Gonsalves’s colorful picture story book, Lamellia: The Kingdom of Mushrooms, is a charming fantasy tale that also teaches young readers about the different kinds of mushrooms in the forests.
– Emily-Jane Hills Orford , Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Gonsalves’s colorful picture story book, Lamellia: The Kingdom of Mushrooms, is a charming fantasy tale that also teaches young readers about the different kinds of mushrooms in the forests.
– Emily-Jane Hills Orford , Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
In Lamellia: The Kingdom of Mushrooms, Gonsalves provides a tightly written story accentuated with colorful coordinating illustrations that will surely delight the intended young audience.
– Lisa McCombs , Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Lamellia: The Kingdom of Mushrooms is natural history made accessible to very young children, while, at the same time, it’s a lovely fantasy tale about a lost child in a most enchanted kingdom.
– Jack Magnus, Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Lamellia: The Kingdom of Mushrooms by Gloria D. Gonsalves is highly original, and comes from a place that not many children’s writers, since the times of C.S. Lewis, dare to venture these days.
– Lysa Grant, Reviewed for Self-Publishing Review (SPR)
Let’s Go Dancing in the Light: A Collection of Poetry and Prose for Soul and Spirit by Gloria D. Gonsalves is a collection of jewels because of the eclectic mix of the pieces that you will be able to explore.
– Vernita Naylor, Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Her message is for every last one of us and Let’s Go Dancing in the Light provides just that – light and nourishment for our weary spirits and the souls.
– Marta Tandori, Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Gloria will touch hearts and minds in Let’s Go Dancing in the Light: A Collection of Poetry and Prose for Soul and Spirit. Her selection of the best word, the right image, is notable.
– Barbara Scott , Reviewed for Self-Publishing Review
Let’s Go Dancing in the Light: A Collection of Poetry and Prose for Soul and Spirit is a gift of music, of thought, and of love. It is spiritual, poetic, and at times very philosophical.
– Ruffina Oserio , Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Gloria D. Gonsalves has written two short, charming books that are a good introduction for very young children to the world of mushrooms.
– Susan Kayser, Reviewed for the Illinois Mycological Association and North American Mycological Association (NAMA)
Gonsalves’s tale, Lamellia: The Wicked Queen, will keep children intrigued until the last page is finished.
– Jack Magnus, Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Children who like to read fantasy stories will enjoy Lamellia: The Wicked Queen, which describes an event that occurs amongst the mushrooms.
– Barbara Fanson, Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Lamellia: The Wicked Queen by Gloria D. Gonsalves is first and foremost a beautiful metaphor of our world and of the acceptance or rejection of difference.
– Marie-Hélène Fasquel, Reviewed for Readers’ Favorite
Lamellia: The Wicked Queen works well as a first reader or as a longer bedtime story. Engrossing and educational, it’s sure to encourage young readers to explore the natural world around them.
– Marta Cheng , Reviewed for Self-Publishing Review
I’d recommend this (Jai the Albino Cow: Jai Ng’ombe Zeruzeru) for parents, teachers, librarians and tutors to use to get kids interested in reading something unique and special.
Gonsalves has created a unique world and filled it with relevant wisdom for a younger generation, making Lamellia: The Wizard in the Forest a timely and engrossing read.
