Writers often draw from real life for their books.  Parents find lessons to learn and stories to tell from raising children. 
Carolyn McWilliams Brown shares, in her picture book,  All You Want and Then Some,  a situation when youngsters must share the attention of their parents, especially when a sibling has a disability.  Carolyn’s daughter Katie, as well as the whole family, learned there could be joy in their family challenge.
Mary Emma:  Your book is based on a true story.  Tell us about that.
 Carolyn:  When our daughter, Katie, was three, we welcomed the arrival of her little brother, Parker, and then eighteen …read more