Meet Clara Stevenson
I recently had the pleasure of meeting a local children’s book author, Clara Stevenson. Clara was born here in Woodstown back in the 1920’s. Reading has always been one of her greatest joys and from an early age, she knew she wanted to be a writer.
In 1945, Clara lived and worked in Philadelphia and was enrolled in an evening journalism class at the University of Pennsylvania. World War II had just ended and the class was overflowing with servicemen who were attending under the GI Bill. The professor was a veteran of the First World War and so the wars became the topic of discussion. Clara was young and in a hurry to get on with her life, so she dropped out and started her family. Many years passed and she found herself retired and widowed and back in her beloved hometown of Woodstown. She thought of her dream of long ago and asked herself, “If not now, when?” and then she began to write.
Clara actually “discovered” me from reading a press release about http://www.discoversalemcounty.com/. She contacted me through my company website , Websketching, and asked me to design a website to promote her books – 13 in all at the time of this publication. I was delighted to learn that one of her books, “What Do You See When You Look at a Tree?” used Salem County as the setting and mentions the Salem Oak, the Leni-Lenape Indian history , and other places of interest in Salem County.
As part of my research before designing her website, I went to visit Clara. Over a glass of iced tea, we talked about her books and about her cat, Casey, the star of “The Story of KC-The Cat Who Lived in a Shelter.” She gave me several of her books to take with me to read later and I was on my way.
I found Clara’s books to be beautifully illustrated and very good reading. I loved reading about Salem County in “What Do You See When You Look at a Tree?” and the story of how KC became Casey in “The Story of KC-The Cat Who Lived in a Shelter” will make your heart a little bigger.
Clara Stevenson will be signing her book “What Do You See When You Look at a Tree?” at the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Library on Saturday, July 19th from 10am-12pm. For more information, please visit her website, http://www.clarastevenson.com/
Christine DeGraff is a partner at www.Websketching.com and co-developer of www.DiscoverSalemCounty.com, a grassroots website designed to help promote Salem County to both tourists and residents alike.
In 1945, Clara lived and worked in Philadelphia and was enrolled in an evening journalism class at the University of Pennsylvania. World War II had just ended and the class was overflowing with servicemen who were attending under the GI Bill. The professor was a veteran of the First World War and so the wars became the topic of discussion. Clara was young and in a hurry to get on with her life, so she dropped out and started her family. Many years passed and she found herself retired and widowed and back in her beloved hometown of Woodstown. She thought of her dream of long ago and asked herself, “If not now, when?” and then she began to write.
Clara actually “discovered” me from reading a press release about http://www.discoversalemcounty.com/. She contacted me through my company website , Websketching, and asked me to design a website to promote her books – 13 in all at the time of this publication. I was delighted to learn that one of her books, “What Do You See When You Look at a Tree?” used Salem County as the setting and mentions the Salem Oak, the Leni-Lenape Indian history , and other places of interest in Salem County.
As part of my research before designing her website, I went to visit Clara. Over a glass of iced tea, we talked about her books and about her cat, Casey, the star of “The Story of KC-The Cat Who Lived in a Shelter.” She gave me several of her books to take with me to read later and I was on my way.
I found Clara’s books to be beautifully illustrated and very good reading. I loved reading about Salem County in “What Do You See When You Look at a Tree?” and the story of how KC became Casey in “The Story of KC-The Cat Who Lived in a Shelter” will make your heart a little bigger.
Clara Stevenson will be signing her book “What Do You See When You Look at a Tree?” at the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Library on Saturday, July 19th from 10am-12pm. For more information, please visit her website, http://www.clarastevenson.com/
Christine DeGraff is a partner at www.Websketching.com and co-developer of www.DiscoverSalemCounty.com, a grassroots website designed to help promote Salem County to both tourists and residents alike.
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