{"product_id":"finnleys-starlight-adventures-franceanna-arriola-9798888120866","title":"Finnley's Starlight Adventures","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinnley's Starlight Adventures is a book about friendship, fantasy, and reality. Finnley makes friends who don't need to have a certain look or characteristic for him to call them a friend. They are all colors, shapes, and sizes. He looks at their heart rather than their appearance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinnley's best dream friend is Blue. When he wakes up and sees Blue, he realizes that Blue is not real but that he can keep him alive in his imagination. Blue accompanies Finnley into all his future adventures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranceAnna Arriola lives in Maryland with her husband and three dogs. She speaks French, Spanish, and English, which has helped her in her adventures around the world. She went on a medical mission to Peru and traveled extensively all through Europe and Mexico. She has strong ties to France where her mother and all her mother's relatives were born. Arriola graduated with a degree in Education and has taught in high schools, elementary schools, and preschools. She owned her own childcare business for 27 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the sale of her business, Arriola has devoted more of her time to her hobbies and interests which include painting (she has sold many of her oil paintings), guitar, and piano. She presently teaches CPR and First Aid in addition to preschool music and Spanish. She also is a tutor of French. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriola loves animals and volunteers at a local zoo. She also enjoys kayaking, bicycling, swimming, hiking, and camping. This book is one of the first of many she plans to write. Her interest in writing children's books comes from her two granddaughters and the preschool children she teaches. Children have amazing imaginations, and it gives her great pleasure to enter into the fantasy world of imagination with them through play time involving music, dance, and stories. She loves reading stories to children and sparking their imaginations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Franceanna Arriola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888120866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosedog Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.25d","brand":"Franceanna Arriola","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45897971532031,"sku":"9798888120866","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60a9374a-c569-44f3-9fb9-cccd6430ff62.jpg?v=1721375191","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finnleys-starlight-adventures-franceanna-arriola-9798888120866","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}