Science, Literature, Humanity, Evolution,Reading, Writing, Thinking and then simultaneously acting on same thoughts, parenting, creating, fitness, golf, eating, traveling, planning,visioning, sex and making love, socializing, shopping,learning, spreading the good spirit, art directing, fishing, hunting, exploring, discovering, science, people watching, all aspects about life and explore & discovering ways to significantly contribute to mankind.
Music
I love all music, I was nurtured on Ella Fitzgerald Mr. L Armstrong, I manifested my freedom to the sounds of Black Sabbath and led Zeppelin, As a musician I supported Buddy Guy BB King Alligator Taylor and so forth, I dealt with my angst with Hip Hop, I learn to love to R&B (and whatever she wants to listen to if anything at all) My favorite sounds are the sounds I hear in my head as I witness the evolution of my ideas lol I love all music and all music is art.
Movies
The only movie I could be locked in a room and be forced to watch is Papillon staring Steve Mcqueen Dustin hoffman.
There are many awesome movies I have watched but anything with Dustin Hoffman will get my focus.
Television
Major sports events that I can watch on the subway line, I do not have cable lol, I like History channel,World News, reality TV, Toronto Sports and everything for a split second as I channel surf.
.. In this Encouragement story, a man learns that his son has been born with hemophilia and autism. The stress of the situation catapults the father into single parenthood and he is forced to endure a difficult court battle for sole custody of his disabled son. Through diligence and determination, he develops methods to further help his troubled child. More importantly, he stumbles upon what he believes is his personal calling in life and his purpose for living. With the realization that he has discovered unique methods and tools to cope with parenting difficulties, the man's focus is now fulfilling his dream of establishing himself as a writer of children's literature.
While very "personal," my story is written in such a manner as to impart a lesson and to aid parents of physically/mentally/emotio nally challenged children by helping them to cope with the situations they face. I am not necessarily saying that my way is the way, but rather I am saying, "Here are examples that you can use to help to 'imagine' coping mechanisms that will work specifically for your Book child.
Dr. Bob Rich, M. Sc., Ph.D., (counseling Psychologist multiple award winning author) says, "Many parents despair, feel resentful at fate, and buckle under the strain. Well all of us are likely to do so from time to time. I am sure Chris has. However, he is a shinning example of how to turn adversity into an opportunity for personal growth, giving and love. (review)
Bodola: Chips and Pop
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• Price $19.49
• Paperback: 36 pages
• Publisher: MasterpieceFactory Inc, (February 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1897347014
• ISBN-13: 978-1897347010
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
Bodola is a cheerful, adventurous story that shows the difficult decisions parents of children diagnosed with A.D.H.D are forced to make as their busy and spontaneous mid-graders begin to manifest their desires for independence. Like most boys and girls, Bodola is a boy who enjoys jiving, singing, playing with toys, and most of all, he loves chips and pop.
He's never been to the store by himself, and he asks Mama to please let him go today. Mama knows that Bodola gets excited by new things and tends to forget what he is doing, but she wants him to learn about the responsibility that comes with being independent. While on his way to the store, he embarks on an adventure of riding a train and then a bus, and is delighted by the sights he sees along the way. Mama attempts desperately to catch up to her son before he realizes that he didn't do what Mama told him to do and panics. Bodola is crafted by an experienced parent with the intention of optimizing the reading experience and enabling its audience to obtain a fuller comprehension of A.D.H.D and associated theories of the mind, which will in turn empower its readers to self-regulate the development of deleterious behaviors. (reviews)
In this early reading adventure, Mr. I-Presume beams down to planet Earth and introduces his audience to his family and unique friends. Mr. I-Presume advances fine motor, comprehension, creative, speech & language including perceptual motor skills in fun ways such as teaching readers how to say "Hip, Hip, Hooray!" and "Good-bye" in the Alien language, duplicated uncolored pages, funny looking creatures with silly names, as well as further stimulating readers with story-related questions and fill-in-the blanks exercises.
Mr. I-Presume & Friends is a fun learning tool that will empower children to independently observe and interpret information about their own world. Funds raised from the sale of this book will help MasterpieceFactory Inc. to continue to explore and discover more ways to help special people live a proud and informed life. (reviews)
• Paperback: 52 pages
• Publisher: MasterpieceFactory Inc, (February 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1897347073
• ISBN-13: 978-1897347072
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.2 x 3 inches Condition: new
We're Going To Do It sets the stage for this uniquely expressed series of child development ..stories. Mom and Dad rush to the hospital and give birth to a bi-racial boy born with hemophilia, a severe bleeding disorder. Christopher begins to exhibit many unusual behaviors and is diagnosed with autism. All hope seems lost for Christopher, but Dad decides to not give up and vows to help Christopher manage his challenges. This Encouragement Story educates, desensitizes its readers by illustrating a wide range of human interest issues parents of autistic, ADD/ADHD and other special needs children are forced to endure during early preschool years. This human interest story encourages desirable child development in all areas including Speech & Language, Cognitive, Theory Of The Mind, Creative and emotional. Funds raised from the sale of this book will help MasterpieceFactory Inc. to continue to explore and discover more ways to help special people live a proud and informed life. www.masterpiecefactory.com available through amazon.com (reviews)
Act Alive & Say High Five
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c)
Illustrator Teodora Sirko
Published by MasterpieceFactory Inc.
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Most parents of shy children need behavior management tools that are practical and supportive.
A child's picture book can be not only a fun and inspirational way to assist the caregivers with improving their children's learning and social skills, but also a way to encourage confidence in the child.
Act Alive and Say High-Five is a giggly way to address the difficulty that shy children may experience when meeting other children.
The little girl wants to say hello, but whenever she attempts to do so, she looks up at her father and says “I want to go home.”
Dad comforts his daughter and then “smack” go their hands as Dad gives his little girl an unexpected high-five.
“What was that for?” asks the little girl. “That is your new way to say hello. The next time you feel shy, Just Act Alive and Say High-Five,” Dad explains. The little girl questions her father and does not believe saying hello can be so easy, but soon must put her new-found way to the test. She spots a boy coming toward her and begins to feel uneasy. Dad gives his daughter a quick pep talk and she is prepared to “Act Alive and Say High-Five.”
Act Alive & SAY High Five Available August 2007
Mr. I-Presume Visits Planet Earth
Author Christoper A. Chaplin (c) 2007
Illustrator Teodora Sirko
Published by MasterpieceFactory Inc.
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The title Mr. I-Presume highlights the essence (Things Are Not Always As They Seem) of this delightfully crafted social/emotional lesson. In this whimsically expressed story, an alien, suitably named Mr. I-Presume, is excited at the opportunity to visit the forgotten planet known as Earth and he packs his trusted special phone that stores “The Book of Beliefs” information about the planet to help identify whatever he discovers while there.
The spaceship lands and Mr. I-Presume begins to walk along a wooded road where he spots a life form that is inside a soggy log and chewing on a bone. He quickly refers to the display on his phone to learn about the look and sound of what he thinks is a funky furry frog. Mr. I-Presume says hello to the strange being. Instead of hearing Rib-bit-Rib-bit, like the sound most frogs make, the frog actually begins to bark like a dog.
The alien scratches his tentacles and continues his exploration of our silly planet Earth. He explores Earth and comes across many beings that are not as he was led to believe, according to “The Book of Beliefs.” Mr. I-Presume wants to escape these topsy-turvy beings and sends a transmission to his home planet, Peaches and Cream, requesting a spaceship to beam him home. He has discovered that, on Earth, things are not always as they seem.
Mr. I-Presume Visits Earth Available Summer 2007
Boing! Boing! Boing!
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Teodora Sirko
Published by: MasterpieceFactory Inc.
Boing! Boing! Boing!
Shows a shut-down and withdrawn Christopher who is non-active and uninterested ..inexploring places, discovering things, and interacting with people like other girls and boys his age.
Dad is forced to take his son outside in the nighttime but continues to teach him about the things they see and the sounds they hear.
Christopher only wants to hide his face and block his ears in fear. By chance, Dad stops in to see the store keeper who gives him some candy drops that he promises will give Christopher “the hops.” By using the candy as a special type of learning tool, Dad helps Christopher to become interested in people, places, and things.
Motor Mouth
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Teodora Sirko
Published by: MasterpieceFactory Inc.
Motor Mouth ..
This encouragement story is about a little boy who has trouble with speaking and finds it difficult to initiate speech. Christopher wants to talk with other children but becomes embarrassed and violent when his mouth won't let his words come out.
Dad visits Mr. Store-Keeper, who supplies Dad with a few treats (edible and otherwise) that will help to exercise Christopher's mouth muscles. A fierce blizzard attacks the town and Christopher and Dad are snowed in, inside their apartment where they spend the whole winter chewing bubblegum, blowing up balloons, and popping sunflower seeds in their mouths. Christopher's mouth begins to motor and words are finally able to spill out.
Say Bump Me
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Diana McManus Whitman
Published by: MasterpieceFactory Inc.
Say Bump Me
Bump Me addresses the difficulty that developmentally challenged child..ren have when meeting other children.
Christopher wants to make friends, but whenever he attempts to do so, his anxiety takes over and causes him to exhibit violent tantrums.
Dad convinces him to use one of his pet expressions, “Bump me,” (and offering the knuckles of his hand to “bump” the knuckles of the other person) as a way to break the ice when meeting new people.
Christopher learns to use “Bump me” as a way to successfully relieve this particular anxiety.
Finding Squeezey
Author Christoper A. Chaplin (c) 2006 (5)
Illustrator Diana McManus Whitman
Published by: MasterpieceFactory Inc.
Finding Squeezey
Is the story of a little boy who is usually afraid of strange people, places, and things. ..
Christopher's anxiety around other children gets him self-to hurt himself and this makes it very difficult for him to grow and learn.
He must also cope with weekly trips to the hospital to receive the medication he needs to control his hemophilia.
Christopher explains that he needs something to make him feel safe when Dad isn't holding him. Dad and Christopher search the Daddy-I-Want-It department store for something that Christopher can use as a “special friend” that will keep him safe. Unexpectedly Christopher stumbles upon a huge green fluffy towel that will be the very thing he needs.
Christopher names the towel Squeezey because of how the towel wraps around and hugs him. Soon after getting Squeezey, Christopher begins to get more comfortable with being around others.
Losing Squeezey
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Diana McManus Whitman ..
Published by MasterpieceFactory Inc.
Losing Squeezey
Losing Squeezey shows how an object often provides emotional security for a child who has medical or psychological challenges. In this story, Christopher expresses anxiety when Squeezey is lost.
Christopher grows increasingly angry and will not eat, learn, or socialize without his special towel.
The story culminates with Dad and Christopher's successful search to find Squeezey.
Squeezey Wonders
Author Christopher A. Chaplin
Illustrator Diana McManus Whitman ..
Published by: MasterpieceFactory Inc
Squeezey Wonders Squeezey Wonders is the tale of what happens to Squeezey when she becomes separated from Christopher and is taken to a scary warehouse.
Squeezey worries that she will never see Christopher again and endures the harrowing experience of being used by many different people for many different reasons.
When all hope seems lost, Squeezey is reunited with Christopher.
Inside Tubsy
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Diana McManus Whitman
Published by: MasterpieceFactory Inc.
Inside Tubsy ..
Parents with children who suffer with sensory dysfunction disorders are familiar with children who jiggle and wiggle uncontrollably when putting on cloths or being hugged. Imagine having a child who has unusual indifferences or obsessions with touching common food objects with their tongue, or will only move an object with their finger nails.
Inside Tubsy confronts a little boy's fear of water. Dad uses his son Christopher's huge green fluffy towel as a bridge and as sense of security.
The bathtub eventually becomes a safe haven for Christopher, who now continues to develop and learns to confront his anxieties and triumph over his fears Inside Tubsy .
Yeah I Love Mommy Today
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Teodora Sirko
Published by; MasterpieceFactory Inc.
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Yeah I Love Mommy Today Yeah I Love Mommy Today explains the difficulties that separated parents and their children experience during parental visitations.
Christopher is happily living with Dad and has trouble handling the change in routine when it is time to visit his mother.
Dad prepares Christopher to see his mother who has made special plans for their day together.
Christopher and Mom are about to leave when their plans to go to Explanation Park come suddenly to a halt.
Christopher begins to tantrum, Mom panics, and calls Dad, who gives her an activity that will help to calm Christopher.
Mom develops a stronger bond with her son and Christopher now says “Yeah! I love Mommy today!” every time he goes to visit her.
Owl Eyes
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Teodora Sirko
Published by: MasterpieceFactory Inc. ..
Owl Eyes Owl Eyes is the story of how Dad helps Christopher overcome socializing difficulties by learning to make eye contact with things and people. Christopher struggles with communicating and how to understand his surroundings, thus making him insecure and unwilling to socialize with other people.
Dad takes him to “ Explanation Park” for a hike, and helps Christopher to gain a new perspective on making eye contact with people, places, and things.
This helps Christopher to be more receptive to experiencing life through learning and interaction.
Mommy Say's Its A Monster
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Teodora Sirko
Published by; MasterpieceFactory Inc. ..
Mommy Says It's A Monster Mommy is an action-packed piece that explores the difficulties that parents have when trying to explain to their developmentally challenged children the difference between real and make believe.
Christopher and Dad are stuck in their car during an angry thunderstorm, and are unable to get home. Christopher is about to throw a tantrum because he doesn't believe that “the monster” is a “storm” (verbalizing the different terms that Mom and Dad use, respectively).
Dad uses different strategies to help Christopher differentiate between real and make believe and Christopher's speech and language become increasingly more rational.
Babble
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Teodora Sirko
Published by: MasterpieceFactory Inc. ..
Babble shows how parents of special needs children must sometimes endure public embarrassment caused by inappropriate behavior by their children.
Christopher has overcome many hurdles and is ready to meet the world. However, each time he catches someone's attention, he begins to “babble” his life story.
Christopher's newly learned skill of socializing is complicated by his inability to relate well to others, which makes him anxious when social interactions do not go his way.
Christopher hikes to Explanation Park where he stumbles upon the answers he needs while sitting underneath the “Question Tree.”
The Tales of Tipee-Toe Tony : The Man With One Hand
Author Christoper A. Chaplin (c) 2007
Illustrator Nicholas Wright
Published by: MasterpieceFactory Inc. ..
The Tales of Tipee-Toe Tony is a fast-moving, easy-reading mid-grade Explore & Discover picture story, a grimy young man named Tipee-toe Tony and his scruffy puppy, Gruffy, live in a dented oil drum located in a vacant parking lot that everybody calls Hobo City.
Tipee-Toe Tony finds himself in a desperate mood as he and Gruffy are starving for food when, just like that, Tipee-toe Tony has a plan and decides to tap dance and beat the top of his dented can like a drum, with the hope of filling his tin cup with money to buy some much-needed ham and jam to fry in his pan. Sure enough, after tap dancing and beating on his drum Tipee-Toe Tony attracts a man with one hand who wants to give the grimy young man some money-if Tipee-Toe will give the man his right hand.
Tipee-Toe thinks about all his dreams and his immediate need for food and wonders if he would be better off with a pocket full of money and only one hand. He decides to keep his right hand and that angers Mr. One-Hand who begins to chase Tipee-Toe Tony around his dented can.
Tipee-Toe Tony Goes To Strawberry City
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Nicholas Wright
Publsihed By: MasterpieceFactory Inc.
Tipee-Toe Tony goes To Strawberry City ..
Hip, Hip Hooray! Tipee-Toe Tony is moving out of Hobo City today. In this mid-grade Explore & Discover picture story, the grimy young man and his scruffy puppy, Gruffy, pack their bag full of ham and jam and are immediately faced with choices and consequences on their long journey to see his friend Fussy Sam who lives in Strawberry City.
Tipee-Toe Tony and Gruffy walk for miles and become angry, hungry, and tired. After a quick meal, Tipee-Toe Tony and Gruffy continue their journey when they are stopped by a sobbing young girl and her Daddy in a red truck along the roadside. The man informs the Tipee-Toe Tony that the only way he can reach Strawberry City before nightfall by foot is to cut through Spooky Forest where an assortment of wild and scary animals, including a vicious wolf known as Nasty Fangs, are waiting to eat him.
The man offers Tipee-Toe Tony a ride in his truck in exchange for his loyal puppy, Gruffy. Tipee-Toe Tony has his mind set on reaching Strawberry City before nightfall and contemplates giving his canine companion away to the man's crying little girl. Will Tipee-Toe Tony give up Gruffy and travel with the stranger? Or will Tipee-Toe Tony attempt to sneak through Spooky Forest and avoid being eaten by Nasty Fangs?
Spooky Forest
Author Christopher A. Chaplin (c) 2006
Illustrator Nicholas Wright
Publishing by: MasterpieceFactory Inc.
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Like most teenage boys, Tipee-Toe Tony can not resist a good adventure. In this story, the grimy young man places his life in danger by stuffing Gruffy, his puppy, in his backpack and boldly riding his bike through Spooky Forest in hopes of reaching Strawberry City before sunset.
During their long bumpy bike ride, they begin to hear threatening sounds of forest creatures, notice paw prints along the forest floor, and see claw-marked trees that crowd the dark damp path as they attempt to sneak through Spooky Forest. Tipee-Toe Tony and Gruffy decide to stop and fry some ham and jam, but the smoke from their fire wafts through the forest and arouses Nasty fangs and his pack of furious friends.
Nasty Fangs is only a few yards away when a boy named Spooky Duke appears and leads Tipee-Toe Tony and Gruffy along a fallen tree to the edge of a steep cliff where they are forced to make a decision between leaping off or sharing the same sad consequence as all who had ever dared to attempt to travel through Spooky Forest. How are Tipee-Toe Tony and Gruffy going to escape this time
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Christopher A. Chaplin was born in August 1970, and grew up Toronto, Ontario Canada in a slummy metro housing unit (Swansea Mews)that is still nestled within the upper middle class village of Swansea.
Being the first born of three children (one brother and one sister) who where raised single-handed by his Jamaica-born mother, Christopher’s quest for freedom from the hustle of the ghetto inspired him to gain knowledge through work experience such as delivering newspapers at the age of 11 to becoming a trend-setting entrepreneur in the pet food industry during the early 1990s. Despite his positive goals, Christopher struggled with depression until he finally stumbled upon his purpose and learned to express himself through writing, which mainly took the form of children’s literature.
Christopher is a single parent of a child dually diagnosed with autism and hemophilia. He also has two older daughters named Taycia & Brianna.
Dad Christopher II ,Brianna & Taycia
He graduated in 2005 as an Early Childhood Assistant and is, independently, studying child psychology and children’s literature. Christopher is dedicated to bringing to light the positive aspects of parenting children who have special needs.
Looking back at past desires, the author says, “I have always been fascinated by the power of a good book.”
Christopher began his professional writing career in the early 1990s when he was encouraged to create commercial pieces such as monthly newsletters, flyers, and press releases for the pet food delivery service he was involved with at the time. He is a self-taught writer who possesses a refreshing enthusiasm to learn and continue to experiment with new ways of expressing his unique stories, which are not only engaging children’s stories, but also tools for acquiring life skills. His mission is to motivate other individuals to think positively about whatever challenges they might face in their lives.
Christopher founded MasterpieceFactory Inc. as an outlet for his work and especially to empower readers to develop their own ideas and solutions for parenting developmentally challenged children or who suffer from other diseases, disabilities, or disorders.
http://masterpiecefactory.com/
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hi to you both 'CHRIS's'. wishing you warm hearts and hugs for christmas that is just a lil' way away. lil'Chris enjoy that snow i know you love. i still remember the first time we spoke and you went off to try and make snow. such a sweet heart you have lil'chris. bless renai
There is always something to be happy about. Truly happy. And if you have the audacity to find it and the courage to make it your focus, in spite of the countless temptations to dwell upon problems that don't really exist, you will have learned well, your life will be transformed, and all things will be added unto you. ~ Mike Dooley ~
"Time of Year" It's that time of year the passing of the guard, the cooling of the weather, crispiness in the air. The leaves are falling, for they are changing colors. Also, the snows are coming early this time of year. Ending of one cycle, the beginning of another cycle.... "Can't you tell the difference?" "What do you remember most this time?" "Oh wait, don't you know?" The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer... There is just something about this time of year which makes you want to remember days gone by....
Wish you the best on your day coming around the corner...may you have many more memorable days to come...Happy Birthday....
Hope I'm not too late with this wish! Hope you and your family are happy and doing well...Please keep me posted on your writings my friend~I love reading them! God bless you and yours, have a wonderful Birthday :) Love always your friend Kirby XXX
Hi Christoper~Just wanted to touch base with you. It's been awhile:) I hope this finds you and your family happy and doing well. Talk with you soon~XXX KIRBY
Hey there, new friend. Thank you for the friend request. I'm glad to meet you. I hope your week is a good one so far and that you and yours are well. Good luck to you and best wishes for your success and happiness.
