Writing for Community : Shirley Thacker (Author)

Lessons I Learned from My Students: Memoir of Teaching Forty-Two Years

• Audience : Upper Elementary through adult
• Topic : Cherita Poetry, stories, Psalms
• Includes space to journal your thoughts and story
• Proceeds Benefit : Wes-Del Schools

Red Chevy in Heaven?

• Audience: Grades 2 to middle school
• Topic : dealing with grief
• Includes space to journal your thoughts and story
• Proceeds Benefit : Grateful Rescue and Sanctuary

We All Need

• Audience : Ages 1- 7
• Topic : Animals and humans need the same things
• Proceeds Benefit :
  Grateful Rescue and Sanctuary

Surviving the Journey

• Audience : High school and Adult
• My travels with Rich’s illness and the grief I have felt when he passed away.
• Space to journal your thoughts and story
• Proceeds Benefit :
  IU Cancer Research/Dr. Lawrence Einhorn

Farm Animals: Art, Poetry, Photos

• Audience: any age group
• Topic: Farm animals shown through art, poetry, and photos
• Includes space for the reader’s personal farm animal connection
• Proceeds go to :
  Coffee Club for Veterans and
  Project Zero: A plan to house homeless veterans

You Are Somebody

• Audience : Grades 7 and above
• Topic: bullying and teen suicide
• Space to journal your thoughts and story
• Proceeds Benefit :
  Wes-Del Elementary for student activities and food

Buzz Wears a Magical Vest (grades 1-5)

• Audience : Grades 1 to 5
• Topic : We all experience sad emotions, sharing helps
• Proceeds Benefit :
  Brighter Path, Inc for equestrian therapy for children and adults