for families in USA and Malaysia
To watch the 39-minute interview https://youtu.be/p-YMEPfwp2Q
Please help LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET get into all branches of public libraries https://www.worldcat.org/
Where to purchase Maria’s book: LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET: And How They Stay Strong In An Unhappy Home
The book is available in 3 formats - Hard cover; paperback; ebook – written in 2 languages – English and Chinese (simplified characters).
Soon the book will also be available in Spanish and Bahasa Malaysia.
Amazon Paperback edition https://www.amazon.com/Little-Heroes-Bay-Street-Simplified/dp/1543759815/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1610550303&sr=8-1
Amazon E-Book edition https://www.amazon.com/Little-Heroes-Bay-Street-Simplified-ebook/dp/B08L6224B1/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1652110887&sr=1-1
BookDepository Paperback https://www.bookdepository.com/Little-Heroes-Bay-Street-Maria-Kawah-Leung/9781543759815?ref=grid-view&qid=1656449469019&sr=1-2
BookDepository Hardcover https://www.bookdepository.com/Little-Heroes-Bay-Street-Maria-Kawah-Leung/9781543759839#
Barnes & Noble Paperback https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/little-heroes-of-bay-street-maria-kawah-leung/1137780986?ean=9781543759815
Barnes & Noble NOOK e-book https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/little-heroes-of-bay-street-maria-kawah-leung/1137780986?ean=9781543759822
children's book author Maria_Kawah_Leung_inscribes_Litttle_Heroes_of_Bay_Street_to_her_sister_Teresa
To watch the 39-minute interview https://youtu.be/p-YMEPfwp2Q
https://mariakawah.com/
Educator, children’s book author, children’s advocate Maria Kawah Leung says:
“Creating my book LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET to help children feel that they are not alone has been a life-long goal. Empowering children to overcome obstacles is my passion.”
Dr. Kim McMillon, thank you again for having Maria Kawah Leung and Happy Dog on your show.
Maria, Happy Dog and Mia, thank you for being so brave. YOU are all beautiful and mighty Heroes!
Everyone, thank you for reading my blog post:
“Educator, children’s book author, children’s advocate Maria Kawah Leung says “Domestic Violence Awareness is about Helping the Families”
I wish you peace and wellness always!
Teresa_Jade_LeYung_photo_by_Nan_and_MEK
Teresa Jade LeYung
Proud sister of Maria Kawah Leung and proud auntie of Happy Dog
Story Theme Consultant / Photo Historian / Author / Public Library and Public School Advocate
http://www.OurBeautifulBrains.com goes to Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog
Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says: “I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
Love Made Of Heart ®
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July 2nd, 2012 | Author: admin
June 16, 2012
Part II Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Has Fun on Authors Day with Colleagues at Literary Arts stage, San Mateo County Fair 2012
Please click on the title bar of this post, scroll down, and submit a comment – what are the themes and issues in your book?
Bardi Rosman Koodrin welcomes audience to Literary Arts stage San Mateo County Fair 2012
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Writing Coaches Teresa LeYung-Ryan and Beth Barany inspire writers and readers at San Mateo County Fair Literary Arts
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Laurel Anne Hill inspires audience at Literary Arts stage San Mateo County Fair
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Valerie Estelle Frankel dresses for her celebrated Harry Potter parodies
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Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan wishes Caroline a joyful writing and college life
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author Elise Frances Miller at Literary Arts stage, San Mateo County Fair
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children's book author Renee Rojas asks: What Color Is God? (title of her book)
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author Jay Hartlove talks about the themes in The Chosen at Literary Arts stage
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author Elizabeth Fajardo with author and coach Beth Barany at San Mateo County Fair
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Author Jo Carpignano chats with fans at San Mateo County Fair
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author Albert Flynn DeSilver talks about cultivating consistent writing practice
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Bardi Rosman Koodrin, Martin Shane Dowd, Elise Frances Miller having fun on Authors Day
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author J. Malcolm Stewart talks about the themes in The Eyes of the Stars
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Lakshmi Hannah Kerner aka Goddess in Retirement cheers for Writing Coach Teresa and her workbook Build Your Writer's Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days
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Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan
Coach Teresa says: “I love helping writers build their platforms and published authors fortify theirs with individualized coaching.”
As coach and author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, she advices: “Make your name synonymous with the issues you write about.”
Teresa has built her own platform happily; her novel Love Made of Heart and her short play Answer Me Now carry the theme closest to her heart: mother-daughter relationship.
Teresa LeYung-Ryan helps clients identify themes, universal archetypes, front-story and back-story in their manuscripts.
Teresa created the annual “Immigrant Experience Writing Contest” and cheers for all contestants.
http://writingcoachteresa.com for her Blog, events, and other resources.
Posted in About Teresa Jade LeYung aka Teresa LeYung Ryan, Art / Craft / Teaching, writing-career coach / manuscript consultant / writing coach / editor/ book doctor / author / writer's life / publisher |
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