A 42 year veteran of 1st grade self publishes!

by Shirah Penn, M.Ed.
(Weston, FL, USA)

Cover of the first book

Author of the Gramma Shirah books.

When I retired from 42 years as a teacher I missed being with little kids. I decided to write my book Gramma Shirah Says Words of Wisdom.

This book was originally written with the children in my classroom doing the illustrations. They were sayings that I told the children many times. After I retired I was fortunate to attract (The law of attraction) a wonderful artist who liked my book and said she would illustrate it. Not only that, she knew a printer in Venezuela.

So we worked together to create this book that was printed in Venezuela. I was able to create my business and website to market and distribute the books.

We created a downloadable workbook to go with the purchase of the book. I was able to go into the elementary schools to read the book to children while talking about the importance of self-esteem and taking care of each other's self-esteem.

My second book was printed out of Ohio through Bookmaster Co./Atlas Books. This got too costly, so we now are marketing only on the internet through Joysong Creations. I would love for my book to be picked up by a publisher who could create a larger market. Meantime I am having fun using these blogs and networks for reaching out to others.

Love Gramma Shirah

Visit Gramma Shirah's website, JoySong Creations.