Jim Munroe’s journey to writing children’s books began 25 years ago, when his daughter had trouble learning to read. He had already written hundreds of poems in rhyme and knew that it was a fun way to form new words out of just one simple word like the word…at. During this time, Jim began seeing funny things while shopping or watching tv or surfing the internet. These funny things turned into book ideas and once the idea took hold, a story began to unfold. He tested the stories on his daughters and many of his friends who had young children and they all said the same thing. “These are funny!” “My kids loved it!” “Where are the illustrations?” From there, more ideas and stories formed and in 2006, Jim joined the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)