Shelley's Always Got an Idea Percolating

Shelley Rotner, a New Yorker and Northamptonite, is a woman with a million projects percolating in her head. I met her while I was traveling in the Alps last year, and she told me about an upcoming children's book--her 32nd--that she was working on. It's just one of the many ideas she comes up with and often realizes into print.

She dropped off a copy of "Dogs Don't Brush Their Teeth," for me the other day, and it's become my grandson Nathan's favorite book. That's because the funny book is so simple, a four-year-old can read it to his mom.

Each page is a series...a likely doggie situation, and an unlikely one. So we see the dogs fetching balls, then we see a dog up to bat at the plate. We see a dog riding in a car, and then by God, the dog is DRIVING the car! Needless to say, to a four-year-old, these improbabilities are the stuff of wild guffaws.

I know many people in my line of work who have written books. And I know many more who say they want to write a book, or started writing a book, or some day will write a book. Shelley, with 32 under her belt, trumps them all. Congrats to her and co-author Diane deGroat for this new accomplishment!