In October of 2022, two new children's books hit the market. Focusing on 3rd through 6th grade students, these fantasy mystery books are geared to keep young readers interested without losing focus on the lessons embedded into the stories. I liken them to a "Peter Pan" effect. Adults will see the lessons contained, and kids will see the fun in them.
Sara grew up in Fertile, Mn in a rural setting before moving to Minneapolis to attend school for physical therapy. There she met her husband Andrew on a blind date. "It was love at first sight," she said. They now live in Mantorville with their 3 children. Andrew is a chiropractor in Dodge Center, and Sara works for Mayo Clinic in Rochester doing research, and she just opened a physical therapy practice in Kasson. Rise Up- Mind, Body, Strength is a physical therapy and health coaching business located at 13 W Main in the Kasson mini mall, inside Main Alternatives. Main Alternatives focuses on just that--- Alternative Health Practices. There are 3 massage Therapists, 1 Reiki practitioner, and Sara as a doctor of physical therapy.
With all she has going on in her life, I asked her what prompted her to write children's books. "I was noticing the kind of books my kids were bringing home from school. They were all about burps and farts and silly things. I wanted my children to have access to books that were not only fun to read, but taught life lessons in a magical way." So she decided to write a trilogy with these concepts intact.
The first book, called The Magic of Massa, is about conquering the fears in life that hold us back. As Sara writes on her back cover, We each face dragons in our own life. It may be the bully on the bus, or the mean kid on the playground. How we face our dragons defines our lives. Our future is defined by either successfully slaying our dragons or by running away from our dragons and letting fear rule our lives."
In the book, a dragon captures the main character's twin sister, and he must go through trials and tribulations to save her from the dragon. In the second book, Unsliming Astrow, they must work as a team to rescue their dog from a slime covered monster called Gobster, in a magical slime covered land. Again, they have tasks to do, and lessons to learn in order to save their beloved dog. Her third book will be the last of this fun and entertaining trilogy.
Sara and I chatted about what it takes to author a book. She likes to begin with an idea, draw up an outline, write the words, and do the editing at the end. She says, "God wouldn't put an idea in your head unless you were supposed to write it." Once the book is written, the quickest way to get it out to the public is to self-publish it. This can be done through several channels, and Sara chose Amazon. She used a program called Kindle Direct Publishing.
If you would like to take a look at her book online, you can go to her author page on Amazon by going to https://www.amazon.com/author/saraklein, or you may go to Bibliobooks and read her stories for free at http://library.biblioboard.com/content/dfbfac63-de57-4a64-87ee1498b422.
To purchase your own copy, go to Amazon.com. Here's looking forward to book #3!
