Annabelle King was raised in a home that valued books. Like many homeschool families, their house overflowed with books of all sorts, from brightly colored picture books to old, thick classics with tiny print. Any books they didn’t have were made up for by weekly trips to the library.

But although she practically lived and breathed with books from a young age, it wasn’t until her early teen years that she began to fall in love with reading on her own. During the summer of 2020 she found much more within their pages than mere entertainment. She found value and a new outlook on life.

Sprawled out in her yard in the heavy warmth of a Georgia summer, she met with books such as Little Women, A Wrinkle in Time, and Anne of Green Gables for the first time, and she has never looked at stories the same way since. These were books which opened her mind and revealed beauty in new ways.

She has worked on stories of her own ever since, always guarding a special place in her heart for children’s literature. After all, it was children’s literature which first began her love of reading all of those years ago.

Annabelle King is currently in the midst of bringing her debut children’s novel to life. Join her newsletter for updates and to get her three children’s book recommendations.