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Carol Gordon Ekster’s first published children’s book, Where Am I Sleeping Tonight?-A Story of Divorce, Boulden Publishing, 2008, was inspired by one special former student who lived the schedule described in the book. It was an About.com Readers' Choice 2012 finalist for Best Children's Book for Single Parents. Another of her stories was in Library Sparks magazine, February 2010. Her second book, Ruth The Sleuth and The Messy Room, was picked up by Character Publishing, for their first list, and came out December 2011. It was awarded the Children’s Literary Classics Seal of Approval in 2012. When Character Publishing closed its doors, Mazo Publishers brought it back in a large print paperback edition, 2018. Her third picture book, Before I Carol Gordon Ekster’s first published children’s book, Where Am I Sleeping Tonight?-A Story of Divorce, Boulden Publishing, 2008, was inspired by one special former student who lived the schedule described in the book. It was an About.com Readers' Choice 2012 finalist for Best Children's Book for Single Parents. Another of her stories was in Library Sparks magazine, February 2010. Her second book, Ruth The Sleuth and The Messy Room, was picked up by Character Publishing, for their first list, and came out December 2011. It was awarded the Children’s Literary Classics Seal of Approval in 2012. When Character Publishing closed its doors, Mazo Publishers brought it back in a large print paperback edition, 2018. Her third picture book, Before I Sleep: I Say Thank You with Pauline Books and Media released January 1, 2015 and is going into its fourth printing. It was a Catholic Press Association 3rd place winner for excellence in publication in the children's book category, 2016. Her first e-book, Hip Hopping Books, came out spring 2015 as part of a digital library with Schoolwide, Inc. And the picture book, You Know What?, came out first in Dutch (Mama, Wist Je Dat?), December 2016 with Clavis Books, and the English version released September 1, 2017. It was a CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards Nominee for Talk (2018) and a
Crystal Kite Award Finalist, New England region, 2018. Chinese, Arabic and Korean translations are available. You can watch the book trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcobc...
Carol's book came out with Beaming Books in May 2022, titled SOME DADDIES. Her sixth book, TRUCKER KID, releases January 1, 2023 with Capstone, illustrated by Russ Cox.
Carol retired after teaching 4th grade for 35 years. She starts her day exercising and doing yoga, then works on her writing and book promotion. She loves to discuss using picture books with all elementary grade students and has presented about this at conferences. She is excited that her writing gives her another way to communicate with children.
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	Some Daddies by Carol Gordon Ekster (Goodreads Author), Carol Gordon Ekster (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TRUCKER KID by Carol Gordon Ekster (Goodreads Author), Russ Cox (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Know What? by Carol Gordon Ekster (Goodreads Author), Nynke Talsma (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before I Sleep by Carol Gordon Ekster (Goodreads Author), Mary Rojas 4.67 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Am I Sleeping Tonight?: A Story of Divorce by Carol Gordon Ekster (Goodreads Author), Sue Rama (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruth the Sleuth and the Messy Room by Carol Gordon Ekster (Goodreads Author), Jerusha L Bosarge (Editor), Kimberly Soderberg (Illustrator) 4.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jun 18, 2013 08:17PM

Thanks, C.J. And I wish you continued success with your writing!

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Hello Carol,
It's such a pleasure having you for a friend. I am looking forward to reading your work! Thank you and best wishes.
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