I love watching my kids grow into such amazing and unique human beings. What’s your favorite thing about being a mom? I have four amazing kids-one girl and three boys. You’re a mama! How many kiddos do you have and how old are they? I love everything about living in this city, but I do miss the mountains! We moved here for my husband’s job just after graduating from college and quickly put down roots. I have lived in Chicago (Hyde Park neighborhood) for fifteen years. I was born and (mostly) raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Where are you from originally? What city do you live in now? What brought you here? zle) has been surviving quarantine life under one roof with four kiddos ages 2 to 16, how in the world she continues to write through the chaos, fave apps that help make that possible, and sound advice to any mom who wants to start writing.We love local authors and thus, we are excited to introduce her to you! The Hyde Park mama of four kids has her hands full juggling e-learning, writing and publishing her book series! Learn about how Liesl (pronounced Lee Today’s Meet a Mom feature is children’s author, Liesl Shurtliff! I first met up with Liesl at my big kid’s elementary school during a book reading and signing. To date, we’ve feature just under 100 women, woah mama! And don’t miss Liesl Shurtliff’s other fairy tale retellings: JACK: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk and RED: The True Story of Red Riding Hood.Welcome to Chicago North Shore Moms Meet a Mom series where we feature our local mamas – what they’re up to personally and professionally. The odds are against him, but with courage and friendship-and a cheeky sense of humor-he just might triumph in the end.Ī Texas Bluebonnet finalist and winner of the ILA award for middle grade fiction, RUMP is perfect for fans of Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted or Adam Gidwitz’s A Tale Dark and Grimm. To break the spell, Rump must go on a perilous quest, fighting off pixies, trolls, poison apples, and a wickedly foolish queen. With each thread he spins, he weaves himself deeper into a curse. His best friend, Red Riding Hood, warns him that magic is dangerous, and she’s right. Rump discovers he has a gift for spinning straw into gold.

In a magic kingdom where your name is your destiny, 12-year-old Rump is the butt of everyone’s joke. But when he finds an old spinning wheel, his luck seems to change.

This funny fractured fairy tale goes behind the scenes of Rumpelstiltskin. New York Times bestselling author Liesl Shurtliff “spins words into gold'.

RUMP: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin

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