You can order Amelia’s book on Amazon!
Last year while we were on a family stroll, I asked my then 10-year-old daughter Amelia if she would be interested in writing a book with me. It was really just a throwaway comment; an idea just tossed out there during the walk, but never expecting it to actually materialize (mostly because of my laziness).
But the next afternoon when I got back from work, she already had a sketch of her characters. She then painstakingly wrote the story and put up with me as we went through a computer crashing, outsourcing the final illustrations and loading it up on Amazon.
But the book is finally published and available for purchase.
It tells the story of three gators – whose personalities are based on her and her two younger brothers – and how they fail individually but are able to work together to dodge a bulldog from Georgia, a coon hound from Tennessee and a Tiger from Louisiana.
She started writing the story prior to any of the coronavirus craziness that has gripped our world recently, but I love that we’re releasing the book right in the middle of the pandemic because nothing would please her more than to impact others to work together when it is easier to blame and judge others.
There’s something really special about seeing your child’s drive to succeed. Her mother and I are proud of her not because of this finished product, but because she had the bravery to tell her story and put it out there for her father’s audience.
We’d be honored if you’d buy a copy to support her. I assure you, she’s a better writer than I am.
