Two Boys on a Sailboat--Dos Niños en un Velero

This blog is a bit different than my usual park reviews. I have an announcement: I am now a Children's Book Author! This project started with one simple thought: "I could do better". When my older boy started spending lots of time reading some books that I found to be just ok, I thought "I could do a better job". I had no specific topics at the time, but then the theme came from my older son asking me questions about our day. He would ask me: "Two boys on a sailboat?" when I was strapping him and his brother to their carseat. I knew that he knew that it was a chair, but he was inviting me to go beyond that thought. "Si, hay dos niños en un velero" I'd respond back in Spanish, trying to keep our language alive.

So that's the origin story...Two Boys on a Sailboat (Dos Ninos en un Velero) is about the adventures of two brothers and how they go through the day using their imagination. The normal day to day activities for the mom taking care of the kids, become magical as she is invited to join the wonderful world of her sons.

I was also very intentional in including various underlying themes that came up as my curious boy kept asking questions when we brought his baby brother home. For example: Are you Camilo's (little brother) bottle? I realized none of the siblings' books we'd purchased had shown him a mom breastfeeding or his dad having time to read books with them...so those scenes are included to help normalize breastfeeding and show fathers being involved in their kids' life, among other themes.

Beyond what happens next. The most important thing for me has already happened. Two Boys on a Sailboat is on our shelf, and our boys can recognize themselves in this book :-)

Thanks for all the support. Specially @charles.russell @tracyborgmeyer @carolinadiaz @pdiaz @laura and wonderful designer @bojana for bringing my ideas to life.

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