When our two sons were born, my husband Larry and I couldn’t wait to fill their shelves with books. “Library” was my favorite day of the week. I read everything I could get my hands on. And as a teen and young adult, I’d draft stories to help me make sense of the world.

As a child, I’d spend hours creating characters and adventures. First, in pictures, then, as I learned to write, with words.

It was only natural that I would learn to associate books with love.Īs soon as I could hold a crayon, I began crafting my own. Each night, she’d bring home a different book for us to share. Like many parents, my mom worked outside the home when I was a toddler. My lifelong passion for stories began on my mother’s lap. Well, let's get back to dragons, and hear directly from Jodi: The reason I first came to know David's work was because of his book, The Ring Bear, which was published by Flashlight Press! Cool beans, huh? As I've shared before, David Michael Slater was the author who helped me connect with my first publisher, Abdo Publishing Group. Today’s guest is Jodi Moore, author of a heap of dragon books, including her latest, a board book entitled, I LOVE MY DRAGON (illustrated by Howard McWilliam, Flashlight Press, 2019).įun Fact: Jodi's publisher, Flashlight Press played a role in my path to first publication. I Love My Dragon by Jodi Moore and Howard McWilliam

Make way for Dragons! And make way for another installment of Birth Stories for Books.

When a Dragon Moves In by Jodi Moore