Since my daughter was very little, my husband and I have been reading children’s books to her most every night.  In fact, my love of children’s picture grew so much during her early years after spending so many hours together at our local book store,  that I was inspired to write my own children’s book so that one day I could read it to her!  When I received the final draft of my book, Penelope the Purple Pirate in the mail,  I held it in my arms and was so excited to finally be able to read it to her that night. Her favorite part of the book is the About the Author page because…