Growing Bookworms – A farewell to Growing Bookworms and a new series #readingcommunity

Posted: September 11, 2024 | Author: robbiesinspiration | Filed under: Bake and Read, Blog Content, Growing Bookworms, Writing to be Read | Tags: Bake and Read, Growing Bookworms, Robbie Cheadle, Writing to be Read | 52 Comments

Picture caption: Banner for Growing Bookworms featuring a gingerbread and chocolate village

I have been publishing this series for many years and during that time my own two boys have grown up into young men. I am no longer involved in the world of children learning how to read and write and so I have decided it is time for me to down tools in this space.

I would like to leave you with two poems about my journey raising my two boys to young adults.

This first poem, which appears in Sir Chocolate and the Condensed Milk River story and cookbook, is about Michael.

It’s a boy!

A new arrival brings so much joy

Especially if it’s a little boy

He’ll have a loud and lusty wail

He’ll let you know that he is male

So beware,

A disturbance has started!

He’ll want to be just like his Dad

He’ll drive his mom and sister mad

He’ll keep insects in his room in jars

He’ll build a spaceship to the stars

So beware,

An adventure has started!

He’ll vanish at a sign of work

He’ll quickly learn his share to shirk

At homework time he’ll run away

Much to mom and dad’s dismay

So beware,

An endurance test has started!

In the end he’ll turn out right

You’ll be proud, he’ll be so bright

He’ll make you laugh, and then you’ll cry

When out he moves with a cherry goodbye

So beware,

A life journey has started!

Picture caption: Fondant pair of boys dressed in the South African national soccer team outfits

The next poem is about my older son, Gregory.

Words for my son

Words flow fluidly from my mind to pen, they come very easily to me

So why is it when I speak to you, I just cannot seem to make you see

That I love you, my most special boy, I am your number one fan

It is a joyous journey to watch you becoming an extraordinary man

You have an amazing mind, you’re like an adult when we engage

It makes it hard to understand the teenage turmoil that within you must rage

You make us smile when you sit laughing at some amusing situation in a book

Although I can get really cross when you give me your uncooperative look

My own teenage years are a fairly distant memory, but I do remember

The emotional highs and lows, like the violent thunderstorms of December

An adventurous and exploratory time in your life, bursting with so much possibility

To take advantage, you need to control body and mind and take responsibility

You are exceptionally empathetic and kind, you always give to others

I take delight when I see you treating everyone as your sisters and brothers

New Series

From October, I am delighted to introduce my new series Read and Cook with Robbie Cheadle. This is the banner for this new series:

The new series will involve pairing a recipe, either a dinner meal or a baked item, with a book.

I think it will be good fun.

Thank you to all the readers who have followed Growing Bookworms over the years. I have loved our conversations.

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This segment of “Growing Bookworms” is sponsored by the My Backyard Friends Kid’s Book Series and WordCrafter Press.

The My Backyard Friends kid’s book series is inspired by the birds and animals that visit the author Kaye Lynne Booth’s mountain home. Beautiful illustrations by children’s author, poet, and illustrator, Robbie Cheadle, bring the unique voices of the animal characters to life.