About
About the Author
Deborah J. Russell
Deborah J. Russell is a passionate author of family, memories of her childhood, and the power of reading aloud. Her fondness of books started at a tender age influenced by the evenings she spent listening to classical Disney stories and favorite bedtime stories that her mother told her. These instances not only ignited her imagination but also created the seeds of a life-long fascination with tale-telling that revolves around warmth, connection and emotional appeal.
Being both a mother and a writer, Deborah has a strong insight into the strong connection formed by exchanging stories. And when her own son was born she took the same kind of books of her childhood and read them with a new intent and a new love. Those events made her recall that stories are not just amusement to children, but to develop curiosity, emotional intelligence, and the passion to be with words.
The manner in which Deborah writes shows that she believes children books should not only attract the attention of children, but also a parent, a guardian and a care giver who reads with a child. Her writings are focused on soft lessons, positive reinforcement and valuable engagement with the family, all of which are presented through characters that can be easily identified with and stories that can be comforted with.
Deborah is influenced by the writers who taught her the art of the structure of a sentence, rhythm, and paying attention to narration to make her books seem eternal and natural. She makes sure in her writing that the children read again and again, discovering something new each time, be it a lesson, a feeling and even a moment of joy.
In Camping with the Goulds, Deborah J. Russell invites families to take their time, reconnect and re-experience the simple joys of togetherness by sharing their reading.
About The Book by Deborah J Russell
Camping with the Goulds
Camping with the Goulds is a delightful and entertaining book about children that is both thrilling and enjoyable but also educates in a rather subtle manner the value of togetherness, curiosity, and appreciation of the surrounding world. By the perspective of Gould family, young readers are brought into an adventure that is thrilling and is familiar at the same time.
The novel is developed through the playful scenes, thoughtful dialogues, and the revelations which naturally occur when a family leaves all the daily routine and goes into the nature. Whether it is the process of camp establishment or the discovery of the surrounding world, every moment is warmed and intertwined with certain lessons that can be close to both children and adults.
The most interesting aspect of Camping with the Goulds is that it is not an overly fun story, yet it also does not lack emotional resonance. The book motivates kids to notice, inquire and have mutual experiences, and in the process value such principles as teamwork, patience, and gratitude. It is not a hurry-up-and-spur story, it lets the reader enjoy every moment of a camping trip the way it actually would be in real life.
It can be read at bedtime, in the classroom, or during family story times, and this book provides chances to have significant discussions between children and their parents. It makes the reader remember that not all the adventures are epic to be remembered: sometimes, even the fact that families just hang out with each other is the most important.
Camping with the Goulds is not a book, it is a request to shut off the computer, network, and make a memory that will live through it, one page at a time.