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Shannon Dill is the Author of Little Puddles-
Adventure's with PJ Series.
Shannon love’s writing children’s picture books, Juvenile Fantasy, and Fiction. Little Puddles is her first Children’s Picture Book with many more to come. She loves writing for children and is hoping to break out into Y.A. Fiction later on. Storytelling and playing with kids is the best perksfor being a Children’s Book Author.
Shannon was Published in a Poetry book when she was 14 and has been writing ever since. A total of 25 years all together. She took a course in Writing for Children and Teens with The Institute for Children’s Literature.
Shannon is currently working on her BA in English Literature
and Professional Writing. She loves children and has 3 of her very own. She has a son 19, and 2 daughter’s 14 and 12, She’s a big Advocate for gardening,storytelling, rainy days, puddle jumping, and homemade Hot Cocoa whenever she can. She’s a big kid herself and makes sure to find the fun and joy in everything she can.
Reviewed by Lois J Wickstrom for Readers' Favorite
Little Puddles by Shannon Dill, illustrated by Chris E Hammond, is about a little man named PJ who lives on a little island, in a little house in a little town, named Littleton, and has a little garden. But then he gets a big idea. Shannon Dill has a fine sense of humor and Chris E Hammond has a matching sense of design. Readers will get a good giggle out of the idea while at the same time they’ll hope that PJ has more ideas to keep his life fun. (The author is working on sequels.) The typeface layout emphasizes the fun. The pastel colors blur when PJ spins his umbrella. The art pulls the reader into the story.
This story is as gentle as A.A. Milne’s Pooh stories and just as silly. The author and artist clearly enjoy innocent humor and sweetness, much like Mac Barnett did in The Skunk. By choosing an adult to portray the action in a children’s picture book, Shannon Dill added an extra layer of humor. It’s fun to see adults enjoying doing childish things without being criticized. I hope that children, and the adults who read this story to them, take the next opportunity to enjoy puddles just as much as PJ does. Fun is all around us if we choose to play. I know this phrase is often used to mean “Get lost” but in the spirit of this story, I mean this in the very best way: “Go jump in a puddle.”
