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Monday on June 17th Author Dr. Aaron Chokan will be Our Guest on The Stories for Children Show at Blog Talk Radio

 Join Host Virignia S Grenier as she talks with Halo Publishing's debut children's book author Aaron Chokan.

Dr. Chokan has been a successful, practicing foot and ankle specialist for 10 years.  Currently, he is owner and founder of Ohio Foot and Ankle Center with 4 locations in Northeast Ohio.  He lives in Hudson, Ohio with his loving wife and 5 children: Hunter, Reece, Finlay, Calais and Lucia and their dog Paisley.  Dr. Chokan is an avid golfer and tennis player.

You can find out more about Dr. Aaron Chokan, his picture book series and World of Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/clmogvy

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Facebook http://facebook.com/lailaiandchubchub

The Adventures of Lai-Lai and Chub-Chub is a sweet picture book series about friendship and growing up.
ISBN-10: 1612441505
ISBN: 9781612441504 Hardback
Written by Dr. Aaron Chokan
Illustrations by Amy Rottinger
Genre: Picture Book
Halo Publishing, Int.

Show link http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork/2013/06/17/stories-for-children-show-with-debute-author-aaron-chokan
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