Here's a cheat sheet to help you keep the characters in the Dragon Ponies series straight. Spoiler alert... the characters in Book 3 are included here, and that book isn't quite finished yet. Book 1: The Sword Book 2: The Shift Book 3: The Cure Capall Kingdom Princess Allie - short curly redhead, age 12 in book 1, scrappy and clumsy and loyal Eddie - tall boy age 15 in book 1 and the butt of every pony joke Queen Anabelle - Allie’s mother, knows everything going on around here King Dagamon - Allie’s father, rarely at home but always supportive of Allie Mitch (book 3) - tall, strong, male sword fighting friend Haskell the Rascal (book 3)- Young healer with crazy hair who smells like soap Allie’s dragons Smokey - small, brown dragon-pony and lead mischief-maker Midnight - small, black dragon-pony and Eddie’s preferred ride Snow - small, white and grey spotted dragon-pony who can’t handle being left behind Dragola Kingdom Princess Dana - tall, quiet blonde abo...
I’ve been a professional chemist since 2007, so what the heck am I doing writing children’s books?! :-) Over the years I’ve watched scientists try to explain their work to people and have noticed a lot of glazed eyes, looks of confusion and the ever-popular smile-and-nod. It’s surprising how many researchers struggle to simplify their subject enough that non-scientists and kids can understand. In an effort to make the real-world research coming out of our building more understandable, I started writing the Nancy Nano series. I have been completely blown away by the positive responses. Hearing kids chat about our science and answer their own questions about particles and electrons has been pretty incredible! Nancy Nano books as of 2019 Beyond science, it’s super important just to keep kids interested in reading. When our family goes camping, we play a little writing game to create a story. One person writes a few sentences, folds the paper over so that only the l...