| As the divorced father of two girls,
ages three and six, the author wanted his
daughters to always know that he loved
them dearly and unconditionally. With
weekly overnight stays at his house, he
took the breakfast and lunch preparation
time to communicate with his girls.
Fatherhood was a safe place to let out
the silly child in him as well as
entertain his daughters, draw them closer
to him, and let them know how much he
cared for them. He began to write
rhymes on the napkins he included with
their lunches. These rhymes conveyed
fatherly messages of love, encouragement,
frustration, celebration, advice, joy,
reprimand, philosophy, and whatever else
was on his mind.
This book is a collection of those
napkins saved by one daughter over the
years and presented to her dad as a
"going away present" -- her
going away to make her way in the world.
Each napkin is accompanied by description
of the situation facing the family at the
time.
These napkins are a wonderful
inspiration to all fathers (and mothers
too) looking for new, fun and interesting
ways to communicate with their children.
About The Author:
Courtney Garton received a B.S. from
Wake Forest and a M.Ed. from the
University of Maryland. Once a public
school teacher, he now owns and operates
a small chain of retail hat shops, Hats
in the Belfry. He is on the board of
directors of a child care center in a
public housing community. Courtney lives
on the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis,
Maryland and will soon be a first time
grandfather. Napkins is his
first book.
Publication Date 3/1/98, $14.95
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If you or
your children would like to write a note to Winston, I'm
sure he would love the mail.