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December 31, 2009

WILSHIRE LIBRARIAN PUBLISHES CHILDREN'S BOOK

Laura Eversz

ANIMAL LOVER Sybil Blazej-Yee’s book is available for check-out at the Wilshire branch library

While Wilshire branch librarian Sybil Blazej-Yee’s book might be fiction, it’s a fact that the idea for “The Honey Boy Story” came from a real kitten that sauntered into a real library she was working at 10 years ago.

“As the library doors opened one day a tiny orange-and-white cat strutted in, its tail high in the air, waving slightly like a flag announcing its arrival,” begins the 23-page paperback picture book recently published by BookSurge, a division of Amazon.
“I wrote the story for my niece, Amy, who was six at the time,” said Blazej-Yee. Amy drew and painted watercolors for the book, and Blazej-Yee and her husband, Tally, took photos of their cats.

“I submitted it to a magazine, but never heard back, so I just put it away.”

She was on the amazon.com website this past summer when she noticed “something about publishing.” She submitted “Honey Boy” to BookSurge, and the rest is history.

In the story, the kitten eventually finds a loving home with two other cats, a man and woman (Blazej-yee and her husband). Honey Boy’s adjustment to his circumstances and the comfort he discovers unfolds with photographs of the family’s other cats.

Blazej-Yee, who holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and a master’s in library science and clinical psychology, is an animal rescue advocate. She is currently working on four more stories “all in the lost pet/animal rescue theme.” In the meantime, “Honey Boy” is selling well on Amazon.com.

“It’s been read by children of several of my friends, and one of them gave it a “four” rating, which means it has to be read to her four times in a row. I think that’s a really excellent rating system.”
Children can send their pet rescue stories to Blazej-Yee at sybilb46@yahoo.com. They wll be featured on her website: www.nose2nose.net

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