The Summer of the Robin’s Nest

About the Book

This book is about one family’s summer experience with nature. In today’s world of many electronic entertainment options, it shares a very different fun experience that was very common in the past. It portrays how important real-world experiences can and should always be for children in the future. The book describes just how much fun old-fashioned experiences can be. The author and illustrator hope that the readers feel the same after reading this book.

About the Author

The author holds a B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She has spent many years running a non-profit organization for a rare disease that two of her children have. In that capacity, she has written articles and chapters of a medical nature. Now as a mother of three and grandmother of six she has gone back to her original love of children and family to write her first children’s book. Having experienced the changes in child rearing over the years, she wrote this book for all the grandparents, parents, and children of this generation. The illustrator is the daughter of the author. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in LaCrosse with a B.A. in art and a minor in photography. She shares her mother’s love of family and children and expresses that love in very creative ways.