Latty the Platypus and the Woodwind Orchestra

About the Book

Latty the Platypus and the Woodwind Orchestra takes readers through a journey with a platypus, Latty, who suffers the loss of her mother, and the arrival of her own chicks. In order to deal with her loss, Latty memorializes her mother’s musical talent by teaching the chicks to play several instruments in a woodwind orchestra.

A humorous story that addresses difficult issues in a lighthearted manner, it highlights determination in the face of adversity and even tragedy. This is a wonderful story for teaching life lessons, vocabulary, and other reading strategies.

About the Author

Paulet Facey was born in Jamaica, West Indies; she is a retired teacher who currently lives in New York City. Dr. Facey looks forward to the opportunity when she will be able to make a tangible impact on the literacy status of the children back in Jamaica, especially, since her love for writing was influenced by her high school English Language teacher. Facey has her doctorate degree in reading and literacy, master’s degree in general and special education, as well as a bachelor’s degree in literacy. Facey believes, Literacy is light. Therefore, she has dedicated her time to use the power of writing to positively impact the literacy gap that exists. In addition, Facey believes that each generation has a resposibility to expose, in a targeted manner, more of creation's beautiful animals to everyday conversation, so several of her books include animals. The author, an academic intervention specialist, knows the power of effective vocabulary instructions. Consequently, she has deliberately centered her works round building children’s expressive and receptive vocabularies through reading for pleasure. She expertly blends various subcomponents of vocabulary instruction, and rich story elements in an artistic manner to provide enjoyment for young readers. Other books from the author include: My Family's Feet, Annie in the Wash Pan of Ripe Bananas, Tom Tom and the Bowl of Irish Moss, Loving AZee the Mean Bull, Johanna the Iguana and the Limousine load of Shoes, How Loney the Honey Badger Got Its Name, Patchy and His Emu Chicks, along with, My First Hurricane.