A Chat with Lisa Varchol Perron, Childrens' Book Author and Lover of Patterns

Lisa Varchol Perron has written children's poetry for numerous anthologies and magazines (including Highlights Hello, High Five, The Caterpillar, Blast Off, and Countdown). Her debut picture book, Patterns Everywhere (Lerner/Millbrook), about patterns in nature, will be released next spring, and she has additional publications scheduled for 2023, 2024, and 2025. She often finds inspiration when exploring outdoors with her two children and husband, an earth and planetary scientist. With training in child and adolescent development and over fifteen years of experience as a mental health clinician, Lisa is passionate about creating books that spark curiosity and respect young readers' abilities to comprehend, learn, and grow. Mel Rosenberg is a professor of microbiology (Tel Aviv University, emeritus) who fell in love with children's books as a small child and now writes his own. He is also the founder of Ourboox, a web platform that allows anyone to create and share awesome flipbooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices