Softcover | 5.5 x 8.5 in | 168 pages | ISBN 9781452525815
E-Book | 168 pages | ISBN 9781452525822
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
E-Book | 168 pages | ISBN 9781452525822
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
New book seeks to uplift readers, inspire hope
Author recounts living with polio in ‘Fleeing Polio on Wings’
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – At the age of 3, author and artist Barbara Ker-Mann felt her wings clipped. Diagnosed with infantile paralysis – polio – she feared she would be grounded for the rest of her life.
Ker-Mann’s new memoir, “Fleeing Polio on Wings: like the Eagle” (published by Balboa Press AU), chronicles her journey to find her wings and shows how a lifelong dedication to the violin gave her the opportunity to fly like an eagle.
Having polio compelled Ker-Mann to seek other ways to express herself. When she first heard the words of Isaiah 40: 31 at 4, she felt her spirit lift. Later, the violin would become her avenue of self-expression and a lifeline as she faced other challenges related to polio.
In 1983, her passion for teaching violin by the Suzuki Method was realized when she was made International Fellow of the American Association of University Women, and enabled to research a master’s thesis under instruction from Dr. Suzuki at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan.
Uplifting and inspiring, “Fleeing Polio on Wings” recounts Ker-Mann’s travels through Europe and Asia and imparts some of the wisdom she gained as an artist, traveler and mother. Ker-Mann hopes her book will serve as an “inspiration to appreciate the spiritual needs of children – as well as good care for their body and mind.”
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – At the age of 3, author and artist Barbara Ker-Mann felt her wings clipped. Diagnosed with infantile paralysis – polio – she feared she would be grounded for the rest of her life.
Ker-Mann’s new memoir, “Fleeing Polio on Wings: like the Eagle” (published by Balboa Press AU), chronicles her journey to find her wings and shows how a lifelong dedication to the violin gave her the opportunity to fly like an eagle.
Having polio compelled Ker-Mann to seek other ways to express herself. When she first heard the words of Isaiah 40: 31 at 4, she felt her spirit lift. Later, the violin would become her avenue of self-expression and a lifeline as she faced other challenges related to polio.
In 1983, her passion for teaching violin by the Suzuki Method was realized when she was made International Fellow of the American Association of University Women, and enabled to research a master’s thesis under instruction from Dr. Suzuki at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto, Japan.
Uplifting and inspiring, “Fleeing Polio on Wings” recounts Ker-Mann’s travels through Europe and Asia and imparts some of the wisdom she gained as an artist, traveler and mother. Ker-Mann hopes her book will serve as an “inspiration to appreciate the spiritual needs of children – as well as good care for their body and mind.”
Songs to Little Girl
Song 1
Little Girl, Little Girl
Where do you belong?
Stay awhile with me Little Girl
I will sing you a song
You have a beauty
All your own, Little Girl
Your heart is innocent, sweet;
The sunshine bathes your countenance
Your face, your hands, your feet.
But where, Little Girl
Did you come from?
Where, Little Girl will you go?
Out from the sunshiny doorway
Into the cold cold snow?
You have a need, Little Girl, Little Girl
Then let your need be known
No one knows what its like to be you
Special, unique and alone,
Special, unique and alone
Where do you belong?
Stay awhile with me Little Girl
I will sing you a song
You have a beauty
All your own, Little Girl
Your heart is innocent, sweet;
The sunshine bathes your countenance
Your face, your hands, your feet.
But where, Little Girl
Did you come from?
Where, Little Girl will you go?
Out from the sunshiny doorway
Into the cold cold snow?
You have a need, Little Girl, Little Girl
Then let your need be known
No one knows what its like to be you
Special, unique and alone,
Special, unique and alone