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Illustrator Amy Houston Oler is a trained artist who has loved drawing all her life, rarely going anywhere without a sketch pad. She created her first comic strip at age ten and continued creating comics and cartoons in high school and college, graduating from DePauw University with a double major in both History and Studio Art (focus on drawing and painting). She later studied at the New York School of Visual Arts. During her time in New York, she worked for Marvel Comics, The New Yorker, and Entertainment Weekly. Amy produces all of the art for the Molly and the Magic Suitcase series by hand. She loves drawing from both imagination and reality, but her favorite thing to capture is facial expression. Her father says he recognizes her characters easily because "she's been working on them all her life."
Author Chris Oler started a freelance writing career thanks to a softball team he put together for Kaplan Professional in Chicago. His game reports were a big hit and he was soon writing freelance in the evenings for another division of the company. Chris' background includes speeches for the Indiana House of Representatives (as well as hundreds of letters), serving as an editor for Kaplan, teaching high school English and coaching students grade 5 and up. "The Molly and the Magic Suitcase series is all about the excitement and joy of discovering something new," he says. "The book is for young kids, but we wanted it to be fun for adults, too."
Reviewed by Joy Hannabass for Readers' Favorite
Molly Goes to Rome is part of the Molly and the Magic Suitcase series by Chris Oler. Molly and her brother Michael are curious about the world and where other people live, so they travel to faraway places in their magic suitcase. One night when Molly and her family were eating spaghetti, she and her brother started asking questions about where spaghetti comes from, how they eat it, and so on. Then they decide to go inside their magic suitcase, take a trip to Rome, the capital of Italy, and see what they can find out. In Rome, Molly and Michael meet a new friend named Marco, who shows them all about Rome, and answers all of Michael and Molly’s questions about spaghetti. They learn how the Italians really eat this wonderful food.
I really enjoyed reading Molly and Michael’s adventures in Rome, and I think any child K through Third Grade would enjoy it much more than me! The story is fun, interesting, and enjoyable. The pictures are colorful and eye-catching, and do an amazing job of reinforcing the story. A child could easily look at the pictures and tell the story; in fact, that is just what my four-year-old niece does. Molly and Michael’s story will help your child’s imagination soar as you read Molly and the Magic Suitcase: Molly Goes to Rome by Chris Oler to them. Add this book to your library today!
