Author Archives: Julie Stroebel Barichello

Unplugging children’s imaginations

One of the themes in SARAH & KATY AND THE IMAGINATION BLANKETS is unplugging the imagination. This doesn’t mean disconnecting from the imagination. It simply means using the imagination without the help of batteries or power cords. I grew up … Continue reading

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Book release butterflies

As a kid, the moment I finished a story I hurried to Mom or the nearest teacher so they could read it. As an adolescent and adult, I was stingier with my writing than Gollum was with his ring. (Minus … Continue reading

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SKIB cover concepts

I am fortunate to know the fabulously talented Hannah Jackson. Hannah, owner and artist at Hannahbird Illustration, is doing cover art and interior illustrations for SARAH & KATY AND THE IMAGINATION BLANKETS. About a week ago, Hannah sent me eight cover … Continue reading

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Mother knows best

I never meant to be a children’s author. Before Sarah & Katy and the Imagination Blankets, I had not written children’s fiction since I was … well, since I was a child. As soon as I reached junior high, I began … Continue reading

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