Self-Published Author's Awarded Children's Book Praised by Pres. Bill Clinton's Personal Diarist

"What a beautiful book.... I was mesmerized by the story," says Janis F. Kearney, Former Personal Diarist for U.S President Bill Clinton of author M. LaVora Perry's children's book, WU-LUNG & I-LUNG. Ms. Perry seeks a publisher and agent for the book whose illustrations won a 2003 ADDY award from the American Advertising Federation. WU-LUNG & I-LUNG can be read free online as an e-book at www.fortunechildbooks.com

East Cleveland, Ohio, (PRWEB) December 31, 2003 --author M. LaVora Perry seeks a print publisher for WU-LUNG & I-LUNG-a retelling of an ancient Chinese Buddhist legend. In the tale, when skilled calligrapher and loyal son I-lung is forced to disobey his father's dying wish and copy the Buddhist scripture known as the Lotus Sutra, I-lung is overcome with guilt. He later learns that his actions brought happiness to his father and many others.

Norio Saneshige, the illustrator of WU-LUNG & I-LUNG, won a 2003 Addy® Award from the American Advertising Federation for the book's illustrations. He lives in Ohio with his wife and two children.

Reviews of WU-LUNG & I-LUNG
...a diverse work that definitely has an audience.
Chris Robyn, Marketing Manager, Cyprus Book Company, San Francisco, Distributors of Books Related to Asian Culture

...delightfully intriguing and educational story. I'll share it with my 9 year-old daughter.... will open many...doors of discussion for us about life, death, family and community.
Carol Parenzan Smalley, Creator & Consultant, Traveling through the Region with Exploration Kits (TREK), Mohawk Valley Library System, New York

Brilliant! ...can't wait to start sharing this with my...children's group...
Pauline Seow-Yong, Soka Gakkai International, Kuala Lumpur

...beautifully written and illustrated.
Michael Lisagor, Author of Romancing the Buddha:Applying Buddhism to Everyday Life

Author Bio
In 1995, M. LaVora Perry became the first African-American staff card writer for the world's largest publicly-owned greeting card company-American Greetings® (AGs). As such, her writing has appeared on gift items in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and in Spanish translation in Mexico.

While at AG Ms. Perry earned Creative Excellence awards in the years 1999 and 2000. In the 1990's She was also award in Ohio Writers magazine's Best of Ohio's Writers contest and Cleveland Free Times fiction contest for her short story, "Forgiving."

M. LaVora Perry has contributed writing to Living Buddhism journal and the World Tribune and Plain Dealer (Ohio) newspapers. She also edited American Greetings educational 2004 Day-at-a-Time® desktop calendar, African-American Almanac, which includes inspirational quotations by and information about such figures as Herbie Hancock and U.N. Peace Medal recipient Daisaku Ikeda.

Chris R. Seaman, the illustrator for M. LaVora Perry's subsidy-published children's book in print, Taneesha's Treasures of the Heart, designed Harry Potter collectible cards for Wizards of the Coast® in association with Warner Brothers Studios®. In the story, Taneesha is an African-American Buddhist girl that relies on faith, hope, courage and friendship to defend her best friend, who is Caucasian, when a bullying child taunts her because of her physical disability.

Since its publication in June of 2003, Taneesha's Treasures of the Heart has received national and international acclaim-including being featured in the November-December 2003 issue of Black Issues Book Review, being showcased in a staged production by the Poets' & Writers' League of Greater Cleveland at the Cleveland Playhouse on May 15, 2004 and being made available to children in Malaysia and several African nations. Taneeshas Treasures of the Heart is now in its third printing.

M. LaVora Perry is enthusiastically applying the same passion and book promotion know-how that has led to Taneesha's Treasures of the Hearts successes toward ensuring that WU-LUNG & I-LUNG is also received and enjoyed by readers worldwide. The author lives in Ohio with her husband and three children.

Visit M. LaVora Perry's e-zine, www.FortuneChildbooks.com to learn more about her and her books and for fun and educational pages on Eastern Wisdom for all ages.
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