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Big Mama The World is a Playground — Enjoy it!
“A harmonious life is a balance of respect for oneself and others, family involvement, loyal and wholesome friends, spirituality, a healthy social life, and participation in the community in which one chooses to live.” ...Gwendolyn Jevita Cheatham, Ph.D. This book is a compilation of the author’s original quotes, her reflections on life, and her poetry. The literary content, herein, encompasses a variety of sentiments--from “Big Mama” offering advice to poetry that touches one’s heart. The author shares a plethora of incredible experiences from her trips at home and abroad. Her down to earth manner provides a very riveting account of a world teeming with a diverse group of people who see the world as a challenging place to live, and as a “Wonderland.” In this book, the author “tells it like it is, not like it ain’t.”
Paperback
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 Black & White Paperback, 187 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Jan 20, 2011)
ISBN10: 143271192X
ISBN13: 9781432711924
Genre: POETRY / American / General
Dr. Gwendolyn Jevita Cheatham graduated from Morris Brown College and began her teaching career in the Atlanta
Public School System. After teaching for several years, she became the Instructional Coordinator of the Booker T.
Washington High School Humanities Magnet Program. Pursuant to her interest in administration, she became an
Assistant Principal.
She received her Masters Degree in French from St. Louis University and another Masters Degree in Liberal Education
from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She also graduated from Georgia State University with a Specialist
Degree in Education Administration and Supervision, and earned her Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership at
Walden University, in Minneapolis.
Harvard University selected Dr. Cheatham as one of the sixteen educators across the United States to receive a Grant
for the study of Greek and Latin lyric. Her love of literature and zest for life inspired her to publish this extraordinary
book. 
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