Greenbeard
the Pirate Pig
by
Andrea Torrey Balsara
Genre:
Children's Adventure
Ahoy, my Piggywinkles!
Sail with GREENBEARD THE PIRATE PIG as he sails the Seven Seas in
search of ADVENTURE! With his ratty first mate, Snug Rumkin,
Greenbeard sets sail on THE GOLDEN LETTUCE, determined to become a
proper pirate!
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What are
you passionate about these days?
I am
passionate about a lot of things. I struggled a LOT as a young person and so
one of the things I try to do with my writing/illustrating and school
presentations is to share a message of empowerment. We are deluged with
messages that we aren’t good enough, and seeking outside validation becomes an
addiction. I know all about that, having come through an eating disorder and
mental health issues. I share my experiences pretty openly, even though there
is still a stigma around mental health, because if the adults who’ve been in
the trenches, climbed out and survived, are silent, how on earth are young
people supposed to know they can climb out too? If those of us who know the
darkness of depression and despair don’t speak out, the young people who have
no track record of getting through hard times will think there is nothing
beyond the dark moment they are in. In reality, those hard times, excruciatingly
hard times, become our teachers. They guide us to our true selves and
teach us to seek light. If you look at the people in history who we revere as
the wisest, the kindliest, they have always been people who have suffered the
most but have risen above their suffering to serve others.
I am also
passionate about sharing the message of Unity in Diversity. We are one people
on one planet that is getting “smaller” every day. As a member of the Baha’i
Faith, sharing the message of unity is of primary importance to me. Prejudice of any kind, whether racial,
ethnic, religious, gender-based, political or national is truly a scourge. It
is a darkness that has always been the precursor to war. The good thing is that
it only takes one candle to dispel the darkness. Love is stronger than hate.
There is so much power, joy, and light from truly seeing each other as brothers
and sisters in one human family. I believe with all my heart that unity is the
only way we will find world peace, and that world peace is not only
possible, but inevitable.
Andrea Torrey Balsara is a Canadian children’s author and illustrator who writes and illustrates for ages 3 and up. She is involved with children’s empowerment, and works to create stories that not only make children laugh, but makes them think. Her latest illustrated book, GREENBEARD THE PIRATE PIG , is a whimsical adventure about a guinea pig with a dream.
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