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Fanciful Tales & Poems for Grandchildren of Any Age
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By: Irene Rommel Heymann
Editor: Frank J. Heymann
Great read-aloud book.
Editor: Frank J. Heymann
Great read-aloud book.
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Fanciful Tales & Poems was written by the late Irene Rommel Heymann. Her husband, Frank Heymann, edited and presents her work in this book as a labor and gift of love. Irene enjoyed writing stories for her children, grandchildren, friends and family. This book is for all ages. Whimsical, quirky and endearing. The stories here will lighten your days and cause great enjoyment during bedtime readings. Every family should add this to its reading library
About the Author
Irene Rommel Heymann was born in Philadelphia in 1927, to a lower middle class family that was hit hard by the depression. Later, her father worked for the Fairmount Park Engineering Department as a surveyor, and her mother as an accountant for Gimbel’s department store. Irene (called Renee by family and friends) graduated with honors from the Philadelphia High School for Girls, and earned a full scholarship to Temple University, from which she graduated in 1949 with a major in Chemistry and a minor in English. She was not sure at first whether to major in English or Chemistry—both of which attracted her—but decided that Chemistry would be a surer path to self-sufficiency. She was the first in her large extended family to go to college, shortly followed by her younger brother. She worked in chemical research while helping to put her first husband through college. She raised three children, born in different locations because of her husband’s frequent relocations. After a divorce she returned to Philadelphia, and then moved to Arden, Delaware, while working as an analytical chemist for Allied Chemical Corp. She married her second husband, Frank, in 1969. He adopted her three children—Leslie, Christopher (Chip) and Robert (Ted). She returned to college (Univ. of Delaware) to get a teaching certificate. After several years as substitute teacher she got her “dream job”—developing and teaching courses in chemistry and nutrition in a new program for dental health students at Delaware Technical and Community College. At the same time, she took a correspondence course in Children’s Literature, to help pursue her other love—that of writing. She had to quit the teaching job at Del Tech because the relocation of Frank’s job required them to move to Orlando, Florida, in 1983. There she tutored in chemistry. However, just two years later, serious brain tumor surgery resulted in deficits that prevented her from returning to professional work. Nevertheless, she continued to live a full life within limitations, and concentrated on writing stories for her two grandchildren, as well as children of friends, which she actually had begun while still in Delaware. She also wrote short poems, and had several published in anthologies. In 2001 Irene and Frank moved from Florida to Thornton Oaks Retirement Community in Brunswick, Maine, since many vacation trips to Maine had endeared that state to them. Irene died, unexpectedly, from a massive brain hemorrhage, in January 2011.
About the Author
Irene Rommel Heymann was born in Philadelphia in 1927, to a lower middle class family that was hit hard by the depression. Later, her father worked for the Fairmount Park Engineering Department as a surveyor, and her mother as an accountant for Gimbel’s department store. Irene (called Renee by family and friends) graduated with honors from the Philadelphia High School for Girls, and earned a full scholarship to Temple University, from which she graduated in 1949 with a major in Chemistry and a minor in English. She was not sure at first whether to major in English or Chemistry—both of which attracted her—but decided that Chemistry would be a surer path to self-sufficiency. She was the first in her large extended family to go to college, shortly followed by her younger brother. She worked in chemical research while helping to put her first husband through college. She raised three children, born in different locations because of her husband’s frequent relocations. After a divorce she returned to Philadelphia, and then moved to Arden, Delaware, while working as an analytical chemist for Allied Chemical Corp. She married her second husband, Frank, in 1969. He adopted her three children—Leslie, Christopher (Chip) and Robert (Ted). She returned to college (Univ. of Delaware) to get a teaching certificate. After several years as substitute teacher she got her “dream job”—developing and teaching courses in chemistry and nutrition in a new program for dental health students at Delaware Technical and Community College. At the same time, she took a correspondence course in Children’s Literature, to help pursue her other love—that of writing. She had to quit the teaching job at Del Tech because the relocation of Frank’s job required them to move to Orlando, Florida, in 1983. There she tutored in chemistry. However, just two years later, serious brain tumor surgery resulted in deficits that prevented her from returning to professional work. Nevertheless, she continued to live a full life within limitations, and concentrated on writing stories for her two grandchildren, as well as children of friends, which she actually had begun while still in Delaware. She also wrote short poems, and had several published in anthologies. In 2001 Irene and Frank moved from Florida to Thornton Oaks Retirement Community in Brunswick, Maine, since many vacation trips to Maine had endeared that state to them. Irene died, unexpectedly, from a massive brain hemorrhage, in January 2011.