Update on my Latest Book Due Out Next

It’s been some time since I’ve posted to my blog and that is because I’ve been working on my next book due out in the late summer or early fall. I keep saying this is my best book yet. I guess I’m just really passionate about these books and hope that others will feel the same passion I do when they read it to their little ones.

The latest book will be about becoming a chef! I can remember with my girls when they were toddlers breaking into the cupboards in search of the largest mixing bowls and wooden spoons to play with. Sure at first they were used as musical instruments but as they grew and observed me cooking their meals they began to mimic my motions and stir up some of the most amazing, magical, imaginative dishes of their own! I tell you they tasted delectable and were one of a kind only a young child could create!

The greatest inspiration for this book is my mother. She doesn’t consider herself a chef by any means. In fact, she repeatedly told us she hates cooking. However, the food she created is by far some of the tastiest foods we have been raised on. The first words out of my girls mouths to grandma when she comes to visit is, “what are you going to cook for us today?” Well that’s not entirely true. The first words are words of how much they love and are happy to see her. Then it’s where is the food grandma?!! They quickly put their orders in and she will spend the entire day filling them!!

Unfortunately, those amazing chef like qualities did not carry through to me. They did transpire to my brother and he is in fact a chef deep down. My mother is as well, but shhhhh don’t let her hear that because we all know she hates to cook So my mother and my brother are my inspiration for, Look At Me… A Chef I Can Be!

My illustrator has been busy all day and all night reproducing the most adorable, amazing images and characters that will bring life to the pages of this book. Even if your child doesn’t aspire to be a chef, we all need to learn to cook. I will keep you posted when the book will be available for pre-sale. This is a special one to add to your children’s picture book library and I’ve included a favorite childhood recipe from my mother that even a little one could help cook up as well as a special sweet treat from her sister that has been in our family for generations.

Eat in good health!

Karean

Giving Back!

Hi again,

Giving back is something everyone should do! Even if you don’t have the financial means to give a lot, the smallest donation and kind acts of help goes a long way to those who truly need it. This week with the help of my amazing publisher Lisa at Halo Publishing we are donating 250, Look At Me… A Musician I Want To Be! books to Inner-City Arts in Los Angeles. Hoping to inspire and bring vibrancy, hopes and dreams to these young deserving children. http://www.inner-cityarts.org/index.php

I feel that a world full of music and art can make even the saddest child happy. Who doesn’t love music? Who doesn’t love colors and pictures? Even as an adult when I flip through the pages of a picture book with my daughters I can’t help but smile and take in all the beauty of the images on the page. The story is the icing on the cake. It warms my heart that we are able to bring just a little bit of this joy to some children that may not otherwise have the means or opportunity to easily enjoy. A book for most of us is an every day item, but to these children they are a luxury not easily gotten.

Remember to always give back when you can

Have a fabulous weekend!!

Karean