Imagination--A Great Tool in Illustrating Children Books--The Mayor Molly McMole's Series

Here is my favorite restaurant

This is my  Cousin Vinnie the Shrew's plane  taking me to the Anchorage International Airport. You know I am also Mayor Molly McMole, head of my mole tribe who travel the world, Right?

 Right now I'm illustrating a children's book  for another author, one of my joys in life--illustrating.  Why?

Our family didn't get a TV until I was 12 years old, and  since I read a lot I developed my imagination. Let's see, my ordinary house became a palace so I was a princess, our back yard became a stage where I could be a ballet dancer, an acrobat--specializing in backbends and cartwheels.

Growing up in Morgantown, WV, we had lots of clouds so when I took timeout I could lie down and look up in the sky and see angles, dragons,  horses, cats, dogs, sailing ships in full sail.

Having a love of music, I played the piano, accordion, clarinet and I loved to listen to music, play music, dancing with my boyfriend, slow dancing, the twist, even the bunny hop.  

When TV videos came out with the hit singer, rapper, rock group, I thought "hey, when I hear Casey and the Sunshine Band, I want to have my own memories--not someone else's.  Same goes for Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis, Louis Armstrong, Glen Miller, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Ella FitzgeraldDoes anyone know if these artists even did videos?

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Well, my point is we had to use our imagination a lot.  People haven't lost their imagination because there are some really good authors today and film directors.  My favorite was John Hughes who did: Sixteen Candles, Farris Bueller's Day Off, Home Alone l and 2, the Breakfast Club.  Why was he so great--because he never forgot how to be a kid.

Well, that happens to a lot of us and I believe that I never forgot either--so children books are my bag, either writing and illustrating the Mayor Molly McMole books or illustrating for another author..

Well, "thats all, folks," Happy Sailing," Lorraine Strieby, aka Mayor Molly McMole  

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GEORGE WASHINGTON--TAUGHT BY THE IROQUOIS TO FIGHT AND LED HIS TROOPS WITH BLACK AIDE MR. BILLY LEE

 Now that you know I write as Mayor Molly McMole in a blog about the adventures of Mayor Molly McMole and her mole tribe, she also wrote a book, staring this hero.  Yes, her ancestor, Master Spy Christopher McMole was his spy--WHY IS A MOLE CALLED A SPY.

Why not, spies are secretive little fellows. Not only that they live underground, they also come out during the day but no one sees them.  Have you ever seen a mole?  I think not...

Well, Washington was a self-trained officer.  At first he paid to get a commission in the French Indian War at 21 a very young age.  A couple of famous Senecas taught him how to fight, and a black man  became his best friend and aide in the American Revolution.

Now what is amazing is he paid to get into the first war, the French Indian, and was only 21 and his commander, General Braddock got himself killed, and this kid was left as one of the leaders, fighting along side the Senecas and fighting like a Seneca. 

That was easy for him because at an early age he learned to ride a horse.  Now in the Revolution, he didn't ride any horse, he rode the most famous horse ever, Nelson was his name.  The  horse is not the white one you see in pictures, but a sorrel with white stockings and an uneven blaze.  Together they were dynamite, one spirit, perfect for leading the troops, along with black Aide, Mr. Billy Lee, a better horseman than Washington.  This guy Mr. Billy Lee saved Washington's life a couple of times in the war.

Now here is the SAD thing--what I just wrote was all true and I bet you never knew.  Why??? Because they don't teach American History.  They don't think it is important--that people came to escape tyranny and wrote the American Constitution, one of the greatest documents every written.

Find out more in Lorraine Strieby's book  WHY IS A SPY CALLED A MOLE

MAYOR MOLLY MCMOLE, aka Lorraine Strieby, Lorraine Strieby Productions

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MAYOR MOLLY MCMOLE WRITES A BLOG ABOUT HER ADVENTURES--LORRAINE STRIEBY WILL BE WATCHING THE WVU, SYRACUSE SWEET SIXTEEN TONIGHT.

Here I am having a sip of tea with my "friend, Sophia".  Do you see my paw?  Well, it is shaking.

You see I am a mole, disguised as a mouse, thinking that this would save me and my mole tribe.

Then I had to sweet talk her and  I actually treated her to live music by the Mole Rats and fed her tuna rolls which she loved and wanted more.

The story tales are on Amazon and Kindle and each one teaches something.

At this time with home teaching these books will make the job easier.  Mayor Molly McMole, that's me had an ancestor Christopher McMole who was Master Spy to Commander George Washington in the American Revolution--fantasy based on fact.  Lorraine Strieby wonders why she was never taught why Washington was so great.  He led the troops on his horse, Nelson, and his Aide, Warrant Officer, black Mr. Billy Lee, Honorable Discharge.  Washington loved Mr. Billy Lee so much he built him a house on his property, Mount Vernon. 

Strieby suspects that I use her computer so so long for now.  She will watch WVU basketball tonight, playing Syracuse in Sweet 16.  I think I'll watch too.  Bye for now.  Mayor Molly McMole

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#sweetsixteen #basketball

 

Christmas Book for Children Lorraine Strieby AKA Mayor Molly McMole

STAY TUNED

STRIEBY goes to her new studio every day to illustrate for another author.  The plot is--A family goes in search for Santa.

She and the author  are busy trying to get the book out by Christmas.

I don't want to give anything away yet, but I will report in from time to time.

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#illustrator #fantasy #storyteller 

 

Traveling with Mayor Molly McMole Without a Mask in the Comfort of Your Own Home

 Why Is a Spy Called a Mole

 People ask Lorraine Strieby why she wrote about me and my mole tribe.   As you can see she expended a lot of energy and one book led to another book and yet another and finally there were six children's books.

Since a lot of children are home you might consider reading about me.  You see Strieby traveled  extensively and she didn't get a TV until she was twelve years old so she had to develop her imagination.  Then I came into her life--not in a good way.  She had kids and horses and I dig holes and leave mole holes and mounds of dirt.  I didn't do all of the digging because I had a tribe of moles, some artistic and builders of castles, and an omega mole 

who gets into some trouble.  Since you and your kids can't travel like we used to, well, these books will take you to some pretty exotic places.  Here we go--we are going to ride in a Peterbilt, a ferry boat, a trip with a bush pilot, Cousin Vinnie the Shrew, a jet plane, a motor cycle, surfboard,  and an automobile. In one of her books, Why is a Spy Called a Mole, she writes about her ancestor Christopher McMole who was a master spy for Commander George Washington, no less.  You are even going to ride a horse and see an eerie ship, named The Vulture.

On this 6 book journey you will see The Golden Gate Bridge, the Cascade Mountains, the Gulf of Alaska, Bernini's Four River Fountain, The Coliseum in Rome, Vatican, Uffitzi Museum, Adam and Eve, Florence, and some of the Hawaii Islands.  You can find her books on Amazon and Kindle.

Well, Strieby doesn't know I type on her blog, so I will say good evening and hop down my mole hole that is under the bleachers at a high school where we end up helping a losing coach get a trophy for being the best coach in her league--bye bye.  Strieby's motto is "Read to a Child",  Mayor Molly McMole, Lorraine Strieby Productions  #molehole #gulfofalaska #uffitzimueseum  #adamandeve #italy #hawaii 

 

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ORCAS, PUGET SOUND, MAYOR MOLLY MCMOLE, LORRAINE STRIEBY

 Why is a Spy Called a Mole

These orcas going North in my book--" Mayor Molly McMole Meets Vinnie the Shrew"

These white dots are bald eagles.  That's how they look from afar.

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Mount Vernon's Roof

Mount Vernon's Roof

Colonists used to come to see the owner and, of course, look at his  roof.  You can see it  in Lorraine Strieby's  book, Why Is a Spy Called a Mole?

Commander-in-Chief  George Washington liked the red tiled roofs in Europe and

tiles just didn't exist in the colonies, so he elected to have old-growth cypress trees cut in  fan shapes and then have them painted red.  Cypress trees are the most

water resistant wood.

Since red-tiled roofs didn't exist  in America,  after the Revolution the citizens not only  came to give their regards to President Washington and to see Mr. Billy Lee ride his horse, Chinkling, but to see the mansion with the red roof.  It was the only red roof in the colonies.

If you haven't read about Mr. Billy Lee, he was the black Aide (not slave)  that

rode with Washington in front of the troops in the Revolution and was the best horseman in the Colonies, along with Washington. (It's fun to see how many famous paintings Mr. Billy Lee was painted with George Washington and historians didn't write about him.)

  Two men did and they each received the Pulitzer Prize.

Strieby will write about this soon because authors just didn't give black people their rightful place in history.  For example in NASA there were black women engineers who were so good in math that they helped map the way to get the astronauts to the moon and in Apollo 13 helped the pilot of the disabled capsule to arrive safely to Earth. The computers of the day used their work and I believe still do.

Finally in Hidden Figures author, Margot Lee Shetterly, wrote this book and it became 

a movie.

Well, remember I'm Mayor Molly McMole and help sometimes to blog with Lorraine Strieby.

Her writing skill is a little like Dr. Seuss and her books teach, and are illustrated by her.

You and your young ones will learn geography, history and  art with a bit of whimsey, (lots of illustrations} fantasy based on fact. She does have a teaching degree you know.

And she knows I have her password and blogs for her sometimes.  Not so easy with my chubby paws and long claws.

Time for me to depart down my mole hole.  Sophia the Cat and I  are going to have tea. Mayor Molly McMole, MMM

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