Children’s Book Release!

We interrupt this blogging hiatus to share two matters of interest.

First, we are not missing blogging yet. At least not enough. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Second, we have given birth to a second book, a children’s picture book to be exact, in collaboration with the talented Lana Kuhns, who painted the images. This particular infant of ours has been in the making for a number of years (we will draw a curtain of charity over exactly what number; suffice it to say no pregnancy should last that long) and has come to fruition now, at the turning of the tide.

What tide remains to be seen.

Our story showcases a little boy flushed with anger, a child whose life has been disrupted too many times to count and who wants the world to pay for it, though he doesn’t have the words to say so.

But boy howdy, he has the behaviors.

Who will love him for who he is?

And what if who he is keeps changing?

There are several ways to get your hands on a copy of .

1. You may buy a copy directly from me (in Meadville, PA) or Lana (in Middlefield, OH), if we are so lucky as to have you for our local friends. Direct price is $11. Hand-to-hand sales like this will be the most economical option for you as well as the most profitable for us. Just drop us an email, a text, or a Facebook message to arrange a pick up time. However, we do not ship. Sorry.
2. Bubby and the Changing Place is being handled, marketed, and shipped by Christian Learning Resource (CLR) for out-of-area shoppers. You can buy it online . Or by phone, at 814-789-4769 – just ask for item #4949. As a small bookstore, they charge shipping, which I think amounts to about $4. Please don’t let that scare you.
3. If you really hate paying for shipping, you have a third option. Find a bookstore near you that you think should carry Bubby on its shelves. Have them reach out to CLR (by website or phone) for wholesale pricing, and after a couple of weeks, go buy a copy from your local bookstore. See? Options.
4. And last but not least, circling back around to option one, come to a book signing hosted by Lana or I. I have some plans in the works. Stay tuned.

The little boy who stars in this book is entirely fictional, as evidenced by the fact that he occasionally turns into a raging red splotch. But a) he is in foster care, b) he reminds me of a few boys I’ve known, and c) for these reasons and several others, he is very dear to my heart.

When he enters your home, make a little room for him, okay?

His story makes the people I love best get teary at the end. I think that’s a win.

We hope you will like him too.

Love,

Shari