{"id":288816,"date":"2018-11-19T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=288816"},"modified":"2018-11-19T06:06:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T20:06:25","slug":"rayphand-debuts-childrens-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/rayphand-debuts-childrens-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Rayphand debuts children\u2019s book"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_288822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288822\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Rayphand-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Rayphand-pix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"905\" class=\"size-full wp-image-288822\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ex-San Vicente Elementary School teacher James M. Rayphand has a new children\u2019s book, A Good Farmer, inspired by the experiences of his 6-year-old son. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former San Vicente Elementary School teacher James M. Rayphand has debuted a new children\u2019s book, A Good Farmer, that was inspired by the experiences of his 6-year-old son. <\/p>\n<p>As he describes it, A Good Farmer is \u201ca heartwarming portrait of a shared life between father and son as seen against the backdrop and chronology of the annual seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rayphand hopes that this book, which he self-published, will find its way to many homes as it intends to highlight parental love, help readers identify with the characters and find enjoyment in the process. \u201c\u2026I&#8217;ve been working on it for a while and never thought I could be so proud of a children&#8217;s book as I am of this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tend to be overly sentimental with anything that has something to do with my children as the book is semi-autobiographical.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The book is also in collaboration with his mother, Jeanne Rayphand, who is a lawyer. \u201cShe dabbles in painting as a hobby. \u2026I think there is something ironic (if not outright special) about a mother-and-son duo writing a book about a father-and-son relationship,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>A Good Farmer is listed and available on amazon.com at https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Good-Farmer-Mr-James-Rayphand\/dp\/1979286590\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1542242421&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=james+rayphand.<\/p>\n<p>The book is an easy read as it contains only 32 pages. Rayphand said this book can also be a souvenir that can be passed from one generation to another.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a 6- and an 8-year-old now who loves reading the book with me before bed\u2026 I  hope to be able to make it available at our local stores on Saipan in the near future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former San Vicente Elementary School teacher James M. Rayphand has debuted a new children\u2019s book,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":288822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4446,21],"class_list":["post-288816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-jeanne-rayphand","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}