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Hobby Hub<br />
Good Reads<br />
By Rina Szwarc<br />
Missing My<br />
Best Friend<br />
Author Norma Knapp<br />
Norma Knapp grew up in western North Dakota, Idaho and Oregon.<br />
Although she is a nurse and educator by profession, she is a writer by<br />
vocation. She just self-published a book about a grieving boy, “Missing<br />
My Best Friend,” based in part on her work as an RN and a bereavement<br />
facilitator. She told <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> she’s sold 500 copies and shared insights<br />
on the book.<br />
Will this book help children?<br />
Knapp: I had a social worker tell me she’s been looking for a book like this<br />
her entire professional career.<br />
What research did you conduct?<br />
Knapp: I spent hours in the library looking at my competition. I had nine<br />
different people in four different professions -- including counselors and<br />
teachers -- give me feedback. I also read this book to children, ages 7 and 8.<br />
So how does the book stack up?<br />
Knapp: We have done two unique things. One: I wrote it from the<br />
viewpoint of the child. Two: My illustrator based her drawings on<br />
photographs of a real family. The other books contained illustrations based<br />
on images from the artists’ minds, but this book looks real.<br />
The title “Missing My Best Friend”
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