Author Spotlight June 2022
Book review- “Rozanne
Travels to Africa to kiss a Giraffe” I found this picture book very unique, and
it falls in its own category of books. It is full of some amazing Photography of
many animals and divides into three trips the author took. I guess it is sort of
a biography of the author’s travels. This is overall a great book for children,
but it does lack a story and seems to be shortened. In my view I think this
book would have made a much better chapter book then a picture book. The author
has a great story to tell but it needs lots more development. Because of the
uniqueness of this story, I will give it 4 stars overall.
Rozanne
Weissman Bio
WILDLIFE
CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR & AWARD-WINNING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS EXEC
Rozanne
Weissman is an unexpected, unimaginable, disabled wildlife children’s book
author—
‘Rozanne Travels to Africa to Kiss a Giraffe 🦒.’
Her
passion for wildlife journeys, volunteering with young children, and hand/wrist
disabilities converged to totally change her life—career and life purpose. She
even created a unique children’s book genre: REAL wildlife stories vs
fantastical, REAL wildlife photos vs illustrations, even emojis (children
wanted more) in the content, accompanying YouTube channel. The entire book was
created on an iPhone— dictated on Siri and laid out contents and photos in the
Simple Prints app. Why? Rozanne no longer had a computer (with voice-activated
software) and was asked to do the book by the executive director of a bilingual
infants-pre-K school where she was the longest-term volunteer. Rozanne
discovered that the Exec told children she would do a book for them. She didn’t
want to disappoint the excited children and had to figure out how she might
create a children’s book totally on an iPhone
During
the pandemic, Weissman was concerned about children and teachers, so she also
went “virtual” in school classrooms in six states—reading, storytelling, and
for children 7-9 developed an ‘Imaginary Journey to rainforests of
Borneo to see orangutans’
https://rozanneweissman.com/imaginary-wildlife-safari-journey-with-rozanne
Previously,
she was a marketing communications executive and consultant who won 60 national
and international awards.
She
has a reputation as a results-oriented senior manager who strategically
positions corporations and organizations through integrated marketing
communications to achieve goals. She has a broad background in diversified
media, environment/
sustainability,
energy efficiency, telecommunications, business, health, education, and
politics.
Weissman
offers a 20+ year track record for employers and clients in strategic planning,
positioning, branding, messaging, nonprofit and for-profit partnerships;
integrated marketing communications consumer campaigns and related collateral
materials; public service and paid advertising; electronic and print publications,
website redesign and development, digital and social media, and radio and TV
shows.
As
Senior Director of Consumer Campaigns and Director of Communications and
Marketing for the Alliance to Save Energy, she managed 19 award-winning,
multimedia public awareness-building, integrated marketing communications and
branding campaigns with interactive websites, social media, cutting-edge
elements, & diverse nonprofit, governmental, & for-profit partners.
(See portfolio.)
Previously,
Weissman ran her own firm with clients including Discovery Communications, CPB,
I BellSouth, and the BellSouth Foundation. As President of Animal Tracks
environmental educational operating foundation which originated on the profit
end as a “green marketing” consumer program by Wal-Mart, Weissman increased its
marketing and reach by 6.5 million people. Prior to that, she was VP Corporate
Communications in the public broadcasting industry. (See RozanneWeissman.com)
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