R. Fischer
Articles by R. Fischer
January 27, 2012
(Paola, KS) Award-winning author Rhonda Fischer will be at the Kansas Day Business Expo signing her book Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? to children. The affair is from 10:00-3:00 p.m.at the Paola Middle School on 405 N. Hospital Dr. on January 28, 2012.
Entertainment will feature Beth Tag...
February 04, 2012
Rhonda Fischer is a name you will want to remember. She is the author of the Randy Kazandy series. Randy is an adorable little boy who needs glasses. Although Randy sees two of everything without his glasses he still does not want to wear them. In fact, he does everything he can get rid of them, b...
January 24, 2012
(Overland Park, KS) I met Chocolatier Barbara Davis and tasted her scrumptious handmade chocolates at a Bridal Show in Overland Park. These are the words that surrounded my head as one piece of chocolate rolled in ginger was melting in my mouth. Rich, smooth, velvety, luscious, decadent, and sometim...
November 15, 2011
It's Randy Kazandy Time at Kiddi Kollege in Overland Park, KS
September 22, 2011
Book Review
Reviewed by Debra G. for Readers Favorite
Rhonda Fischer is a name you will want to remember. She is the author of the Randy Kazandy series. Randy is an adorable little boy who needs glasses. Although Randy sees two of everything without his glasses he still does not want to wear the...
July 31, 2011
Peter And The Whimper-Whineys
By Sherrill S. Cannon
Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN- 978-1-60911-517-3
Softcover-30 pages ages 3-8
Price- $13.00
Do you have a whiney child? Then they need to meet Peter the whiney rabbit who lives in the forest and whines from morning til night. Peter and T...
July 31, 2011
Peacock Parade
By LeeAnn Piermont Camut
Illustrated by Carolyn Boscola
Softcover- 32 pages
Printed in the USA
Peacock Parade is a darling little book about a Peacock named Percy. He is all excited about being in the Peacock Parade. Of course it is a day of showing off your talents, or selli...
July 31, 2011
Santa´s Birthday Gift
By Sherrill S. Cannon
23 pages- Softcover
ISBN 978-1-60860-824-9
Eloquent Books
Price $11.50 Ages 3-8
When reading The Christmas Story, does your child often ask ...were does Santa Claus fit into all this? Well, now we have the answer with Sherrill Cannon&acut...
July 19, 2011
National Geographic Ultimate Explorer, host Lisa Ling visits Nepal with the eye specialists of the Himalayan Cataract Project. These dedicated doctors, and those they have trained, are restoring the gift of sight to tens of thousands who need it most. High rays of sun, poverty, and poor diet have ...
June 29, 2011
(Paola, Kansas) June 30, 2011
Customer Appreciation Day will be held at Citizens State Bank on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 1600 E. Peoria Street, Paola, Kansas. The event will start at 2:00-5:00 PM. In appreciation of our customers we will be having giveaways, refreshments and drawings for a BBQ gri...
March 17, 2011
(Webster, NY) Saturday March 12, 2011 was a sad day when Dr. Robert E. Brennan of Webster passed away at the age of 77. Yes, Doctor Bee, for Brennan, was a real eye doctor. Being the author of the book Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? made this extra difficult because Dr. Bee in the story w...
April 03, 2011
Songs like Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree and Waltzing Matilda are much more meaningful to me now. Find your small reading place, and snuggle up with your child. Your adventure with Taconi & Claude is about to begin.
March 17, 2011
(Paola, Kansas) March 17, 2011. In one Optometrists office in Kansas, a little boy named Jason entered the building in tears with his mother. He was very upset and scared to get his eyes examined. The Optician quickly took the Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? book over to him and his mother r...
March 22, 2011
For Immediate Release
March 22, 2011
Review copies, high resolution photography, and interviews available upon request.
Contact: Rhonda Fischer Tel 913-294-2894
Email rfischer@whimpublishing.com
Ooh la-la de Paris Designs Randy Kazandy Character Eyeglasses that Delight Optometrists a...
March 14, 2011
Randy Kazandy hates his new glasses.
February 24, 2011
For Immediate Release
Review copies, high resolution photography, and interviews available upon request. Permission granted to read this book on the air or to call Rhonda for an on the air reading.
Contact: Rhonda Fischer Tel 913-294-2894 Email rfischer@whimpublishing.c...
February 21, 2011
Blog Talk Radio´s Robin Falls Kids Show: Stories for Children with hosts (VS Grenier, D.M. Cunningham and Kris Quinn Chirstopherson) will be chatting with award-winning author Rhonda Fischer about her award-winning book "Randy Kazandy, Where are Your Glasses?" They´ll also discuss w...
February 12, 2011
(Paola, Kansas) Three sisters that are making a difference in the small town of Paola, Kansas are pictured from left to right are Clare, Rudy and Emily Benton. They soon became part of the Team Randy started in the area. After the award-winning author Rhonda Fischer who read the Randy Kazandy, Wher...
February 12, 2011
(Kansas City, MO) A Randy Kazandy fan writes a letter to the author Rhonda Fischer after reading the delightful story of a young boy who needs to get glasses. Emily Benton a fifth grader of Paola, KS appeared with 4 other students from the Paola school district on the NBC Action News Midday Show on...
February 08, 2011
Kids love Randy Kazandy Eyewear!
February 08, 2011
Kids love Randy Kazandy Glasses!
January 28, 2011
Randy Kazandy's new line of glasses designed by Ooh la-la de Paris
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Press Release) – Jan 27, 2011 – New designer Randy Kazandy eye-wear at Ooh la-la de Paris in Hollywood, CA. Interviews available upon request.
Contact: Rhonda Fischer Tel 913-294-2894
rf...
January 20, 2011
(Paola, Kansas) A wonderful find in Paola Kansas is hairstylist LeAnne Smith. She is very personable and extremely patient with her clients. She doesn't stop until you are completely satisfied with the results. I must say that I am not easy to comply with, as I have curly hair which is very hard to ...
January 14, 2011
With tuba player dad and army-officer mom they have routine schedules on the bedroom doors for each of the children. It would read when to open your eyes, when to yawn, when to clean your room, when to eat and so on. It was fun to see that even mom had her own chart. The children especially did not like the routine chart as they were to embarking, and they had no freedom to do as they please
January 10, 2011
Babysitting Sugarpaw- A wonderful Children's book.
November 10, 2010
Sponsors in Paola for Randy Kazandy
November 05, 2010
(Rochester, NY) Meet Rhonda Fischer, author of Randy Kazandy. Rhonda will talk about writing, Randy's motto, his new line of glasses and everything he is up to. Randy Kazandy is a whimsical little guy with red hair and freckles, and he has to get new glasses. Come and hear the story and the antics R...
November 02, 2010
Randy Kazandy visits Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY
November 01, 2010
Silverberry interview
October 12, 2010
Its Randy Kazandy Time in the Orange Glory Cafe
October 06, 2010
Randy Kazandy eyewear launched in Las Vegas October 8, 2010
October 04, 2010
Tommy Emmanuel Concerts at the Midland in Kansas City, Mo.
October 01, 2010
Randy Kazandy changes the lives of children.
By Judith Gates, WP News
(Canandaigua, New York) I could feel the excitement in the air as I walked through the doors of the Canandaigua Elementary School with Giovanna Dibble, the mother of today´s author. Her daughter, Rhonda Fischer, is the autho...
September 29, 2010
Las Vegas - Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses will be for sale through Jobson Optical at the Vision Expo West in Las Vegas. A delightful book, "Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses?" is written by Rhonda Fischer and illustrated by Kim Sponaugle and its website features a range of fun and inform...
October 01, 2010
Randy Kazandy makes a difference in the life of a child
September 27, 2010
(Las Vegas) Randy Kazandy Eyewear designed by Ooh la- la de Paris, and other new lines, and launches will fill showcases in the New Product Gallery at International Vision Expo West, on October 7-9, 2010 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. Located on the exhibit hall floor of the New Produ...
August 16, 2010
A Message from Randy Kazandy, a new hero for children.
Hi! I'm Randy Kazandy. A long time ago, mom said I had to get my eyes checked because I would bump and trip on anything left out. Everyone laughed because I couldn´t catch balls. I cried a lot. I had to sit in the first row at schoo...
July 15, 2010
by Krisy Chu & WP News
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Resident and children's book author Rhonda Fischer will read her book "Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses?" and make a special presentation at the Boys and Girls Club of Fullerton on Friday.
Fischer's presentation "I Love Being Me!" is schedule...
July 04, 2010
I teach piano in my home in Paola, Kansas. I specialize in children. I teach classical, pop, swing, and musicals. Classical is my forte. I make lessons fun and exciting for my students.
My number is 949.838.6052 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
All levels, all ages.
Education:
Eastman Sc...
May 07, 2010
Top Notch Kids Glasses that Are Hip, Cool, Fun and Stupendous!
(Los Angeles, CA May 7, 2010) Randy Kazandy (children's book character) has found a wonderful home with Ooh la- la de Paris to create his funky new designer glasses for kids. Ooh la-la de Paris is owned and operated by two Doctors ...
March 28, 2010
Civil wars and corruption helped to bring down the Roman Empire. But how much was due to mad emperors? Some authorities suspect that their brains had been so poisoned by lead that they could no longer govern wisely. Romans used cheap, easy to use lead pipes for their plumbing and wine processing. ...
February 28, 2010
(Pittsburgh, PA) Fischer Capital Partners is a full-service asset management firm offering focused investment solutions to a broad base of individual and institutional clients.
Innovative Investment Strategies
Our investment philosophy is simple; generate excess returns without taking exce...
February 28, 2010
FISCHER CAPITAL TRANSPARENCY
Commitment to Ethical Transparency
(Pittsburgh, PA) Nicholas Fischer, President & Chief Investment Officer founded Fischer Capital Partners in 2006 with one idea: the key to investment success is a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental drivers of asset val...
February 17, 2010
(New York) Jobson Publishing has joined forces with author Rhonda Fischer to get her new and aspiring book Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses into the hands of Optometrists and Ophthalmologists worldwide. While this book is about a sweet whimsical little boy getting glasses for the first time, it...
February 09, 2010
(New York, New York) I never wore eyeglasses as a child. It wasn´t until I was in my mid-thirties and already writing about the optical industry for several years that I discovered I needed them. Apart from having to get used to the sensation of having a foreign object on my face, seeing the world t...
February 08, 2010
I never wore eyeglasses as a child. It wasn´t until I was in my mid-thirties and already writing about the optical industry for several years that I discovered I needed them. Apart from having to get used to the sensation of having a foreign object on my face, seeing the world through a pair of lens...
February 09, 2010
(Dallas, Texas) Author Rhonda Fischer was sponsored by Jobson Optical to attended the Kids Vision Fest in Dallas to read her story, Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? Former first lady Laura Bush was also at the event and watched as Rhonda used her musical talents with the children. During the...
February 03, 2010
Jobson Sends Randy Kazandy to Dallas!
January 30, 2010
(Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) I was lucky enough to receive a facial by Liz at the Plant Beauty in Rancho Santa Margarita. The experience of her expertise was something I should have treated myself with a long time ago.
The Signature Facial was one hour and fifteen minutes of pure ecstasy. The exper...
January 28, 2010
by James Wendell, (WPN)
(Dallas, Texas) Essilor Vision Foundation and the Kids Vision for Life Coalition hosted Kids Vision Fest. This free festival offered free eye screenings to all children ages 4 – 12, plus free exams and glasses to those who qualified. Former First Lady Laura Bush, and award...
January 12, 2010
For Immediate Release
Author of Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses will be at the Kids Vision Fest in Dallas, Texas, to read her book to the children. Rhonda will be reading at the Dallas Central Public Library on Jan.19,2010 in the morning and again at 1:20 in the auditorium. She will be t...
January 10, 2010
Rhonda Fischer stays at the Magnolia Hotel
January 05, 2010
Come for a fun day at Pretend City Children's Museum in Irvine to meet the author Rhonda Fischer. Her book Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses will be featured at the event. Free Randy Kazandy coloring pages and book marks will be handed out, and a book signing will be held after the story. Vi...
December 01, 2009
December 01, 2009
(Orange County, CA) Upcoming Kids Vision Festival in Dallas Texas on January 19, 2010 at the Dallas Public Library. On that day Essilor Vision Foundation and the Kids Vision for Life Coalition plan to give 350-500 free eye exams and new glasses to children whose families canno...
November 28, 2009
Marcus Snider smuggled some diamonds into one of the guitar cases of guitar man front man, David Seymour of the band The Fast Macks. Unfortunately before Marcus can do anything with the diamonds, David dies on the airplane and his wife inherits all his musical instruments. She sends them all off to ...
November 11, 2009
(Orange County, CA) Shalon Rogers who hosts Radio Disney will be interviewing Dr. Powers Griffin and author Rhonda Fischer on her new book Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? This book has marveled hundreds of children from New York to California, Paris, France to New Zealand. It is about a whims...
November 14, 2009
Rhonda Fischer's pitch-perfect poetry flows effortlessly throughout the book. There are deep undertones in those lyrical currents, which remind us how truly alike and different we each are. For the lyricism alone, Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? should enjoy acclaim. Like all great art, one n...
November 03, 2009
Randy Kazandy hits top 10 Childrens Book
November 02, 2009
Kim Sponaugle Children's Book Illustrator
October 30, 2009
Kim Sponaugle [picturekitchenstudio] Salem, New Jersey
ILLUSTRATION
What is your specialty in illustration?
I specialize in children's book illustration.
What are your regular clients like? What do they expect from you?
Many of my clients are self-publishing authors. I enjoy working w...
October 26, 2009
Oct 26, 2009
Kids and Glasses
Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses?, a new children's book is helping kids cope with glasses. Here is what one caring mom Nessa Mathison from Texas wrote about her daughter:
"Miss Ashley has been wearing glasses for a very long time. Born with lazy eye and nea...
October 25, 2009
Radio Disney Promotions Manager Shalon Rogers had a wonderful interview with author Rhonda Fischer on her new book Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? It will be aired this month. Along with Rhonda Fischer was Dr. Catherine Heyman, Assistant Professor at the Southern California College of Optomet...
October 26, 2009
Free Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses Book offered
October 24, 2009
Rowdy Raccoon and the Turtle Who Wanted to Fly
By Donna C. Braymer, Illustrated by Shachi Kale
ISBN 13: 978-0-9766823-7-0
Published by Sable Creek Press
32 page Hardcover
Printed in the USA
Rated 3 Stars ***
This is a lovely story about Rowdy Raccoon, Savannah Squirrel and Tommy Turtle wh...
October 14, 2009
Dr. Griffin of Laguna Niguel is sponsoring the author Rhonda Fischer to enrich the children of the Moulton Elementary School about vision and the importance of wearing glasses. The book Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? is about an adorable, fun loving, whimsical little guy getting eye glasses ...
October 06, 2009
Richard, Gilewitz, guitar, Randy, Kazandy, eyes, music, fingerpicking
September 27, 2009
Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses is a book about a little boy who doesn't like his new glasses and simply doesn't want anything to do with them. How does Randy learn to cope. Find out what funny things Randy does with his glasses? Mom is prepared to handle Randy with his glasses as she knows he...
September 20, 2009
(Costa Mesa, CA, Sept.28, WPNews) Come out to the Orange County Book Festival in Orange County California on Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 9:30-4:30 at Orange Coast College. Meet the author of Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? by Rhonda Fischer. Randy Kazandy is a book about needing glasses, an...
September 15, 2009
(Mission Viejo, CA Sepember 12, 2009) The Beachfire Restaurant in Ladera Ranch has reached out to sponsor a newly released book Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? Coupons for a Randy Roni meal that the author Rhonda Fischer helped create with the Beachfire chef were handed out to all the guest...
September 15, 2009
(Mission Viejo, CA Sepember 12, 2009) The Beachfire Restaurant in Ladera Ranch has reached out to sponsor a newly released book Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? Coupons for a Randy Roni meal that the author Rhonda Fischer helped create with the Beachfire chef were handed out to all the guests ...
September 13, 2009
A Horse of Course
By Shari Lyle-Soffe, Illustrated by Eugene Ruble
Guardian Angel Publishing
A Horse of Course is an adorable witty book brought to us by Shari Lyle-Soffe. Set in a home where a little boy named Aaron gets a pet horse for his birthday. He names the horse Horace. Aaron wants Hor...
September 14, 2009
Children's Picture Book- 32 pages, full color.
September 06, 2009
Shoemaker Brothers & David Allen Coe
September 07, 2009
(Ladera Ranch, CA September 6, 2009) The Shoemaker Brothers (Samuel, Nathanael, Gabriel, Daniel) from Washington performed at the Beachfire in Ladera Ranch, CA capturing the tender hearts of youngsters having dinner with their families. Both children and adults were amazed at how the talented Shoema...
September 03, 2009
(Mission Viejo, CA September 2, 2009) Come out for a day of fun to the Readers Festival in Mission Viejo. Authors Carol J. Amato (Stargazer Publishing Company booth) and Rhonda Fischer (Whim Publishing booth) will be reading and signing their books. The Readers Festival is the first ever put on by ...
September 01, 2009
The author of the wildly successful children´s book, Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses?, will be visiting libraries, schools and bookstores in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, Ladera Ranch, Foothill Ranch, Lake
Forest,...
September 01, 2009
Help your young patients feel good about getting their first glasses, while helping build repeat business and goodwill.
Randy Kazandy, Where Are Your Glasses? can help calm your young patient, and build repeat customers. This high quality picture book for children from three to ten (or a hundred ...