Gabe lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with his parents, brother, sister, and beloved dog, Kodak. He started writing for fun as a creative outlet. After hearing of the Dream Scribers program, he was enthusiastic about learning the process of book creation- from idea to publishing. Gabriel is also a percussionist and enjoys playing the xylophone, drums, and piano, among other instruments, in his free time. He hopes to spread his love for percussion, music, and wacky creativity through his writing. Gabe plans on donating $1 for every book sold on Author Spots back to the Dream Scriber program at the end of the year, to help other young authors like himself.

Have you ever thought of what kids think of the police? Until 2020, I had not put much into that question until a viral video of a little girl popped up on my timeline. She was a young Black girl asking a White male officer if he was going to shoot them for attending a protest responding to the death of George Floyd. As tensions grow between Black communications and police from the recent events, I imagined many children being left to determine if they could trust the police. Motivated by my two nephews at the time and my recent admission into UNCC's Communication Studies graduate program, I wanted to dig deeper into this question. After several months of researching parental racial socialization and combining that with communication studies research, my Capstone project was created - a children's book! So with the strong approval from my Capstone committee, I present to you my book, "Easy Choices, Hard Choices, and Everything in Between" . With the help of my illustrator, Melea Womack, five... More

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Sebastian Morales, A.K.A. "Sebastian da C.O.O.L." has always had a passion for reading, writing & drawing. He is often found, pen in hand, working on a project. When he was in first grade, his passion led him to win first place in the "Art of Me" contest at his school. Although "Sword Guy" is his first published book, he has created countless short stories, graphic novels, and activity books. His inspiration comes from other graphic novels. He has a strong love of reading funny stories and uses humor to express himself. He wants to create nonsensical adventure comic books that make kids laugh.

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Welcome and thank you for visiting my shop! My mission is to empower children. I publish a series of guided journals designed to help kids feel more confident and valued. Each books contains a series of writing prompts that encourage self-reflection.  The books also contain a short story, poem, interview, coloring, and drawing pages. The illustrations are designed to reflect the world in which we live. They feature kids with a variety of skin tones, hair colors, hair styles, and ethnicities. There  are kids with glasses, with hearing aids, and kids who use wheelchairs.

I’m the author of contemporary women’s fiction and children’s books as well as short stories and a humor series of Foo Dog’s adventures. Learn more at www.victoriajhyla.com . Sign up for my monthly author newsletter !  Follow me on all the fun social platforms:   Link Tree   Instagram Amazon Author Page Twitter Goodreads Bookbub Facebook Facebook Reader Group Victorious Editing Services Lulu TikTok LinkedIn WESOS Network YouTube Trailers YouTube Author Foo Dog Blog More

I've had the privilege of being a hospice nurse for many years. This book will help anyone understand the program and the care that is involved.