Jim Shields – författare

Few animals can capture the attention and imagination of children like soft and cuddly baby bunnies. Welcome, Baby Bunnies tells the exciting story of a mommy bunny that decides to build her nest one night at a meadows edge. While building her nest, she realizes how wonderful it would be if her forest friends could be near to help her share the excitement of the arrival of her babies. Imagine her surprise when she sees several of her friends coming into the meadow to join her for the special occasion. She is further pleased and moved to find that each friend brings a unique gift to help her build her nest and to celebrate the wonderful event. Numerous life lessons presented in beautifully rhymed verse, combined with subtle introductions to numbers and basic colors, are sure to make Welcome, Baby Bunnies a story that children will enjoy for years to come.

Skylar is enjoying the snow with her animal friends. Your child will surely enjoy the story and will learn to love pets too just like how Skylar does.

No matter where you are in your career, you''ve probably dealt with some form of organizational change. Change can be a frightening prospect, and if you do not handle it correctly, it can lead to derailment. To be a successful leader, you must learn to adapt to a wide variety of situations, opportunities, and environments. This guidebook will show you how change affects you, your thoughts, and your emotions. It will give you tools and strategies that will allow you to take action not just to survive change, but to thrive in it.

Life is a stage on which men, women, and children live daily dramas. These dramas shape and fashion our living. The street corners, homes, the everyday places are theaters, windows into a world of goings-on. Dramas are part and parcel of our existence, as we are all actors on life’s stage without direction, constantly improvising and coping. As a child, observing grown-ups from a safe distance became a hobby for young Jim Shields. The stories in this collection have their origins in these observations, detailing lives of ordinary people coping with what comes their way. In the roulette of life, there is tragedy, comedy, sadness, and joy. Within the pages of this book, these all come into play. Shields writes from a small, sparsely furnished study—a haven of peace and quiet in the midst of the bustle of family life. It is here where he puts pen to paper. From the well of imperfect memory, inspiration grows, and black ink magically forms words. This collection is life as seen through a rearview mirror.

Just imagine how exciting it can be to make a new friend when you least expect it! A wonderful story in rhymed verse, Bertram Finds A Friend, shows us how trust, compassion and respect can lead to forever friendships!

In his latest collection of short stories and poems, Jim Shields yet again portrays his versatility, sensitivity, sense of place, and keen humour.Within the stories you will find a son confronting his incapacity to love his mother;A grandmother offering words of encouragement to lift her grandson out of impoverishment;An innocent game of hide-and-seek that has unforeseen circumstances;A gentleman carer discovering the true meaning of love and the truth that loss oftentimes forces new beginnings. Whilst in the title story, "A Cairndhu Nightingale": Billy, leaning on his bicycle, allows his inquisitive eyes to meander over the vista before him. Everything around is quiet. The birds fall silent. Every nerve in his body is alert. A voice from behind offers to accompany him to the hospital, and together, they walk into a world of wonder. These are the moments of saltiness and sweetness in everyone's everyday life. The characters, authentically honest and raw, share their moments without glamour.