6:oo PM
August 15, 2023
I will be at the Parkersburg Library on Emerson Avenue
Come visit with me!
I will be talking about my books, especially
Where the Stars Grant Wishes and Mama's Memories
where do I get my ideas and inspiration?
what's true and what's not?
a little show and tell
a little reading
and questions - who has questions?
Visit the sites below on the date indicated and learn all about my MG book, Duck and Cover.
March 20, interview on the GROG BLOG about Duck and Cover.
DUCK AND COVER
Book Blurb on back cover:
After his dad dies in an accident
at work, twelve-year-old Teddy Haynes and his mom come back to live with family
in rural West Virginia. They hope to
start over, but some people say the Russians are going to blow up the United
States. How can they start over, if the world comes to an end?
He finds his life filled with talk
of bomb shelters, a cat and dog that don’t get along, clinging two-year-old
twins and a pretty girl he’s too shy to talk to. To help cope with their
fears, Teddy and his friends convert an old cave in the woods into a bomb
shelter. Will they be able to work
together and pull through the tense-filled months during the Cuban Missile
Crisis in the fall of 1962? And will Teddy be able to overcome his grief from
the loss of his dad?
The author, Janet F. Smart, lives
in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is the mother of three grown boys. She enjoys
writing for children, bringing her thoughts, dreams and imagination to life.
When not outside enjoying nature, she sits at her writing desk, her inner child
flowing onto the paper. A flicker of a childhood memory was the inspiration for
this novel.
