When I started writing my Lae Lae books ten years ago I wanted to make them special and to talk about issues in a fun way for young readers - issues that I thought kids everywhere could relate to and that are important in creating a wonderful world for all. I wanted to encourage children to be "sensitive", to each other, to Mother Earth and to all of the creatures who live with us in Mother Earth's world. As my grandson Enzo says, "It's good to be sensitive because it means that you care; if you don't care, then you are empty inside."
Although only in English at this time, the books are international in focus and encourage the "oneness of children everywhere". I have read them in several places in the U.S. and, with a translator, to the Quichua children in Ecuador and I would like to do more with children in other countries.
When I received a message recently from a Canadian father staying in my short term rental in Sedona, AZ, saying that his little daughter was enjoying my Lae Lae books that I had left onsite for families with small children, I was thrilled. I have games and activities in the books and her dad said that she was really enjoying the activities. He took a photo of her reading one of the books, and when the family left, I sent the books home with her. She is now my little Canadian "Lae Lae" friend.
Although I am not currently writing another book, I plan to do so soon and I continue to blog on the Lae Lae website. I write a blog approximately every other week and I have so much fun doing it. My blogs cover many topics and, sometimes, if I am in a "funk" with my own daily activities, just writing about things that I think are important makes me feel like I am doing my small part in creating a positive world. I invite you and your children to enjoy them.
I research and get my topics from everywhere and I have been doing it since 2014. Some blogs are about fun kid projects to make or do, some are meaningful family memories and many are about issues that are affecting our environment, our animals and our biological resources, all with children in mind. I welcome suggestions of what to write about that will appeal to children like Lae Lae's new friend from Canada who is shown reading a Lae Lae book about making a new friend from another culture. Have a great day and remember to look at life with the "sensitive" heart of a little child.
When I received a message recently from a Canadian father staying in my short term rental in Sedona, AZ, saying that his little daughter was enjoying my Lae Lae books that I had left onsite for families with small children, I was thrilled. I have games and activities in the books and her dad said that she was really enjoying the activities. He took a photo of her reading one of the books, and when the family left, I sent the books home with her. She is now my little Canadian "Lae Lae" friend.
Although I am not currently writing another book, I plan to do so soon and I continue to blog on the Lae Lae website. I write a blog approximately every other week and I have so much fun doing it. My blogs cover many topics and, sometimes, if I am in a "funk" with my own daily activities, just writing about things that I think are important makes me feel like I am doing my small part in creating a positive world. I invite you and your children to enjoy them.
I research and get my topics from everywhere and I have been doing it since 2014. Some blogs are about fun kid projects to make or do, some are meaningful family memories and many are about issues that are affecting our environment, our animals and our biological resources, all with children in mind. I welcome suggestions of what to write about that will appeal to children like Lae Lae's new friend from Canada who is shown reading a Lae Lae book about making a new friend from another culture. Have a great day and remember to look at life with the "sensitive" heart of a little child.
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