Linda Margulis Yant lives with her family in Burlington County, which is located within the beautiful Pine Barrens of New Jersey. She is a wife, mother and grandmother to three grandchildren, a role in which she embraces. Linda has a diverse background, working 30 years in the corporate sector and later earning her certification as a Clinical Hypnotherapist. She has since devoted her time to writing and illustrating stories for children. Linda is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) https://www.scbwi.org/
“I create children’s picture books as much for parents, teachers and care-givers as I do for children. Parents typically enjoy the stories and illustrations as much as the children do, which I feel encourages and promotes reading to children on a regular basis. My fond memories of being read to as a child by my mother and teachers have strongly influenced the style of the books I create, which tend to be simple, happy, light-hearted and fun. My books are designed to promote kindness and compassion among children, and to remind adults of the joy to be felt in connecting with children through picture books.” … Linda Margulis-Yant
Latest release!….
Mischievous Mike©2017, 2021 Steve brings his fun-loving dog, Mike, to school for show & tell. Mike can do all sorts of tricks. On this day, Steve wishes he didn’t teach Mike how to turn a door knob! When Mike opens the classroom door and runs into the hallway, he gets into all sorts of mischief. Steve has to search the whole school for Mike. Where does he end up finding him? This silly story appeals to the beginner-reader. AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE EVERYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD. Click here for Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Mischievous-Mike-Linda-Margulis-Yant/dp/1735577936/ref=sr_1_1?crid=14E03B6P2X0MB&keywords=mischievous+mike+book&qid=1652131187&sprefix=mischievous+mike+book%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1
Published by Sunnyhaven Books®for Children, 2021
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The Big Spider Who Learned How to Swim©2014,2020 The heart-warming story of a spider with a kind disposition and a love of adventure who is taught how to swim by a kindly fish who saved the spider’s life after it fell into the water and nearly drowned. The spider then encourages his peers as he teaches them how to safely cross a puddle. This feel-good, rhyming Read-to/Read-along story is appropriate for pre-school and elementary school-age children as it inspires the spirit of kindness, empathy, and appreciation.
On sale now! Available for purchase in Hardcover and Paperback where all books are sold.
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E-BOOK AVAILABLE: “Kobo” https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-big-spider-who-learned-how-to-swim
Published by Sunnyhaven Books® for Children, 2020
Check out this wonderful review!…
“I was particularly curious about this book as the cover brought back memories of childhood and groups of us, sitting on the infant school classroom floor singing the popular children’s nursery song “Incey-Wincey-Spider”. Having read through it once I could tell straight away it’s the sort of story myself and my young peers would have loved to have read to us by amazing teachers like Miss Smith just before home time, then, trooping out of the class, we’d be met by parents and safely escorted home where we’d play under the watchful gaze of our older siblings by a small stream in a valley and share in the wonder of the fish, birds, flowers and insects.
For this alone, Linda has succeeded in her mission as she says from the outset, “I create childrens’ picture books as much for parents, teachers and care-givers as I do for children. Adult readers typically enjoy the stories and illustrations as much as the children do, which I feel encourages and promotes reading to children on a regular basis.
A delightful book, The Big Spider Who Learned How to Swim® starts off as a first-person rhyming, rolling, chronological narrative told in verse from the author’s POV as she tells of finding a spider drowning in a puddle. Unusually then, for a children’s story, it then switches to a third person narrative describing the spider’s adventures after the rescue. The transition is both seamless and natural, and, I think, adds an extra dimension to the story. So, the spider goes on to encounter a friendly bluebird, a couple of amicable dragonflies and a kind-hearted fish called “Tim” who saves him once again from drowning and teaches him how to swim. The spider then looks back on his adventures and feels an overwhelming sense of gratitude and loving appreciation for the kindness shown by the author, the bluebird, the dragonflies and from Tim. The book then once again quite seamlessly switches back to its initial first-person narrative and describes the author seeing how the spider pays the kindness forward by teaching his “spidery friends” how to swim, too. Filled with admiration, she concludes, “As I waved again to my sweet spider friend I knew he would be okay. He is brave and kind and has a smart mind, and I know he will return one day”.
A beautiful and charming, rhyming Read-to/Read-along story, The Big Spider Who Learned How to Swim® is especially suitable for pre-school & elementary (primary in the UK) school-age children as it encourages kindness, empathy and particularly illustrates the feel-good factor derived from helping others; values that are all too often undervalued in today’s world. A timeless classic, I believe this story will go on encouraging people to be kind and helpful to one another for many years to come and as such, will go on to have a special place in our hearts.”~ Colin Ridyard, Children’s Book Author & Academic Researcher 3/27/21 www.colinridyard.com
COMING IN 2025 …. Molly and the Maple Tree
Molly and her dog venture to the grocery store to buy some maple syrup for Molly’s mother. While on the way, they encounter a field of maple trees and Mr. Jack, who takes them on a tour of his maple syrup factory.
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Henry’s Hat© 1999,2017 is a delightful children’s story that begins with Henry and his friends enjoying a fun-filled Saturday in the snow. Henry is cold, so he goes back home to get his red hat. When Henry returns to his friends, a big wind blows Henry’s hat off of his head into the clouds. Henry heads home without his hat. He is sad. While at his grandmother’s house, his friends bring him a surprise gift – a new winter hat. Henry can now go outside in the snow with his friends. This book examines the qualities of friendship and goodness. It fits in well with children in Pre-K, K, and grade 1.
Published by Hibernian Publishing, LLC©2017
Special author statement regarding Henry’s Hat:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Hibernian Publishing, LLC has announced that it has shuttered it’s business and Henry’s Hat is no longer available for purchase. However, if you are interested in purchasing an author-signed copy of Henry’s Hat for $9.99, please feel free to contact me (lindamargulisyant@gmail.com). You can purchase this book directly from me.
Look for this and other stories written and illustrated by Linda Margulis-Yant, to be published in the near future:
The Adventures of Chunky and White Boots: The Case of the Blue Jay Bandit©2017 Oh no! The shriek of Mrs. Cardinal sounds loudly in the typically quiet and serene woods of the Pine Barrens. Someone has taken a ribbon off of the door of Mrs. Cardinal’s house, the prettiest house in the woods. Who could have done such a thing? Once the Mayor shows up with Officer Robin to investigate, the animals who live in the woods gather to perform an investigation of their own. Most suspect Barrett the Blue Jay, but he has an alibi. Or does he? No one can seem to find Barrett to ask him. The animals pay a visit to Mr. Jenkins, the cockatiel who lives inside a nearby house and watches all of the happenings in the woods through his binoculars. Will they find Barrett? Will the Mayor and Officer Robin find Mrs. Cardinal’s ribbon? Will they ever learn who took the ribbon, and why?
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