AWARD-WINNING PORTUGUESE AUTHOR DULCE RODRIGUES PRESENTS HER CHRISTMAS PLAY "FATHER CHRISTMAS HAS THE FLU"

A very cute children's Christmas play for small children and for all young at heart

Christmas is a time of joy and sharing. But it also brings stress and a few headaches about... who will be receiving presents... how much money available to spend... where to find good shopping ideas when on a tight budget... what to cook on this special season... and a lot more thinking like how to keep children happily busy during the Christmas holidays.
As an author of children's books, Dulce Rodrigues believes that reading (and writing) is "the" tool to retain knowledge and express ourselves coherently and accurately, and it's important to pay attention to children's literate skills from a very young age.
Television and computers have pushed books to the background today, and most children are somehow conditioned to believe that books and reading are for nerds and geeks. It's up to parents and all those involved in Education to make children understand that books are friends for life and may awake in them hidden vocations and other natural aptitudes that could otherwise stay for ever ignored. What's better? To give a man a fish that he will eat in a day? Or teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime?
If there is a character with whom we never get bored, that character is no doubt Father Christmas. With its twist on characters from the holiday season and its foreign setting, FATHER CHRISTMAS HAS THE FLU may appeal to a wide audience. Both adults and children may be entertained by this charming play.
Set in Father Christmas' house in Sweden, this charming play by Dulce Rodrigues takes place in that holiday season. Regrettably, Father Christmas has come down with the flu. How will he deliver the presents? His assistant Elf dreams of playing Father Christmas for one night but Mrs. Christmas and her husband don't think it's a good idea. Instead they place an ad for a substitute and a young man who had once replaced the Finnish Father Christmas shows up.
Angry because the Christmases did not think he was responsible enough to deliver the presents, Elf plays a prank on the substitute... but he is the one who will suffer the consequences...
The book also features the story of Saint Nicholas, this mythical white-bearded gift-giving figure who entered our imagination in the form of Father Christmas or Santa. The Christmas carol "We wish you a Merry Christmas" is sung at the end of the play; a recipe for Mother Christmas Chocolate Cake and a few easy drawings for Christmas decorations are also included. Included are also production notes for stage performance in a classroom.
The illustration of the book cover is by the Belgian painter Willoos.
FATHER CHRISTMAS HAS THE FLU is the English version of bilingual French/Portuguese Christmas play "Le Père Noël est enrhumé / O Pai Natal está constipado" published by Éditions Publibook in Paris, France, in October 2008.
Contact: Author House (now a member of the Penguin Group)
Book Name: FATHER CHRISTMAS HAS THE FLU
ISBN: 9781452074788
Price: $13.66 & £8.95
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This charming Christmas play for all young at heart is also available as an e-book, at the various Amazon Kindle stores.
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About the Author
Award-winning Dulce Rodrigues has authored six children's books and a travelogue about Egypt. She speaks six living languages, and she translates her own books. Born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, she received a scholarship to study at the Goethe-Institut in Germany, and one for a scientific course with the Open University in the UK, and wound up living in many different countries around Europe. Now retired after a career that included working for NATO and as a translator for the U.S. Military, she currently lives a little everywhere in Europe. She was awarded a few literary prizes : either from Europe or from the other side of the Atlantic. A few of her kids' plays were performed in countries in Europe. After publishing her first children's book, she created the educational website www.barry4kids.net (in four languages) for children to learn with fun. In addition to writing she enjoys travelling, gardening, photography, music, and pets. She also has a passion for History and for all forms of Art that transmit Beauty. Dulce Rodrigues is a member of international cultural and literary associations and she collaborates regularly with Journal BomDia.eu (Luxembourg), ACPS (Strasbourg) and Short Kid Stories (Ireland). Please visit her at Facebook, Instagram , LinkedIn or at www.dulcerodrigues.info.

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