Shelli R. Johannes, SHINE LIKE A UNICORN

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Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Children's book author Shelli Johannes joins Zibby to talk about her two most recent releases, Shine Like a Unicorn and Theo TheSaurus: The Dinosaur Who Loved Big Words. Shelli shares that although her kids are older now, the lessons her characters learn are often inspired by real things her own children have experienced. She also tells Zibby about her publishing journey, from her time self-publishing to achieving her ultimate goal: world domination, of course!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.1	If you like this podcast, you will love my new anthology called Moms Don't Have Time to Have Kids.
0:12.9	Check it out, and you'll hear from 49 authors about all sorts of things moms don't have time to do.
0:17.9	All the authors have been on this podcast. Also, check out my TikTok at With Zibby and Tracy, my other podcast Sex Talk with Zivie and Tracy.
0:25.7	Check out Moms Don't Have Time to Write on Medium.
0:28.5	And of course, my new publishing company called Zivvy Books.
0:32.3	And now back to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids.
0:36.9	Hi.
0:37.4	Hi. Hello. Enjoy my kids. Hi. Hi.
0:37.8	Hello.
0:38.4	Enjoy the show.
0:41.3	Shelley Johannes is the author of Shine Like a Unicorn.
0:44.5	She is the co-author of nine books in the Love Science Picture Book series, including
0:48.4	Cece Love Science with Kimberly Dirting.
0:50.9	She's the author of Theos Thesaurus and her newest picture book, Shine Like a Unicorn. Shelly has also written teen novels under S.R. Johannes, including The Nature of Grace series, and the critically acclaimed untraceable, rewired, and on the bright side. Shelly lives in Atlanta with her own pack of animals, a British husband, two kids, one bird, one fish, and two crazy golden doodles who
1:11.2	hate vegetables. Welcome, Shelley. Thanks so much for coming on. Moms don't have time to read bugs
1:15.6	to discuss shine like a unicorn and also the thesaurus, the dinosaur who loved big words.
1:21.9	Yes, thank you for having me. But there are a lot of big words in the unicorn book also.
1:26.0	That is true. The unicorns do like big words.
1:29.1	And also, what was Flossom?
1:31.1	I think that was my favorite word.
1:32.6	You know, I saw that a long time ago.
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