The idea for this book started with a picture I saw in Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky by Kathi Appelt and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer. The photo revealed some bookmobile librarians working in a Louisiana bayou community. When I decided to write a generational book, I knew the story would begin there. Each story in this book has its own inspiration, including my own experience of my grandmother taking me to the Rapides Parish Bookmobile when I was a child.
If you want to read how the first story in the book came about, take a look at the Writing Tips page and hit the examples button. (You’ll need to double click on the yellow pages to enlarge them).
