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Summary Background Information |
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The author and illustrator of David, Mormor, Horno and the Yak; An Alphabet Mystery, Carol Popper (Galaty) is the mother of four, grandmother of three and lives with her husband in Washington, DC. With a father in the United States Foreign Service, Carol grew up internationally and had an eclectic career ranging from the Peace Corps to top level health policy work before returning to her art work and writing and illustrating children's books.
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Detailed Background Information and Accomplishments |
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Carol attended the International School in Geneva, Switzerland, graduated from Pomona College in California, and then joined the Peace Corps. Teaching a wide range of ages, classes and subjects in Ghana, West Africa, she became familiar with the interests and needs of children.
Following two years in the Peace Corps, Carol spent a number of years setting up and directing a Planned Parenthood organization in Green Bay, Wisconsin and working for the United Auto Workers on National Health Insurance. She spent 30 years in the Federal Government working at top levels on a wide variety of health programs and policies related to Medicare, the International Year of the Child, Child Abuse and Neglect, the Military Health Care Benefit System at the Pentagon, The State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the failed Clinton National Health Insurance Program in the White House, and the Maternal and Child Health Program.
In addition to a number of policy papers and speeches, Carol, published a children's coloring book, Two's Enough, as a fund raiser for Planned Parenthood and did graphic designs for organizations in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Upon her retirement, Carol returned to her first love, art and writing and illustrating children's books. A community activist, she spends considerable time traveling with her husband, visiting their children and grandchildren in San Francisco, Denver and Sweden as well as working on the "Mara Fund" - - a memorial fund set up as part of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation in memory of her daughter who worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and died in 2007.
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All proceeds from David, Mormor, Horno and the Yak go to the "Mara Fund" which supports activities to encourage women to receive preventive care and treatment of breast cancer in countries where shame is the major obstacle to early detection and treatment. The Fund targets under-privileged communities in developing countries- the type of places that the author's daughter Mara worked.
More information on Mara and the "Mara Fund" can be found on line (see below).
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For more information on Mara and her work go to http://maragalaty.blogspot.com.
The "Mara Fund" - - In memory of “David’s” Aunt Mara, proceeds from the book will go to the Komen “Mara Fund” to educate women around the world about the need to obtain, and how to obtain, breast cancer screening and treatment. For more information on the “Mara Fund” go to www.komen.org/marafund.
Purchase the Book - - David, Mormor, Horno and the Yak: An Alphabet Mystery, by Carol Popper, may be purchased at a number of local bookstores and children’s stores around the world. However, you will generally have to request it and it may take up to a week for the order to come into the store. You can also buy it on line at: www.amazon.com, www.BarnesandNoble.com, or at www.borders.com.
Purchase the Jigsaw Puzzle - - The wonderful, colorful original handmade, wooden puzzle in David, Mormor, Horno and the Yak: An Alphabet Mystery can be purchased if you are in Ireland or other parts of the EU from http://www.alphabetjigsaws.com. If you live in the United States a copy of the puzzle can be purchased at on the web at http://www.cricketmag.com for $45.95. On the website search for it by Animal Alphabet Puzzle.
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