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Home schooling and Professor Beetoven
Professor Beetoven and the cast of characters who are his friends are a perfect arsenal in any homeschool curriculum. Professor Beetoven is a friendly bee with a big brain and is curious about the world around him; moreover, he loves to communicate everything he knows. In The Pacific Ocean, the Professor shares the stage with Barnacle Bill, a loveable merchant mariner who is a bit hard of hearing, as they share information about the ocean, its parameters and measurements, its dangers and ports and its multitude of inhabitants, as well as a few, perhaps unintentional, puns. This is a wonderful book to have as a tool to teach while “taking a break”, an entertaining and humorous, fun-filled adventure ripe with various facts that become in the ears of small children morsels of curiosity and wonder. Professor Beetoven and his friends communicate a sense of adventure not only in the normal sense (Tad the Frog excitedly wonders if they will surf the waves in the harbor, but it kindly advised that harbors do not have waves), but also make learning itself an adventure.
The home school environment is sometimes more rigorous that other styles of education, and home schooled children are often made to meet higher standards of excellence than kids who attend public school. The Professor and his cast of friends are extremely easy for kids to relate with, and offer a way of teaching kids not only facts about science and the world around them, but about socialization as well, how people relate and communicate with each other, and why it is important to build strong character qualities such as humility, kindness, patience and humor. The Pacific Ocean is a great book to use to teach scientific facts to your small children about the sea, as well as to engage them in thinking about the people they know in a more profound, yet not overtly preachy or moralistic, way.
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Our kids e books about The Pacific Ocean with Professor Beetoven, Katnap the cat and Tad the frog.
“About Us”
James A. Rumpf II
Picture drawn by Joe Oriolo for James A. Rumpf in 1982.
Born in Queens, New York and raised in North Dallas, Texas, James Rumpf II is a long-time cartoon fan, which is one of the reasons he started publication of a series of adventures featuring Professor Beetoven, a friendly Ambassador of Intelligence who “knows everything”, and various other characters in the cartoon gems.com universe. Professor Beetoven was originally created in the early 1980s by Joe Oriolo, and was later featured in a cable pilot cartoon titled, “Friends Make the World Go Round”.
James has brought back Professor Beetoven and his group of unlikely cartoon friends from the logs of cartoon history and has been very busy reintroducing them all to the world, particularly to the fresh minds of young children.
Some of the cartoons that influenced James early on when he was a kid were Felix the Cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Popeye the Sailor Man, Top cat and many others. He likes to capture that same flavor of childhood innocence and curiosity about the world in his own characters and situations. These kinds of cartoons, he says, “are a safe escape. They are the only things that make my mind turn to wonder”. Cartoons, he says, are an entrance “into another world where there are no worries”.
Leading the pack in the cartoongems.com universe is Professor Beetoven, a bee that wears a graduation cap and who is extremely smart. But he isn’t just an intelligent bee, rather, says James, “he is the kind of person in life who knows everything and is just friendly to everyone, and you wonder, ‘how did he know that?’” In the first book published in a series titled, “The Adventures of Professor Beetoven”, James had the idea of teaching young children about the Pacific Ocean while entertaining them at the same time. So, he collected together a creative group online, including illustrator Ron Neal and writer Kristin Johnson, and they painstakingly worked on producing a quality book that was almost a year in the making. The end result is a funny, captivating story with well-drawn comic-style characters, imbued with humor, an engaging style, and lots of facts about the sea.
James is working to make the series continue until one day soon Professor Beetoven is alive and well in the minds of millions of children, the Ambassador of Intelligence, igniting curiosity about the natural world, teaching clear and positive values, and entertaining them with lots of humor and detail. After all, his mission is, he says, “to win people over one laugh at a time.”
Entertaining Learning
Teaching kids while entertaining them at the same time is sort of like using sugar to sweeten medicine so that it goes down more smoothly. A great tool to this end is the kid’s ebook, the Pacific Ocean, which features nicely illustrated, well-drawn, comic style characters who are open and friendly and completely absent of any subversive traits. Children are drawn to Professor Beetoven, who talks about the measurements and dangers and inhabitants of the sea, as well as the history of its chartography. Kids don’t even know they are learning, but are excited to discover new information about the natural world.
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We live in a culture where entertainment is the premium value, where everything from the food we eat to children’s ebooks is targeted to merely attract the eye, satisfy the ear, or appeal to the quick fix. An entire way of looking at the world has evolved from fast food and infected us, and this has a tremendous impact on our children, who suffer from short attention spans, superficial values, and a real lack of in depth knowledge or interest in the world around them. As they become older, texting becomes more important than real communication, formulaic and bland pop music tends to shape an average teens sense of identity, and violent, crude movies takes the place of reading and learning.
Well, kids may lie somewhere within a spectrum, but it’s important to inculcate in them the desire for something more than the fluff and empty pretext for entertainment that is thrown at them constantly every day from multiple media points. One way of igniting a more profound level of awareness in your child is to begin to challenge them early. Stretch their imaginations beyond the surface by introducing them to books and kid’s ebooks that go beyond the cheap gimmick or passing fad.
Professor Beetoven and his friends provide an example of a children’s ebook that offers not only an appealing, colorful cast of characters, but which also present a challenge to learn more about the adventure of science. In the kid’s ebook, The Pacific Ocean, children are not only entertained, but also introduced to amazing facts about the sea, and a constant diet of that kind of illuminating knowledge can provide just the kind of nutrition that can set a course for a healthy intellectual diet when the child is older as well.
Voiceover Talent
Rich Crankshaw
Rich began his professional training the very month he turned 18 years old. March of 1983 he found himself at Ft. Benning Georgia Infantry Training Boot Camp.
Beginning in late 1986 Rich went on to work in the Music industry as a stage tech, tuning Guitars , setting up Drums , amps and even operating a Pyro technics show . He went on to work professionally handling merchandise for acts such as, AC-DC, LA Guns, Foghat etc. And was Robin Backmans ( BachmanTurnerOverdrive ) Drum Tech for a tour .
Rich Began in Broadcasting as a news and weather announcer at his small town local radio station in Upstate NY.
Deciding this is what he wanted as a career, he went on to attend, The New School of Radio and television “, in Albany NY.
Rich worked for a couple of years at various radio stations throughout NY state and Vermont, gaining experience with live broadcasting. He also had a good grasp early on with Commercial production.
Through the early to mid 90′s Rich was a co-owner of commercial production business writing, producing and voicing commercials for Clients throughout Upstate NY.Rich Has produced comedy CD’s, an Answering Machine tape and other productions featuring his gift of Multiple character and Impersonations. From 2003 till now, Rich Has been freelancing through multiple casting agents from his home studio. His Voice Over work has been, and continues to be in Markets all over the world. He now Hosts the Epoch Times Podcast, Asia Cast for the SOH Network, and is the director/producer for an Internet radio network broadcasting on www.beforeitsnews.com
Rich’s primary goal is in Animation work. He has spent years honing his character acting ability. Along the way because of the market demand, he has also strengthened his speaking voice for commercial production, narration, e-learning, and PowerPoint presentations etc. able to perform for high level projects and high demand clients.
Now operating from his state of the art home studio , Rich is prepared for even more success in the coming decade .
Scott “Scooter” Fortney
Voice Actor Scott “Scooter” Fortney is heard in dozens of videogames, audiobooks and animations, as well as thousands of radio & TV commercials, website narrations, E-Learning and Corporate videos and much more.
Scooter showed interest in voice-acting when he was about 6-years old, when he began creating character voices and recording short stories – complete with sound effects. As a teenager, Scooter entered radio where he spent 30-years as a disc jockey, producer, copywriter and webmaster. Since 1977, he has worked both full and part-time in voice-overs at both outside studios and in his own studio within his home in Pennsylvania.
Born and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he has also worked in Florida and New Jersey in his long radio career. Married to his best friend since 2000, Stacy Morgan, and has 3 grown sons and a daughter who was born in 2005.
Scooter showed interest in voice-acting when he was about 6-years old, when he began creating character voices and recording short stories – complete with sound effects. As a teenager, Scooter entered radio where he spent 30-years as a disc jockey, producer, copywriter and webmaster. Since 1977, he has worked both full and part-time in voice-overs at both outside studios and in his own studio within his home in Pennsylvania.
As heard all over the world, in videogames for S2 Games, Oberon Media’s I-Play, Konami, 8D World, NevoSoft, and 3D Joe, audio books like the “Ashes” series by William W. Johnstone and “The Ash Tallman” series by Matt Braun… for Marvel as Magneto in the X-men theme park shows… iPhone apps for Mathzee, Magic Ink Books, PocketZebra, People Operating Technology and Empire Apps… as the voice of Santa Claus for many “call Santa” services… and on TV and Radio across the USA and Canada.
Get to know Scooter at www.TakeMyVoice.com.
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Short and educational stories for children who love to read and like cartoon picture’s. Barney Hart a funny cartoon character coming soon in one of our kids e book has that silly and serious look about him.
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JUST THE FACTS Kids
JUST THE FACTS Kids (cartoon ebooks)
One of the primary ways kids learn is through example, and what is more attractive to a young person then a cartoon? A story that is paneled and illustrated is an immediate way for little people to access information as they are pulled in through colorful characters, the obvious interchange of dialogue and simple plot techniques to keep them engaged. Through the innovative and economical technology of ebooks, children are now able to have access to children’s ebooks that are not only fun to read, but can be educational too.
Professor Beetoven is not only a knowledgeable cartoon bee who “knows everything”, but a friendly, unassuming and humble bee as well. When it comes to both being entertained and learning about the world through ebooks, children respond positively to Professor Beetoven, who is a cartoon character with a straightforward, friendly manner. In “Professor Beetoven’s First Adventure: The Pacific Ocean”, he joins the loveable comic character, Barnacle Bill, in communicating several key and basic facts throughout the plotline of the story. A lot is communicated in a fun context.
What has been acquired is summed up easily so at the end of the ebook, children are able to process all the information that has been communicated in the storyline. “Professor Beetoven’s Magic Book of Knowledge” contains an outline of everything that the learned Bee and his friends have discovered in the course of their sea adventure. It contains just the facts, each one stated simply and objectively, that have already been conveyed, from data about the length, width and depth of the ocean to information about the International Date Line and the various explorers that have mapped the sea. This is a powerful way of driving home the educational value of the cartoon, and reinforcing what has been learned.
Eric Simpson
How Cartoons Teach Reading Skills
Kids are attracted to subjects that initially interest them and appeal to the level of growth where they find themselves, which is why there is no market for romantic children’s ebooks for first graders, and why sixth grade children do not become excited over characters they once loved but have outgrown. When young children are first learning to read, comics are a great way to keep them interested. Cartoon characters in kid’s ebooks that balance both illustration and text keep children interested, draw them into the story, and motivates children to not only want to read, but to begin reading themselves. 
Children who interact with cartoon characters in books and children’s e books who are learning to read are able to relax and put their efforts into a more natural context, and are likely see the association between images and words by studying the comic illustrations as they move through the story. Reading takes on its natural purpose, becomes a secondary function rather than a point of stress and personal concern. Even so, when children realize they are actually reading, the accomplishment is no less of a victory, and they may even feel helped or encouraged by their comic cartoon character friend.
In our day of mass media, movies on cell phone, and endless, incessant noise from every quarter and infiltrating every corner, inducing a child to sit quietly and read a book or kid’s e-book can be a huge hassle. It shouldn’t be something you do just to keep them quiet in the car, but the value of reading itself should be emphasized. There is not better motivator than allowing your children to read material that interests them, and comic cartoons are an excellent motivator in that regard, and a great way to start off children on the path to literacy.
Innocence and Wisdom
Cartoon characters have the capacity to reach children in a way that other methods do not in that they can relate more readily to well-drawn figures who have many of the same attributes they do. Characters like Professor Beetoven, Katnap Cat, Tad the Frog and Barnacle Bill (all of whom figure prominently in the children’s ebook, The Adventures of Professor Beetoven: The Pacific Ocean) all communicate both excellent values and informative facts while sharing some of the most important childlike qualities with which all kids can easily pick up on. Professor Beetoven, for instance, is the primary arbiter of knowledge, touted as the Ambassador of Intelligence, donned with a graduation cap and smart-looking spectacles, but he is also, like a child, open, friendly, inquisitive, and genuinely excited about the facts that he communicates. You will find no snide sarcasm or sophomoric insults slipping from his lips, like you might in so many other contemporary cartoons or comics, and in other ebooks for kids, but instead, Professor Beetoven and all of his friends possess a basic quality of humility that keeps them open and transparent. This is true even when they struggle with many of the same issues kids face, such as Tad the Frog’s frustration with being misheard and his words misconstrued by Barnacle Bill. A funny story, Tad the Frog nevertheless must learn to understand that Barnacle Bill is not intentionally being rude, but has a problem hearing, and therefore he should deal with his feelings of frustration and learn to be patient and accepting of others, flaws and all. Kids can pick up very quickly on these shared qualities and identify with characters in such a way that it opens channels to share curiosity and interests about the natural world as well. This is an excellent teaching tool than can be used by educators and parents alike.
Cartoons for Remedial Students
Remedial students ages 7 to 9 who have trouble either with reading or learning about the world around them may find the use of well-done cartoon characters from ebooks online as a teaching tool to be a helpful solution, rather than a distraction. Part of the problem that many young students have does not necessarily have anything to do with their ability to acquire knowledge or learn new facts, but more with their ability to project and apply knowledge within the confines of four classroom walls.
Some children have not learned how to take isolated facts and figures that are conveyed in an abstracted setting and create the kind of mental platform that is necessary for understanding what is being taught. Learning becomes a method of rote memory, lacking meaning, and is therefore very dry and confusing, which mitigates against a child’s interest and desire to learn. Education thus becomes a dreadful affair, and a young child can “drop out” or accept the notion that he is stupid based on teacher response.
An alternative route is to seek ways to create context wherein the information being conveyed can adhere to a more meaningful dynamic. One way to do this is through cartoon characters that appeal to the child both aesthetically, as well as personas that mirror the child’s own simplicity, innocence and intrinsic desire to discover the world. Additionally, a well-rendered story from a cartoon book can show the child rather than just telling her how the facts being taught apply to the real world. Kids are automatically attracted to cartoons, the color and flow of them, and it is accessibility that makes them a powerful educational tool.
Good cartoon characters and stories create the necessary context that enables children to more easily apprehend and understand the information that is being taught as she relates to the character, becomes emotionally invested, and through identification with the cartoon characters in children’s eBooks not only picks up on the knowledge that is being conveyed, but also experiences a transfer of excitement and intrigue regarding the possibilities for learning about the world around her. A simple humorous story with appealing characters who model a child’s natural inquisitiveness can make all the difference when it comes to teaching remedial children not only facts and figures , but also through inciting a thirst for knowledge teaching them methods of how to learn, as well.
OBSESSED WITH CARTOONS
Adults and children of all ages are obsessed with cartoons because of the way they tell stories in a way that not only appeals to the imagination and the mind, but to the eye as well. Comic drawings such as can be found in eBooks for kids are very popular because they not only serve to educate children, but also keep them focused and intrigued by a storyline that plays out before their very eyes. Well-drawn illustrations that are simple and pleasing to the child’s eye can carry her along while being entertained by interesting characters, and storyline that play to the kinds of interests and activities targeted for a child audience.
Among kids eBooks, Professor Beethoven first adventure, The Pacific Ocean, stands out as one that is worthy of obsession. In it, children not only discover various facts about the natural world, the dimensions of the ocean, the history of those who charted it, the number and kinds of fish in the sea, and the potential dangers of seafarers, but it is all illustrated with funny comic characters who each appeal to a child’s tastes, interests and eye. Professor Beethoven, the Ambassador of Intelligence, doesn’t cram hard information down the throat, but rather is a friendly bee with a graduation cap and a diploma in humble smarts. Younger kids love poring over the illustrations, discovering every detail, laughing at the mis-hearings of the kindly old merchant marine, Barnacle Bill, and almost incidentally, really learning about all kinds of stuff that will pique their interest to know more. More than that, older kids will discover the joy of reading as the text is presented in story form, but punctuated with excellent and appealing illustrations. They won’t even be aware they are learning things, but will inspire the desire to learn more.
How Many Fish in the Sea?
How many fish can Katnap Cat catch? Is it possible that he can catch all the fish in the sea? A question like this is a source of wonder for children, whose fresh perspective of the world may genuinely consider such a question. It opens doors to a world of curiosity, which works with a child’s natural inquisitiveness, to actually teach children. Information embedded in context is far more easy to apprehend than facts learned by rote. The kids ebook, The Pacific Ocean, is filled with the kind of potential for learning that appeals to a child’s sense of wonder, wrapped up in a funny, engaging storyline, and communicated by well-drawn, comic style characters that kids can easily relate to in an entertaining way. Intertwined within an engaging and funny storyline, the characters (Professor Beetoven, Tad the Frog, Barnacle Bill and Katnap Cat) ask and answer such questions as: How big is the ocean? What kinds of dangers can possibly snare mariners such as Barnacle Bill? Who first discovered the expanse of the Pacific, and when? These and other questions easily captivate a child’s imagination, so that learning is no longer a dray and academic enterprise, but can become a real and exciting adventure!
PROFESSOR BEETOVEN’S FIRST ADVENTURE THE PACIFIC OCEAN
The Simplicity of Learning New Things
Healthy children who are developing mentally and physically are intrinsically interested in discovering everything there is to know about the world around them, digesting the way things work, memorizing facts and figures that are relevant to their interests, and excitedly regurgitating to others the information they have discovered and the knowledge they have absorbed.
One of the best ways to encourage children to further develop their passion for knowledge, and to help ignite and keep their curiosity aflame is to teach them through techniques which are appealing to them, as well as using methods that are challenging to them. Rote memory of facts and figures is sometimes necessary to help a child develop a sound foundation for more complex systems of information; however it is not always the best method. An alternative is to use comic characters from a cartoon book who mirror back to the child her own qualities and attributes, illustrated colorfully and conveying a friendly, totally open, inquisitive persona that she can identify with, serving as an entrance into another world. For a child who read books online a colorful, well-drawn, detailed, happy and expressive cartoon character has great potential to be an alluring and attractive source of knowledge, an effective and entertaining tool for teaching kids. Children are not only drawn in and entertained by the colors, humor, and personality of well-done characters involved in funny, intriguing and often adventurous storylines which appeal to the imagination, but they tend to grasp new facts and hold on to them – in other words, to learn new things – while being entertained. Learning becomes a simple, natural act, and the use of a familiar cartoon figure is key. The better cartoon characters and the tales they generate create a great setting that facilitates learning. Kids on some level are able to become emotionally invested with the cartoon characters they love and identify with them. Simple humorous storylines with interesting and engaging characters who demonstrate a child’s natural inquisitiveness are the best to use when seeking to use children’s ebooks as an education tool, both in the context of a school and more informally at home.
A World of Differences
In a world of entertainment and technology, the kid’s ebook, The Pacific Ocean, is a refreshing way to not only teach your children, but entertain them as well. Homeschoolers and educators alike will find that after a lot of heavy and possibly dry instruction, the adventures of Professor Beetoven and his friends is a welcome break, filled with eye-appealing illustrations, characters that are funny and easy for kids to identify with, and a storyline that not only promises adventure and appeals to a child’s innate curiosity about the world, but is also stocked full of humor as well. Barnacle Bill is the fumbling merchant marine, Tad the Frog the serious but curious sidekick to Professor Beetoven, and the professor himself a friendly ambassador of intelligence who is humble as well. In the first adventure of Professor Beetoven, a popular children’s ebook, The Pacific Ocean, Barnacle Bill is a merchant marine who is hard of hearing. When he meets Tad the Frog, he mishears nearly everything, which ends in frustration for Katnap Cat, and lots of laughs for kids. The situational comedy is one that kids will enjoy and draw them back over and over again, each time reinforcing the facts, and likely inducing some movement of the funny bone as well.
Eric Simpson
How Cartoons Can Be Used in the Classroom
Images attract the eye far more quickly than mere print, and to mix things up a bit in the classroom, using comic cartoons can be a great benefit. Children are often familiar with many characters and miniverses that can be found in movies, books, and children’s ebooks, and using such materials in the classroom is a way to instantly attract their attention and interest. Comic cartoon characters are usually very interesting to young children particularly, and when they relate to the level the students are at, they can be used to educate, to disseminate facts and figures, and to teach.
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There are many kid's ebooks available that can be easily utilized in the context of the classroom, projected on the front screen for all the students to follow along. Choosing children's ebooks that are not only well-illustrated and have a great balance of humor and story is key to grabbing their attention. Once you have them, educational cartoon characters (such as, for instance, Professor Beetoven and friends) will aid the teacher in communicating facts about science, nature, history, geology, social science ....and the list goes on. Good writing can keep students engaged in such a way that they do not even know they are learning.
Using cartoons in the classroom is an easy way to break up the rigor and intensity of study, alleviate stress, and allow kids to laugh and be entertained while they learn. When they are engaged in learning about nature, science, and various other subjects within the context of a story, facts and figures are no longer isolated from context to be memorized by rote, which is a dry method of learning that does not stimulate the brain. Rather, facts become meaningful in the framework of a kid's ebook story, and this stimulation keeps them engaged and eager to find out more.
CHARACTERS & CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTERS & CHARACTERISTICS
Kids relate well with cartoon characters who are predictable, and who show no innate irony or duplicity, especially if they are small children. There are thousands of cartoons of various types, dimensions and complexities available in contemporary books and ebooks. Children who are small respond best, however, to simple, clear and well-defined characters that are colorful and like children themselves – natural, friendly, confident and unpretentious. The cast of cartoon characters in The Adventures of Professor Beetoven meet all these criteria, and have a strong appeal to young children – they are colorful, familiar, bright and uncomplicated. Professor Beetoven is a simple yellow and black bee with a lightening stinger, spectacles and a blue graduation cap – all iconic allusions to intelligence. A human face, his eyes are wide and open, and he gazes out at young children with a friendly smile. Each character embraces a similar trope, and the look of each one carries with it the same familiar connotations of honesty, transparency, and humor. There is no masking of emotion, but a basic range that is easy for kids to pick up on.
The characters are humanized and personalized animals: a bee, a frog, a cat, an elephant, a bird, a bulldog, and others – including humans. They all engage on the level of raw human emotion and desire – the excitement and curiosity of Tad the Frog, the mellow punditry of Katnap the Cat, the silly but informed miscommunications of the loveable marine merchant Barnacle Bill. the wholesome exchange of facts about the world of science as conveyed by Professor Beetoven himself, each character shares some attribute of a child’s interior life and therefore are not only easy for kids to relate with, but are compelling and intriguing to children to look at and engage with on the page as well.
Eric Simpson
Teaching Children With Autism
Children with autism struggle with the capacity to comprehend and interpret signals that are communicated is social contexts. Professor Beetoven and his cast of characters offer a simplified, open and plain way of teaching children with autism not only scientific facts about nature, but also how people think and relate to each other. A cartoon children’s ebook, The Pacific Ocean, illustrates in a plain way that can possibly be ascertained by a child with autism some of the complexities between interrelationships between its cast of characters and the world around them. As such, a cartoon can stand in as a basic primer on human experience, possibly introducing the child to simple relationships as laid-out in colorfully drawn illustrations, subjects that he may find much more incomprehensible in daily life. A cartoon to add to your kid’s ebooks collection, with its colorful layout and familiar characters, can begin to introduce the child to facts about the world around him that he might not grasp as easily through rote teaching.
In The Pacific Ocean, a children’s ebook, there are several opportunities for teaching. One of the main plots revolves around Barnacle Bill’s poor hearing, and how he misunderstands what Tad the Frog is saying. A child with autism might well relate not only to the inability to pick up on things right away, or to misunderstand what is being communicated, When Tad the Frog gets frustrated, Professor Beetoven says to him in an aside to be patient because Barnacle Bill doesn’t hear well. Such an innocuous communication might be totally lost in the daily experience of a person with autism, but its centrality to the plot may take on the resonance of a revelation for a child grasping to understand various signals and behaviors, and how unseen things (such as the knowledge that Barnacle Bill does not hear well) can influence Tad the Frog’s behavior (to be kind and patient rather than frustrated). There are numerous opportunities for discussion and teaching throughout.
Kids do learn from pictures. Early in the child’s mind the imagination needs help understanding situations pertaining to life. The Pacific Ocean with Professor Beetoven has pages full of great cartoon pictures explaining the Ocean. This will help in the understanding about the facts of the ocean. I remember as a child not having text books with great pictures. It is so hard to understand a subject with out pictures.
James A. Rumpf
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There is an age-old debate among artists, scholars, educators and craftspeople, and that is whether illustration should be considered art. Art like cartooning is often derided as being less than “real” art, with little or no time taken to understand the complexities of the seemingly simple images, nor of the time and effort put into producing visuals that tell stories.
Illustrations direct the viewer in a direction that does not necessarily involve the use of words. Visuals are used to replace words, and evoke in the viewer certain emotions. They can be used to sell products, teach, cause certain emotions, or induce action. For instance, consider a novel you might have recently read. While the illustration might be very beautiful and of a quality that makes it fine art, how does the cover art make you *feel*? Are you a little frightened if it’s a horror novel, or a little attracted to the dashing gentleman on the cover of a romance? That is art that is doing a job, and that’s illustration.
Even cartoon characters evoke emotions, and can be used to tells stories that make an adult or child really think about an issue. Well-done cartoons show a range of emotions, keep a story moving in a fun or interesting direction and keep you wanting more. They relate perfectly to the story being told in words, and their emotions match the arc of the story in predictable ways that are comforting, and still fun to follow.
It sometimes takes years to fully develop a character that will convey what you want to say to children and adults. If a life lesson is being imparted, a sympathetic character can lead a child to a certain conclusion gently, and if it’s a potentially dangerous lesson (say, fire safety), a sterner character can help children learn about safety and just how important it is.
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Does Your Child, Ages 5-12, need to learn Geography FAST?
Would You Like Your Child To Learn Leadership Qualities, Understanding of Those With Differences and Humility At The Same Time?
If your child struggles with geography facts, and you would like to improve their leadership and compassion qualities at the same time, then a cartoon book adventure with Professor BEEtoven and his friends is just the solution you need.
Professor BEEtoven’s first adventure book is about the Pacific Ocean.
The Professor is a bee. He knows everything and is humble at the same time. His hilarious adventures with Tad the Frog and Barnacle Bill, who has a hearing problem, teaches your child the facts about the Pacific Ocean and good character traits at the same time.
Brain research shows that every child learns faster when reading a fun and exciting story.
Cartoons Make Remembering Facts Easy!
Remember when you were a child and loved to read the comics? I’ll bet even today that you can remember a lot of the Peanuts’ adventures.
The same is true for Professor BEEtoven’s cartoon adventure stories.
Not only are the illustrations remarkably beautiful, but the geography facts are woven right into the story.
The Cartoon Gem books are like taking your child to a movie – doesn’t your child remember what he or she saw at the movies far more easily than what is in their boring texts in the classroom?
What is inside Professor BEEtoven’s Pacific Ocean Adventure?
- Page 14 – Types of fish in the ocean
- Page 15 – Why not to overfish
- Page 16 – Ports between Hong Kong and San Francisco
- Page 17 – International Date Line
- Page 22 – Professor BEEtoven’s Magic Book of Knowledge
Not only will your child be entertained in Professor BEEtoven’s first adventure, but a funny series of exchanges between Tad the Frog and Barnacle Bill, who has a hearing problem take place.
Your child will be intrigued by the adventure of going on a ship to sea, and also educated with a series of interesting facts.
Geography, history and literacy are all presented in a fun and engaging spirit of adventure and play, including information about volcanoes, the varieties and numbers of fish in the sea, the depth and width and expanse of the ocean, and other exciting and educational facts.
Many e-books for kids merely try to entertain, but the Professor BEEtoven series both entertains and weaves basic facts into the story.
For example, kids are not just told about the multitudinous number of fish in the sea, but the question is posed, “Is it possible for Katnap Cat to catch them all?”
Interesting, happy and fun characters are combined with intriguing information in this ebook for children that will simply captivate their minds.
This is great for parents, teachers, day care centers and homeschoolers as well.
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“As a learning expert, reading specialist and author, I know how easy it is for children to learn new facts when they read them in a fun and exciting story.
Your child will create a mental movie of this delightful cartoon story and be able to tell you such facts as how deep the Pacific Ocean is, what kinds of fish swim in the ocean, and so much more.
I highly recommend Professor BEEtoven’s Pacific Ocean Adventure for every young reader.”
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“Professor Beetoven is an intelligent bee who hangs out with a group of friends that exhibit a variety of eclectic character traits, all of which kids can relate to in their own world.
The professor is smart, but not a show off; he knows everything, but remains humble. This is a great quality to teach children.
Coupled with the professor’s investigative passion for learning is a sense of adventure that he shares with his friends. My children can relate to the various qualities his friends have, from feeling lazy and mischievous or even grumpy and angry to being misunderstood. There is a funny series of exchanges between Tad the Frog and Barnacle Bill.
These characters appeal to the emotional lives of children, as well as to their natural intellectual curiosity.
The Pacific Ocean offers an outstanding, fact-filled and humorous adventure, the perfect tool to pique the curiosity of any child, learn scientific facts about the ocean and its inhabitants, while also being entertained. This kid’s e-book makes learning not only fun, but an adventure as well.
~Donna~
Parent, Dallas TX
“If you think that good picture books to amuse children can’t be educational tools for teachers, The Pacific Ocean will change your mind.
The book was designed to be used as an educational tool, and provides quite a lot of information about the largest ocean in the world, including such things as what powers controlled it, when it was settled, how it crosses the International Date Line (and what that is), ports, type of fish, average depth and lots more.
The information is presented in kid-friendly, easy to understand format through the dialogue of Barnacle Bill, Tad the Frog and Professor BEEtoven the Bee.
The text is peppered with vivid and funny comic style illustrations that immediately draw the eye. Homeschoolers and teachers can build several lessons around this book and children will hardly know they’re being taught. Parents can read their children a really interesting story while everyone learns a bunch of facts. Geography, literacy, and history are all touched on in this well presented and richly written book designed for ages ranging from preschooler to around 8 years old or so.”
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Cartoons Can Help Troubled Kids
Troubled kids often turn to entertainment in order to escape the harsh realities of their lives, and that media can take many forms. Mind-numbing television cartoons are often less than innocuous these days with chaotically-drawn cartoons that either promote violence or rely on crude humor to carry the story. Kids ebooks are no exception, and for troubled kids who need role models in their lives, there may be recourse in Professor Beetoven and his group of unlikely but unique friends. The Professor himself may turn a child towards relying upon his own intelligence, finding a path through knowledge and learning facts about the world, as well as his example of openness and transparency; he isn’t one who boasts about what he knows. Tad the Frog captures a lot of the frustrations and anger kids may feel, but learns to cope through understanding other people (Barnacle Bill, for instance, is hard of hearing) and learning to be compassionate and patient. Kids can relate to these characters, and not only escape from their troubles for a bit, but also discover traits that are inside them as well, and ways of coping and dealing with the world around them. All the characters in Professor Beetoven’s cadre of friends, included in the children’s ebook, The Pacific Ocean, have attributes that kids can identify with and provide alternate ways of coping with their problems. Such values are subtly communicated through the use of story, without being preachy or overtly seeking to teach values. What’s more, a troubled child may find his curiosity about the world of nature piqued, and through that intrigue find a path of self-knowledge through learning about nature, a path that can transcend individual problems and personal situations that cause a child to feel trapped or even to have thoughts of despair and hopelessness.
Kathy Kennedy
School Teacher
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Professor Beetoven Presents: A Very Special Clock ONLINE
Professor Beetoven Presents:
A Very Special Clock
NARRATOR
Let’s join Professor Beetoven and his friends Tad, the frisky frog and Big Kat, the cat without stripes, as they learn about Giovanni de’ Dondi, and the invention of the first mechanical clock.
BIG KAT
Oh man, that thing sure is loud!
TAD
Well, Big Kat, why did you bring an alarm clock along on a camping trip in the country anyway? We would have been woken up by the sun anyway!
BIG KAT
Yeah Tad, but like, how would we have known what time it was all day if I hadn’t brought the clock along?
TAD
Well, we would just have to go by the sunrise, sunset and high noon, that’s all.
BIG KAT
Well like, I like to keep track of time, you dig.
TAD
I dig that I’m hungry, Big Kat…I smell breakfast cooking on the campfire.
BIG KAT
Well, I’m just going to reset this here alarm…and get a little more shut eye.
TAD
Well Big Kat, don’t sleep through your alarm, or you’ll sleep through breakfast. Ha, ha, ha.
PROFESSOR BEETOVEN
Ah, good morning, Tad. Nothing like an early start in the country, is there? It must be just after 6. The sun’s just coming up. Look at the sunrise lighting up the eastern sky.
TAD
Its 4 minutes after 6, Professor Beetoven.
PROFESSOR
Why Tad, how do you know the exact time? I don’t see you wearing a watch.
TAD
Well Professor, Big Kat has his wind-up alarm clock with him in our tent.
PROFESSOR
Ah, ha! I thought I heard a strange ticking noise in the night. Well, he’ll have to remember to wind it if he wants to keep track of the time because I didn’t bring a watch, and I see you’re not wearing one, Tad.
TAD
I never wear one, Professor. There’s a clock in every room at home, and the bells ring in school, and there’s a big clock in town over the bank, and the clock on top of the church chimes every half hour, so I always pretty much know what time it is.
PROFESSOR
Well Tad, it’s true that there are plenty of ways to be reminded of the time when you’re at home, but out here in the country, without Big Kat’s alarm clock, why we’d have to rely on nature to help us.
TAD
That’s true…there aren’t any electric clocks out here in the woods.
PROFESSOR
That is right, Tad. You know, people had ways of telling time before there were any clocks.
TAD
Using the sun and the stars, right Professor?
PROFESSOR
That’s exactly how they did it, Tad. Early man observed that the sun rose in the east in the morning and set in the west in the evening, and was directly overhead in the middle of the day.
TAD
Didn’t they use sundials, Professor?
PROFESSOR
Yes, matter of fact they did. Sundials were devices which used the shadow of the sun to record its movement across the sky, but if the sun wasn’t shining the sundial wasn’t much help.
TAD
Were there any other ways to keep track of time, Professor?
PROFESSOR
Well Tad, water-clocks were the next development. Water was dripped into a container at regular intervals, and as the container filled, it raised a stick which turned a wheel but this was still an inefficient way of marking time.
TAD
When exactly were clocks invented, Professor?
PROFESSOR
I’ll tell you what Tad, you go make sure Big Kat is up and I’ll tell you all about the invention of the first mechanical clock.
TAD
I’m sure Big Kat won’t want to miss that, and besides his appetite is as regular as clockwork.
BIG KAT
Oh, man I’m hungry…good morning Professor, sure smells good.
PROFESSOR
Good morning, Big Kat! As you can see, it’s a bee-utiful day. It must be just about 6:30 now.
BIG KAT
Wow Professor, like how’d you know that without a clock?
PROFESSOR
That’s because I’m paying attention to where the sun is in the sky, Big Kat.
BIG KAT
Ah, it’s much easier to pay attention to my clock.
TAD
Guess what, Big Kat! Professor Beetoven’s going to tell us all about the invention of the first mechanical clock. There weren’t always clocks you know.
BIG KAT
Like wow, that sounds cool! I’m totally ready for the story of the first mechanical clock, Professor.
PROFESSOR
Well, it is believed that clock-making began towards the end of the thirteenth century in Italy. One of the most remarkable clocks ever invented is called de’ Dondi’s Clock.
TAD
de’ Dondi? What on earth does that mean?
PROFESSOR
Well Tad, the inventor of this clock was Giovanni de’ Dondi.
BIG KAT
Who was this de’ Dondi dude anyway, Professor?
PROFESSOR
He was a brilliant man, Big Kat. He was a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Padua in Italy until 1356.
BIG KAT
Astronomy…what does that have to do with making clocks?
PROFESSOR
Quite a bit, Big Kat! You see, de’ Dondi knew that the movement of planets and the sun and the moon was in a fixed pattern sequence, over the course of a day.
TAD
So he wanted his clock to work the same way, Professor?
PROFESSOR
Right on the money, Tad! It was called a planetarium clock. He said, “We desire nothing more from it than the uniform and equal motion of a wheel which shall complete its course in the space of a natural day.”
BIG KAT
Wow man, a wheel, that’s easy.
PROFESSOR
Well Big Kat, de’ Dondi had to figure out how to place the wheel so that it moved the planetarium.
TAD
How’d he do it?
PROFESSOR
He invented a complex system of gears set in a heptagonal brass and copper frame.
BIG KAT
Say, what?
PROFESSOR
Heptagonal means seven sided, Big Kat.
TAD
Gee Professor, what made him decide on seven sides?
PROFESSOR
Well Tad, at the time there were only five known planets and those five, plus the moon and the sun, were each represented on one side of the clock’s planetarium. The planetarium was placed above the gears which were set in motion by a wheel-type balance.
BIG KAT
Man, that de’ Dondi must have been pretty smart to figure this out.
PROFESSOR
Oh yes Big Kat, indeed he was. Why it took sixteen years to make the clock.
TAD
Sixteen years!
PROFESSOR
Well, it was made entirely by hand and stood fifty inches high.
TAD
Gosh, that’s bigger than I am.
BIG KAT
Man, I wouldn’t want to take a clock that big along on a camping trip.
PROFESSOR
No Big Kat, it wouldn’t be very practical. And besides the original clock built by de’ Dondi was believed to have been destroyed by fire in the 1600’s.
TAD
So how do we know it really existed, Professor?
PROFESSOR
Well Tad, de’ Dondi kept detailed notebooks including an 85 page description of the planetarium clock. A replica of it was built for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.
BIG KAT
Professor, like what I don’t understand is, how can my little clock tell the time, if de’ Dondi needed such a big clock.
PROFESSOR
Well Big Kat, de’ Dondi’s invention of the moving gears led the way to the later development of a tightly coiled spring mechanism which gradually uncoils and moves the hands of the clock. That’s why you have to rewind your clock if it’s not electric.
TAD
And the gears moved the hands on de’ Dondi’s clock, Professor?
PROFESSOR
Actually, the gears turned the dial or face of the clock around a fixed pointer.
BIG KAT
So, that’s just the opposite of the way clocks work now, since now, the hands move instead of the face, right Professor?
PROFESSOR
Right on the money, Big Kat! And most clocks after de’ Dondi’s were made from iron…
TAD
An iron clock…that would be heavy.
PROFESSOR
Well, in the fifteenth century, clocks were still too big and heavy to be used in people’s homes. They were made for churches. But by the end of the sixteenth century, clock-making had spread through Italy to Germany and the rest of Europe. Soon they were able to develop clocks that struck the time on the hour and had alarms.
BIG KAT
And now, like we take clocks for granted.
PROFESSOR
I suppose we do, Big Kat. Now I think its time we finished up our discussion of time and enjoy the rest of the day before sundown.
The End
COMIC STRIPS IN EBOOKS
Some of our ebooks are best described as comic strips that educate. When I went to school they did not have kids e books. Please understand we are talking about the late 1970s and early 1980s. The text books were boring and very few pictures. Kids need pictures to understand because there imaginations are young. Our kids e books are free and for all to enjoy so please do.
Professor Beetoven’s Trip To A Automobile Factory
PROFESSOR BEETOVEN’S FIRST ADVENTURE THE PACIFIC OCEAN
PROFESSOR BEETOVEN’S SECOND ADVENTURE PENGUIN ISLAND
A BEAR’S MISTAKE
PROFESSOR BEETOVEN’S THAT’S A GALAXY
FREE EBOOK Professor Beetoven’s Ebook – A Very Special Clock
CARTOON CATS FREE EBOOK DOWNLOAD
PROFESSOR BEETOVEN’S SECOND ADVENTURE PENGUIN ISLAND
PLANET VENUS
PROFESSOR BEETOVEN IT’S ABOUT OIL
WALL STREET & MR.HOOT
SCHOOL DAZE
A HISTORY LESSON ABOUT JOHN F. KENNEDY
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FREE KIDS EBOOK PROFESSOR BEETOVEN’S SECOND ADVENTURE PENGUIN ISLAND
The text is peppered with vivid and funny comic style illustrations that immediately draw the eye. Join Keeky and Kooky Koala. Tad the frog, Marvin the floppy eared dog as they travel to Antarctica with Professor Beetoven to learn about Penguins. This ebook is another in a series “The Adventures of Professor Beetoven.” It is designed to teach children about Antarctica and Penguins. It contains Professor Beetoven’s Magic Book of Knowledge (just the facts kids) at the end of the book. Professor Beetoven’s e books keep children curious.
