Jacki Kellum and The Donkey’s Song Are Coming to A Bookstore Near You

Although the Release Date for The Donkey’s Song was Postponed a Couple of Times, Frances Gilbert, Editor in Chief at Doubleday for Young Readers Assured Me Today that Donkey Is on Its Way:  “We’re nicely poised for your book’s publication….” She also added the following tidbit: “…and I got some wonderful feedback from our indie…

Journeys in Literature

Tolkien may have been the greatest of the writers about journeys: In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins and 13 Dwarves venture forward “on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. Lord of the Rings – “The Quest of the Ring, also known as the Quest for Mount Doom, was the quest taken by…

Jacki Kellum Hits the Trail for Author Visits and Workhops

I am currently creating several resources which I hope teachers, librarians, Sunday School teachers, etc., might use to help children better understand what was going on during the time that Jesus was born in Palestine. While I have finally become a published picture book author, I was a teacher, a children’s librarian, a Sunday School…