READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Vol. 1 Issue 4 October 2013 | Page 68

Anna Othitis

& Captain Frankie
Living most of my life in
Zimbabwe, now settled in Wanaque
New Jersey, we immigrated to the
U.S. from Zimbabwe about 12 years
ago. Born in Greece, we moved to
Zimbabwe with my family as an infant,
where a few years ago left for the U.S.A.
due to political turmoil, and fortunate
to give our three sons more educational
opportunities in lands of opportunities.

I was inspired by my vast
experiences in Africa and by the
many beautiful places that I and my
family have visited over our life
time in Zimbabwe.
I have authored our new children’s
book recently launched, that "flies"
children around the world and at the
same time teaching them about
some of its most famous
destinations in the world. My recent
visit to Niagara Falls State Park in
New York over the summer which is
one of the famous destinations
featured in my educational, fun and
inspiring book “My First Travel
Book” for children between the ages
of 3 and 10 also featuring my home
country and land with Victoria Falls
of my native
Midlands Military Museum Rural Wooden Aeroplane

Rhodesian/Zimbabwean heritage.
Our book is written in a fun rhyming
format featuring beautiful and very real

illustrations of our destinations
with educational experience for
the young readers, with
lessons in history and
geography on these famous
destinations.

Authored together with
our son Frankie we
wrote and edited the
book released through
Tate Publishing. The
amazing creation,
which stands in the
Military Museum
in Gweru,
Zimbabwe, was
one of my
inspirations to
write my cute
children’s book this
sculptured by a fellow rural man
from sticks and small tree trunks, an
image of a aero plane which he saw
flying in the skies, not often seen in
Zimbabwe’s remote areas, like a
huge bird in the skies. I and my
family have in the past great
opportunities in visiting many
destinations around our beautiful
earth and world of such natural
nature which we and our children
have to preserve and appreciate,
taking care of our environment is of
the outmost importance. My book
features “Captain Frankie” himself,
training to become a commercial
pilot and flying his Angelic Airlines
flying angel to such majestic
destinations, all of these hold
special significant memories to our
family and with my book to pass on
these experiences to our Our
wonderful, lovely children of our

beautiful world who can now travel
and experience them through our
beautiful well illustrated and
informative book “My First ravel
Book” with our friendly “Captain
Frankie” to enjoy, reading and
learning on their
parents/grandparents laps.
Follow up with our series is ready
to be published soon on so many
more beautiful land marks that
we travel to.
Let us all take care of our
amazing environment so that we
do not spoil our beautiful
miraculous earth and wonderful
world with its beautiful living