MaryTherese Grabowski

It's here!! The sixth book in the Spirit of America series is now available.

"Congress Has a Library" takes readers beyond the notion that a library is boring. America and her dog Liberty are in search of something larger than life because of a homework assignment. Hold on to your hats!! Liberty talks in America's dream, and four new furry friends who belonged to our past U.S. Presidents assist in the tour of the world's largest library in Washington D.C.. The famous First Dogs, George Washington's Mopsey, Garfield's Veto, Clinton's Buddy and Nixon's Vicky are a hilarious addition in the quest to find "The Special Place" in our Library of Congress. This patriotic adventure is educational and entertaining plus it just might spark a little patriotic pride in one of the gems of the United States. Prepare for a future road trip to our nation's capital- it's free to tour our Library of Congress.

Other patriotic adventures in the Spirit of America series include:

A special edition book to this collection.... a coffee table seasonal book sure to inspire every red blooded American. This book was inspired by Clement Moore's famous poem from 1823, "A visit from St. Nicholas", aka "T'was the Night Before Christmas"... We give you "THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA". Christmas in America is a blessed time and our nation has gifts beyond measure. We invite you to enjoy the patriotic version of that famous poem!

The first four books in this series of twenty-five to date are "Liberty on the Loose in the White House" , "America By George" ,"Your Vote Counts &"The Great Missing Flag Caper" - and they are available everywhere.

Author MaryTherese Grabowski is an award winning former TV journalist. Her years of covering the military, government and politics helped keep civics top of mind for this admitted Air Force brat. Her love of patriotism and talent as an emcee afforded her the opportunity to entertain our troops overseas for 15 years in the Operation Seasons Greetings morale tours. "MT" was the 2009 Spirit of Bob Hope Award nominee for the United States Air Force Reserve. Patriotism is deep rooted in her soul. The notion to write the "Spirit of America" patriotic children's book series came about when she asked her young niece, "Can you tell me who makes up the President's Cabinet?" The response was "Why do I care who makes his furniture?" So, although humorous Grabowski realized we are missing kids at an earlier age teaching them the basics of civics which they are usually taught in tenth grade and that is two years before these students are eligible to vote.

Grabowski and her illustrator Michelle Graham-Fricks are making this a "movement" to educate students earlier on the basics. "If you can take historical events and information and present them through creative story telling you just might hook these kids." Grabowski's main character America Johnson takes young readers on patriotic adventures that are fun and educational. Each book has a quiz at the end helping young patriots to not only be more prepared for that civics class down the road, it gives new birth to patriotic pride that seems to have been lost lately.

BE SURE TO VISIT WWW.SPIRITOFAMERICABOOKS.COM for more information on author/illustrator school visits, book signings and the newest in the patriotic adventures!

Grabowski is available for books signings, readings, speaking engagements and as an emcee.

Contact "MT" at : soabookseries@gmail.com