Local author captivates children

By Joan Janzen

A group of a dozen youngsters were captivated as they listened to stories shared by a local author at the Kerrobert Library on Thursday afternoon, September 7th. Saskatchewan author Margy Reid was invited to the library to read tales from her children’s books, thanks to the sponsorship of the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild.

Local Saskatchewan author, Margy Reid shared her stories with children at the Kerrobert Library on Thursday afternoon, September 7th. Photo: (submitted)

Margy writes books for all ages, including stories for little ones. Her books for youngsters include Lexi’s Magic Clothes, Flitflee Flanderfoodle, A Crazy Day, Tags Go In The Back and Alfred Dinglewiggle. In the last book listed, Reid pens a story about a boy who figures out if he stops trying to not listen, and do the opposite of what people want him to do, he may have a bit of fun. It offers a great learning experience for children.

Margy is a familiar face in the area, having been born in Macklin, growing up on a farm near Denzil, and now residing in Milden, Saskatchewan. She had three older siblings and three younger siblings, and always loved kids, chaos and noise. Which may help explain her book entitled ‘A Crazy Day’, about a boy with a big imagination filling his day with all kinds of adventures.

As soon as she was old enough, she couldn’t wait to begin babysitting. And by the age of twenty, she was a wife and mom, giving birth to four daughters before she was twenty-five years old. As a stay-at-home mom she opened a day home, and has had the privilege of being surrounding by children all her life. When her children left the nest, she finally had time to pursue her dream of writing children’s books.

Once again, Margy was surrounded by some of her favourite people, as parents brought their youngsters to the library to listen to the author share her stories. Margy was kind enough to leave a copy of each of her books for patrons at the library to check out.