Benji Cole of CBS Radio interviewed Sandy Haney League, author of “Ash! From The May 18, 1980, Explosion Of Mount St. Helens”
Sandy Haney League, author of “Ash! From The May 18, 1980, Explosion Of Mount St. Helens,” shared her experience in writing her masterpiece in an interview with Benji Cole of CBS Radio.
People of Distinction is one of the most extensive and wide-ranging radio shows in the United States. Hosted by Benji Cole and Al Cole from CBS Radio, People of Distinction is the right fit for authors who want to increase their exposure to readers. The radio program airs on Apple’s iTunes Radio Network (Professional News/Talk), featuring CBS Radio, Fox News, NPR, and C-Span.
For Sandy Haney League, being a mother and a Christ-follower are the most important roles she has, which both lead to a career in teaching. She has a master’s degree in education, specializing in reading. She also taught first grade in Basin City, Washington, for nearly three decades.
Sandy also taught in Sunday school at the local Baptist church and was also a leader for a puppet ministry, which included writing scripts for her group to perform.
“Ash! From The May 18, 1980, Explosion Of Mount St. Helens” by Sandy Haney League follows the author’s family’s experience with Mount Saint Helen’s explosion in 1980. It presents the story of five-year-old Charissa, who is looking forward to a fishing trip with Grandpa and the rest of the family. Everything is going well, but not until a huge storm appears on the horizon. Ashes started falling from the sky, turning day to night.
This narrative is a true story of the impact the massive ash fallout had on the author and her family, who lived directly in line with the fallout zone.
This narrative was highly praised by Toby Berry of the US Review of books, highlighting that “This book is a riveting blow-by-blow account, but it also explains the natural science experiment of regrowth that resulted from the unique volcanic eruption. Perhaps reading about it will inspire the next generation of population biologists or, at the very least, inspire a family field trip. Every elementary and middle school library should have this book. Children will not only have so many questions about the eruption itself but also about the days before cell phone photographs, streaming services, and the Internet. This intriguing look back at a significant event of the twentieth century educates its audience on more than one front.”
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