Episode 41 of the Ideas to Books Podcast features an interview with children’s book author Katie Smith.

Meet Katie:

Katie Cruice Smith is a freelance writer, journalist, and editor. Her book, Why Did You Choose Me? is currently available on Amazon, Christian Book Distributors, and Barnes and Noble. She is currently working on a devotional book to accompany Why Did You Choose Me?

Katie resides in the Upstate of South Carolina with her husband and three adopted children. She and her husband are the founders of their church’s orphan ministry. Katie is an adoption and foster care advocate, and she and husband are licensed foster parents.

About Katie’s book, Why Did You Choose Me? :

Most adoptive and foster children struggle at some point in their life with knowing who they are and where they belong. They want to ask questions, and parents need to be prepared with an answer that helps their child feel loved and secure.

After searching for adoption storybooks to read to her own adopted children, Katie Cruice Smith decided that there was a need for more books that parents could read at bedtime to connect with their adopted and fostered children. In Why Did You Choose Me?, Katie Cruice Smith answers that question in a way that young children can understand. Drawing from her own experience as an adoptive mom to three children, Katie uses the questions her own children have asked to help them see there never really was a choice—she knew right away that they were hers.

With beautiful illustrations by artist Sarah Strickling Jones, Why Did You Choose Me? lovingly demonstrates the uniqueness that each child brings to a family.

Where to purchase this book:

* Amazon (Hardback)

* Amazon (Kindle)

* Squareup – Ambassador International

* Barnes & Noble

* ChristianBook

Connect with Katie:

* Katie’s Website

* Katie’s Facebook Author Page

* Follow Katie on Instagram

* Follow Katie on Twitter