Meet Melanie Kyer – One of the 2020 PB Stars

Part 1 – Meet Melanie – She’s a German teacher by day, and the school year of course. But at any other time, she’s a writer.
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Melanie is from Southern Maine. If you’re trying to picture Maine, think New England, then go to the north-east corner of the Atlantic seaboard. Go across the border, and you’re in Canada, the nation to the north.

​Melanie has a full house – a husband, two boys, and an incredibly cute dog (her words). I wonder, what kind!

Melanie sounds busy. She cooks, plays lots of games, even online. I’m sure she plays many with
​ her boys. Melanie likes to travel, and she sounds

very musical – she sings, plays the piano, the recorder, and a few other instruments. She IS super talented!
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Her website is titled Schreibenfreude, and it’s about sharing the joy of books, words, writing, and language.  I think she’s on her way! If you’d like to learn more, visit her at https://melaniekyer.com/
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This is Melanie with one of her favorite people, Gibran Graham from The Briar Patch. He helped her with presales. That’s when you buy a book before it’s published. Why? So you can be one of the first people to read it. It’s pretty exciting for authors, and for readers.
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This is Melanie’s debut book, her very first. Your first is so exciting – for you, your family, for everyone you know. It’s a lot like your first child. You love all your kids, but there’s something special about that first one.

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December is a month full of holidays, and they come from cultures all over the world. From religions like Buddhist to Christian to Jewish, and so many more. When eight cookies from different cultures come together, there’s a scramble to be the top cookie. Thank goodness for Indian Shortbread, who pushed to make peace.

Enjoy this rhyming picture book. It’s full of recipes and facts about traditional cookies from Greece, Germany, Israel, central Africa, the US, and Mexico.

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Take a look at this map. You can find all of these countries. But to find the US and Mexico, this map would need to extend across the Atlantic Ocean.

Greece (in pink)                                             Germany (green)                                                                  Israel (red)

India (pink) I can’t see the name, but Pakistan (green) is west of India. I checked on a larger map 😊

Niger and Chad (green and yellow) are part of the continent of Africa. They’re in the north. Central Africa would be farther south.