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Caren Cantrell is an author who writes both children's picture books and non-fiction works on topics that are important to her. She is also the owner of 102nd Place LLC where she specializes in helping authors to self-publish.
In her writing life, Caren is currently focusing on the children's market. She has started an educational line of photo picture books under the pen name Matthew Taylor. These Planet Discovery Books for Kids are targeted to those 6 to 9 years old. She is also working on several picture books to delight and amaze her two young grandchildren.
Caren lives in Scottsdale, Arizona where she enjoys playing golf with her husband, hiking the desert mountains. She is dedicated to improving children's literacy in the state through her work with Southwest Human Development.
Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
It’s a big scary world out there, but sometimes the lure of the unknown is just too powerful to resist. Especially for a sock! Imagine the life of a sock: always stuck on someone’s foot inside a smelly shoe, day after day. Then tossed into the washing machine and then the dryer, only to be put back on that foot again and stuck inside that smelly shoe. Not much of a life. For Annie, the one of a pair of Harrison’s special sports’ socks, Argyle socks to be precise, there is a powerful urge to see, to really see what lies beyond. And besides, there’s a fair in town. She tells her partner, Andy, that she’s going to grab her chance to see the fair and no one’s going to stop her. So out she goes through the dryer vent and into the big world of wonderful and often scary things.
Caren Cantrell’s charming picture book story, Annie Argyle's Amazing Adventure, is a pleasure to read. The illustrations are bold and colorful and truly complement the story. But it’s Annie’s story that will capture the reader, both young and old. Annie, the sock, speaks to all of us who wonder what lies beyond and if the grass is really greener on the other side. There is a hidden message in this story as Annie’s adventure unravels: be careful what you wish for. Young children may think they know what they’re doing and they may believe that an adventure is safe enough to explore on their own, but sometimes all of us, young and old, need to hold back on these urges and think things through before boldly plunging into the great unknown. Annie learned her lesson and her story ends happily, but sometimes entering the unknown adventure solo can be terrifying and dangerous. A good lesson well taught, and a delightful story as well.
