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Young Ebenezer: Confronts the School Bully
‘A Halloween treat, much better than sweets.’
A time for candy and costumes,
pumpkins and ‘Trick or Treat’.
But beware of the bully
lurking just down the street.
Ebenezer is really excited! It’s his first Halloween to go out ‘Trick or Treating’. Jacob Marley is excited too, but this school bully plans to steal all the kids’ sweets.Can Eb and his friends, along with the magical clock Grandfather Time teach Jacob the error of his ways? Or is the boy doomed to a life of crime, just like his wicked father?
The story of ‘Ebenezer and the Bully’ is a magical rhyming tale of behaviour matters, and the importance of being kind. It’s a treat for families to share or for reading alone, aimed at children aged 8-12 years old. With characters loosely based around the Charles Dickens classic ‘A Christmas Carol’, you’ll meet the Ghost of Christmas Past - a golden red puppy named Miss Ruby Heart - along with the Grim Reaper who will surprise Jacob by revealing his future self.
A time for candy and costumes,
pumpkins and ‘Trick or Treat’.
But beware of the bully
lurking just down the street.
Ebenezer is really excited! It’s his first Halloween to go out ‘Trick or Treating’. Jacob Marley is excited too, but this school bully plans to steal all the kids’ sweets.Can Eb and his friends, along with the magical clock Grandfather Time teach Jacob the error of his ways? Or is the boy doomed to a life of crime, just like his wicked father?
The story of ‘Ebenezer and the Bully’ is a magical rhyming tale of behaviour matters, and the importance of being kind. It’s a treat for families to share or for reading alone, aimed at children aged 8-12 years old. With characters loosely based around the Charles Dickens classic ‘A Christmas Carol’, you’ll meet the Ghost of Christmas Past - a golden red puppy named Miss Ruby Heart - along with the Grim Reaper who will surprise Jacob by revealing his future self.
100 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2019
8 people want to read
About the author
Rose English
22 books183 followersLiving on 'England's Green & Pleasant Land', amongst the gentle rolling hills of the Herefordshire Countryside, Rose's house is wall to wall books. She even has a 'leaning tower of paperbacks'.
Rose is a dreamer, preferring a simple & quiet life. Often spending time lone, although never lonely, being ever surrounded by great characters when lost in a good book. She loves theatre and the arts, adoring live performances on stage. Rose has very eclectic tastes.
Working as a school librarian, and sharing her love of books with the children was the best job she ever had. However, life moves on and another chapter was only a page turn away.
Now working in an entirely different library, in Hereford's Wye Valley NHS Trust Hospital, Rose spends her day cleaning and issuing 'Medical Equipment'.
Most days she can be found walking around, with her head in a book or eyes glued to a kindle. (In all the years she has been partaking of this pastime, there has only ever been one accident, when she walked into a street lamp, but then she had been momentarily blinded by the sun. Not that there is a lot of sun in the UK).
Writing for Rose has only ever really been a hobby, something she has done for many years but on reaching the half century she received a book ‘Things to do now you are fifty’ and on that list was ‘write a book’.
Winning second prize in a Daily Bookworm competition for the short story ‘One Breath’, then being encourage by online Facebook friends to enter a holiday DigiWriting contest and winning FIRST PRIZE with ‘The Magic of Grandfather Christmas’ Rose was inspired to turn one of the stories, if not both into full length novels.
Rose also has a little friend, a red golden King Charles Spaniel (Ghost of Christmas Past from the Young Ebenezer series) named Miss Ruby Heart. Ruby loves children's books and can be found on social media as @MissRubyHeart1
One final little secret for you, she has a very serious addiction;
Rose English is a Read-a-holic.
Happy Reading :-)
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Rose is a dreamer, preferring a simple & quiet life. Often spending time lone, although never lonely, being ever surrounded by great characters when lost in a good book. She loves theatre and the arts, adoring live performances on stage. Rose has very eclectic tastes.
Working as a school librarian, and sharing her love of books with the children was the best job she ever had. However, life moves on and another chapter was only a page turn away.
Now working in an entirely different library, in Hereford's Wye Valley NHS Trust Hospital, Rose spends her day cleaning and issuing 'Medical Equipment'.
Most days she can be found walking around, with her head in a book or eyes glued to a kindle. (In all the years she has been partaking of this pastime, there has only ever been one accident, when she walked into a street lamp, but then she had been momentarily blinded by the sun. Not that there is a lot of sun in the UK).
Writing for Rose has only ever really been a hobby, something she has done for many years but on reaching the half century she received a book ‘Things to do now you are fifty’ and on that list was ‘write a book’.
Winning second prize in a Daily Bookworm competition for the short story ‘One Breath’, then being encourage by online Facebook friends to enter a holiday DigiWriting contest and winning FIRST PRIZE with ‘The Magic of Grandfather Christmas’ Rose was inspired to turn one of the stories, if not both into full length novels.
Rose also has a little friend, a red golden King Charles Spaniel (Ghost of Christmas Past from the Young Ebenezer series) named Miss Ruby Heart. Ruby loves children's books and can be found on social media as @MissRubyHeart1
One final little secret for you, she has a very serious addiction;
Rose English is a Read-a-holic.
Happy Reading :-)
FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/RoseEnglish....
Twitter https://twitter.com/RoseEnglishUK
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September 21, 2020
This creative Halloween story is a poem with a positive message and colorful pictures on each page. Three teenage friends are trick-or-treating together when they witness the school bully, Jacob, robbing other trick-or-treaters. It’s a clever retelling of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, with the added twist of a magical Grandfather’s clock and a beautiful ghost dog.
Magic blossoms to help Jacob see his future and help him change, “to help him make friends and find joy and laughter.” The magic recognizes Jacob’s loneliness while pointing the way to a better life. I love the message: “Please never forget the great joy of sharing.” This is an excellent, uplifting family book.
Magic blossoms to help Jacob see his future and help him change, “to help him make friends and find joy and laughter.” The magic recognizes Jacob’s loneliness while pointing the way to a better life. I love the message: “Please never forget the great joy of sharing.” This is an excellent, uplifting family book.
March 15, 2024
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Review for 'Young Ebenezer: Confronts The School Bully' written by Rose English.
Read and reviewed for Rose English and Gillari Books.
Publication date: 24th September 2019
This is the fourth book we have read by this author. We have also read 'A Christmas Carol With Grandfather Time', 'The Magic Of Grandfather Time' and 'Young Ebenezer: A New Christmas Carol' . We would highly recommend them all!!
This book is yet another fantastic book by Rose English for children and adult's alike. Out of all the books i have read by her I would say this is one of the ones that sends the most important message. In this book we meet young Ebenezer again that we met in both 'A Christmas Carol With Grandfather Time' and in 'Young Ebenezer: A New Christmas Carol'. When we met him in the previous books Eb was being visited by three ghosts he is visited by a gorgeous red golden puppy called Miss Ruby Heart, Santa and a Dream Keeper to help him change his ways. Eb was a spoilt child who really was not one for caring, and he certainly hated sharing. by the end of the book Eb was like a different boy. In this book Eb is excited as it is his first Halloween to go out Trick Or Treating. Eb is having fun dressed up as a skeleton with his friend Su who is dressed as a zombie and Rory who is dressed as a vampire. However, they come across the school bully Jacob Marley who is determined to bully everyone into giving him their sweets. Ed tries to talk to him and help him change his ways by telling him how he changed and his life has become better. Jacob Marley ignore him and this is where our old friends from Rose's other books Grandfather Time, the ghost of Christmas Past a Ruby King Charles Spaniel called Miss Ruby Heart and the Grim Reaper. Can they show Jacob Marley how the mistakes he makes now will change his future? Will Jacob Marley change his ways like Eb did? Well, grab this lovely children's book now to find out!! This is a fantastic story which is perfect to read all year around but would make a fantastic book for Halloween with the story being based around that time! One of the things that I really liked about this book and what stood out for me is the fact that it carries several important messages but in a way that is very child friendly. It teaches children that it is important to share, to be kind, to listen, to care and to make amends when they have done wrong. We all loved the fact that it is a rhyming book which makes it even more fun to read and it is also a great way to help children read. My children had loads of fun guessing what the next rhyming words were!! It wasn't just myself that enjoyed reading it but my 11 year old son and also my 6 year old twin boys. It was written in a way that is easy for children and adults to read and we all took it in turns to read a page. When we read the previous books by Rose Ryder (one of my twin boys) wasn't talking but now he has learnt to talk and read it was delightful listening to him read some of the words along with my other two sons. We had loads of fun naming all the different things that the children could see in the photos and naming all the colours. It truly is an amazing and fantastic book and I would say it is suitable for any child from the age of 6-8 years above. This book is lovely and short and can be a quick read or be made into a fun long read whichever the reader wishes. The font is a nice style and size making it easy for adults and children to see and read too which is definitely a bonus as I have struggled with some fonts that authors have used in children's books in the past. We love the little images of cats, pumpkins and webs that surrounded the pages which were really eye catching. I read the paperback version of this book that I got directly from the author. It came stunningly gift wrapped and the book is amazing quality!!! It would be a perfect book for children to be read to by their teachers in school as well as friends and family members. In fact this book should be absolutely everywhere a child could be as it really is just, as we say in Wales, LUSH!!! Let your children's imaginations come alive with this beautiful Halloween book which teaches them to be kind to others and how their actions can have negative consequences. I really cannot wait to read more books by the amazing Rose to my children (and for myself) and hope that she is busy writing the next one already!
My 11 year old son Malaki had this to say about this book:
I really liked reading this book by Rose. I like the fact that the bully Jacob Marley was shown what would happen to him if he carried on being horrible. I had problems with some boys being bullies in school but after speaking to my Mum who spoke to my teacher they have left me alone since but bullies are not nice at all. i wish Ruby Heart and her friends were real to teach all bullies a lesson. My favourite character is Ruby!!! I love dogs and Ruby is so cute and sleeps on Eb's bed like my cat Caramac does!!! I loved reading it to my brothers who are 6 year old. I am taking this book to school to show the teachers as I think it is a good book for teachers to read in classes.
This book is one of my absolute favourite children's book!!! It is not just a great story but one that teaches children to be kind too which is so important!! To write a gorgeous, fun book with a fantastic lesson to teach children. This is why you are in my favourite author, Thank you for doing such an amazing thing and congratulations!!! I cannot wait to get stuck into the rest of your past and future books and here is to your next guaranteed success 🥂!!!
Congratulations Rose on writing yet another absolutely fantastic children's book!! This is exactly why you are on mine, Malaki, Hunter and Ryder's favourite children's authors list!!. Here is to your next success 🥂
Overall a fantastic rhyming children's book with several important messages.
100 pages
This book is just £2.99 on kindle, free with Kindle Unlimited and £8.99 in paperback via Amazon at time of review which is an absolute bargain for this gorgeous story!!
Rated 5/5 ( We all loved it ) on Goodreads, Instagram, Amazon UK and Amazon US and on over 30 Facebook pages plus my blog on Facebook.
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Review for 'Young Ebenezer: Confronts The School Bully' written by Rose English.
Read and reviewed for Rose English and Gillari Books.
Publication date: 24th September 2019
This is the fourth book we have read by this author. We have also read 'A Christmas Carol With Grandfather Time', 'The Magic Of Grandfather Time' and 'Young Ebenezer: A New Christmas Carol' . We would highly recommend them all!!
This book is yet another fantastic book by Rose English for children and adult's alike. Out of all the books i have read by her I would say this is one of the ones that sends the most important message. In this book we meet young Ebenezer again that we met in both 'A Christmas Carol With Grandfather Time' and in 'Young Ebenezer: A New Christmas Carol'. When we met him in the previous books Eb was being visited by three ghosts he is visited by a gorgeous red golden puppy called Miss Ruby Heart, Santa and a Dream Keeper to help him change his ways. Eb was a spoilt child who really was not one for caring, and he certainly hated sharing. by the end of the book Eb was like a different boy. In this book Eb is excited as it is his first Halloween to go out Trick Or Treating. Eb is having fun dressed up as a skeleton with his friend Su who is dressed as a zombie and Rory who is dressed as a vampire. However, they come across the school bully Jacob Marley who is determined to bully everyone into giving him their sweets. Ed tries to talk to him and help him change his ways by telling him how he changed and his life has become better. Jacob Marley ignore him and this is where our old friends from Rose's other books Grandfather Time, the ghost of Christmas Past a Ruby King Charles Spaniel called Miss Ruby Heart and the Grim Reaper. Can they show Jacob Marley how the mistakes he makes now will change his future? Will Jacob Marley change his ways like Eb did? Well, grab this lovely children's book now to find out!! This is a fantastic story which is perfect to read all year around but would make a fantastic book for Halloween with the story being based around that time! One of the things that I really liked about this book and what stood out for me is the fact that it carries several important messages but in a way that is very child friendly. It teaches children that it is important to share, to be kind, to listen, to care and to make amends when they have done wrong. We all loved the fact that it is a rhyming book which makes it even more fun to read and it is also a great way to help children read. My children had loads of fun guessing what the next rhyming words were!! It wasn't just myself that enjoyed reading it but my 11 year old son and also my 6 year old twin boys. It was written in a way that is easy for children and adults to read and we all took it in turns to read a page. When we read the previous books by Rose Ryder (one of my twin boys) wasn't talking but now he has learnt to talk and read it was delightful listening to him read some of the words along with my other two sons. We had loads of fun naming all the different things that the children could see in the photos and naming all the colours. It truly is an amazing and fantastic book and I would say it is suitable for any child from the age of 6-8 years above. This book is lovely and short and can be a quick read or be made into a fun long read whichever the reader wishes. The font is a nice style and size making it easy for adults and children to see and read too which is definitely a bonus as I have struggled with some fonts that authors have used in children's books in the past. We love the little images of cats, pumpkins and webs that surrounded the pages which were really eye catching. I read the paperback version of this book that I got directly from the author. It came stunningly gift wrapped and the book is amazing quality!!! It would be a perfect book for children to be read to by their teachers in school as well as friends and family members. In fact this book should be absolutely everywhere a child could be as it really is just, as we say in Wales, LUSH!!! Let your children's imaginations come alive with this beautiful Halloween book which teaches them to be kind to others and how their actions can have negative consequences. I really cannot wait to read more books by the amazing Rose to my children (and for myself) and hope that she is busy writing the next one already!
My 11 year old son Malaki had this to say about this book:
I really liked reading this book by Rose. I like the fact that the bully Jacob Marley was shown what would happen to him if he carried on being horrible. I had problems with some boys being bullies in school but after speaking to my Mum who spoke to my teacher they have left me alone since but bullies are not nice at all. i wish Ruby Heart and her friends were real to teach all bullies a lesson. My favourite character is Ruby!!! I love dogs and Ruby is so cute and sleeps on Eb's bed like my cat Caramac does!!! I loved reading it to my brothers who are 6 year old. I am taking this book to school to show the teachers as I think it is a good book for teachers to read in classes.
This book is one of my absolute favourite children's book!!! It is not just a great story but one that teaches children to be kind too which is so important!! To write a gorgeous, fun book with a fantastic lesson to teach children. This is why you are in my favourite author, Thank you for doing such an amazing thing and congratulations!!! I cannot wait to get stuck into the rest of your past and future books and here is to your next guaranteed success 🥂!!!
Congratulations Rose on writing yet another absolutely fantastic children's book!! This is exactly why you are on mine, Malaki, Hunter and Ryder's favourite children's authors list!!. Here is to your next success 🥂
Overall a fantastic rhyming children's book with several important messages.
100 pages
This book is just £2.99 on kindle, free with Kindle Unlimited and £8.99 in paperback via Amazon at time of review which is an absolute bargain for this gorgeous story!!
Rated 5/5 ( We all loved it ) on Goodreads, Instagram, Amazon UK and Amazon US and on over 30 Facebook pages plus my blog on Facebook.
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November 6, 2020
I saw this book advertised on facebook and thought it was a new release. I was surprised to find that it was published a while ago. How did I miss it??? I toyed with the idea of purchasing it for my granddaughter's kindle but wanted to check it out so I downloaded it to my Kindle first. It is a delightful short story told in verse about the age old story of mean spirited Ebenezer Scrooge. This version was ideal for a younger reader enabling them to understand the concept of 'bullying' and meanness. I was much impressed by the author's telling of the story and especially the wonderful graphic designs on every page. As soon as I finished reading it I ordered a second copy for my granddaughter too. This is a lovely book combining both a Christmas story and one for the Halloween period too.
December 28, 2020
A beautifully versed tale perfect for young readers. This is a story that teaches the importance of kindness and our actions towards others. Highly recommend
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