On October 8 I will be hosting a live virtual reading of my first children’s book, A World of Possibilities.
Ever since having our child, Caleb, I have wanted to write a story about a question adults often ask young people: What do you want to be when you grow up?
It can sound harmless. Sometimes it is. It can also ask a child to audition for a future they have not lived yet. I wanted a gentler way to sit with that question. Not a lecture about careers. A walk.
In the book, five-year-old Anna does not know what to say. There are too many things she would LOVE. So her grandfather takes her through town to ask the baker, the dressmaker, the cook, the shoemaker, the florist, and the bookseller why they do what they do. Their answers are not job titles. They are small lessons in curiosity, wonder, and appreciation. By sunset Anna learns she does not have to choose just one path. She gets to stay curious.
I would love to read it with you.
Bring kids. Bring grandparents. Bring anyone who still wonders. We will walk the town together, and I will leave time at the end for questions.
I hope you will come.
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