J Richard Knapp

In the early 1970's, I had just been assigned to my first classroom as a sixth grade teacher and had just finished writing my very first children's manuscript to fulfill a life-long dream. I read the story to my students as a classroom-read-aloud book just after the lunch recess each day for weeks. My heart jumped as I watched the positive reaction in my students. I asked several teachers if they would do same in their classrooms. The results were exactly the same. Without further hesitation, I approached a major publishing house with my sure fire children's hit and couldn't wait to see the book on shelves everywhere. My first response from the publishing house was a positive review and they passed it on to a second reader. This reader wasn't sure and gave it to a third reader. It was this reader that finally issued the rejection of the manuscript. My confidence was totally shattered. I placed the manuscript in my closet at home and stopped writing altogether. ...

Happy Holidays! All of my Amazon Kindle books are free December 16-17, 2016 as a way of saying thank you for your support through the years. I hope you enjoy each one. http://ow.ly/ZLdB307bcOW

The Caesar Cipher One of the oldest ways of sending secret codes was the Caesar Cipher. This method was developed at the time of Julius Caesar in Rome as a way to send secret messages to his generals. As an example, lay out the alphabet from 'A to Z' (look below). Next, decide how many letters to the right the coded version will be. The example below is a coded version of 2 . You can see that the letter 'C' represents the letter 'A'. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A B Using the coded version of 2,  solve this message: JAXG C ITGCV FCA This was the code used in the Amazon Best Seller ' Book of Codes '.

Ages:       11 and Above                           Pages:     163 Book Description:  Arch of the Pixies , is the story of Hannah, a young girl, who moves back to her grandmother's house over looking a bay on the ocean with her parents and twin brother. The story follows the adventures of the twins as they soon discover the secrets hidden in their old house. Amazon

William George Jordan  was born in 1864 and died in 1928. At the time he was a well-known editor for many publications, one of which was the  Saturday Evening Post . Although  Jordan  was a highly respected editor, he also became known for his presentations and books in the area of mental training – the art of being calm!  [i] Jordan  said, “Calmness is the rarest quality in human life. It is the poise of a great nature, in harmony with itself and its ideals. It is the moral atmosphere of a life self-centered, self reliant, and self-controlled.  Calmness is singleness of purpose, absolute confidence, and conscious power - ready to be focused in an instant to meet any crisis ." J ordan  goes on to state that the fatalist is not calm, and that this person usually surrenders to his or her present situation. I did not read the works of William George Jordan until I was much older in life. I was surprised to find a fellow author, who believe...

Learning More About Bullying Annie Fox interview with me on bullying.  http://familyconfidential.com/fcv040-whats-the-story-with-school-bullyingj-richard-knapp/

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