I wear flip-flops pretty much everywhere I go. I tell everyone I named her after my great-grandmother (because that’s the mature answer), but really, I named her after my favorite princess – just so happens I got lucky and they had the same name…If I wasn’t a writer, I would work on a horse ranch – I’m an animal lover (in addition to dogs, horses are at the top of my list). Thomas)ĭog Lover who likes her pastries full of cream and sugar….oh…and I write someĪside from being an author, I am also a mom to a beautiful little girl.

In a way, I think writing this story helped remind me of how simple it really is to turn on the light…when we’re ready.Īuthor Karina Gioertz (also writes under K.S. Thankfully, I did At the time, I had recently experienced the loss of someone very close to me and I was struggling with my own darkness. The story of Little Rachel literally came to me in a dream and I woke up with the title swirling around repeatedly in my mind as if my subconscious was making sure it would stick so I’d remember it once I was fully coherent. I wish I would have purchased a signed copy while I was at the book signing event in Orlando. This book should be in every elementary school. The ending is a wonderful message of self-discovery and how fun the adventure is. When you find your light, you never have to worry about being in the dark.” Rachel awakens and finds her light. The sun smiled and said “It was easy you have to learn to shine from the inside out. The sun became brighter and was no longer hidden. The sun closed its eyes and thinks of all the things that made it happy. The sun tells her it does not need her help and laughs. Rachel wants to help the sun shine through suggests using wind. She has a dream about the sun which is blocked out by fog and dark clouds. Rachel tired and little of afraid of change and is use to her black blur. Shockingly when the flashlight was used to find her face it changes to empty space. The zebra tries to find her beautiful face with the wind, make-up, flashlight but none of those works. Her pet zebra Candy Stripe one day says I bet you have a beautiful smile and eyes under that black blur. The story is about a young girl who has no face. It made me feel all warm, tingly and best thing of all smile.

The illustrations are beautiful and add to the story. Beautiful important message for all! The story flows and I could not put it down until I finished the story. Only you can find your inner light and let it out for everyone to see. So I down loaded the book, all I can say is wow.

Her book “ Little Rachel Dark” won best children’s ages 6-8. Thomas and I won best children book awards at Turning the Pages Award Ceremony in Orlando April 26th. I met K.S Thomas(Kreina Gioertz) and her lovely daughter. Every now and then you have a book adventure better than normal.

I'm Squirrely! by Brenda Lochinger