Miss Montana Is a Firefighter… And Now a Children’s Book Author!
December 10, 2007 by Kelly Phillips Erb
Filed under Parenting
Miss Montana, Kristen Mantooth, has a pretty impressive resume. She’s a firefighter (two summers with the Montana Bureau of Land Management); a cross country runner; a dancer; a gymnast; a college student (English major, art minor) – and oh yeah, she’s going to represent her state of Montana in the Miss America Pageant in January.
She just added “children’s book author and illustrator” to the list.
Mantooth has recently published Danny Goes to the Doctor, which she authored and illustrated. The full-color book is written for kindergarten and grade-school kids, although “hopefully, anybody can enjoy it.”
Proceeds from sales of the book go to several charities, including the Children’s Miracle Network and its Montana affiliate, Shodair Children’s Hospital in Helena, as well as the Montana Hope Project, for which Mantooth is state spokeswoman.
“I would love to do more books,” she said, adding that her children’s book is “just the start.”
You can read more about Miss Montana on her blog.
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This book is awesome! and She’s a great gal, also! We’re all proud to have such a great representative from Montana. She has strong Christian values and morals. We wish her the best and hope everyone buys her book. I’m looking forward to the next book.