| Sharon "Sherry" Farmer |
| Sights I See With My Desert Lemon Tree by Sharon "Sherry" Farmer When Sherry retires and moves to a Sun City, Arizona retirement community, she makes a special friend right in her back yard! She is excited to explore all of the nature of her desert. Right away she begins picking lemons to cook with from her desert lemon tree and soon realizes that with her big sunhat and sunglasses, she not only looks like a spy, but is becoming a spy! Her tree begins to whisper to her and they become fast spy friends! What could they possibly look at all day long? What do they hear at night? And Sherry becomes so close to her tree that she must find just the right name for her. You will discover what our desert backyards are like through adorable, comical, wildlife that live a smart but simple life, with messages for children to learn. Told in fun, fact-filled rhyme, it is a great story for a book report, for a scouting badge requirement, and for a desert citizen to send to his/her out-of-town loved ones to help them visualize that faraway backyard. |
| Sherry is a retired lady who is a life-long learner, and she is so grateful that Neal Wooten and Melissa Schaschwary helped teach her how to make a book that looks exactly like Sherry, Betty, and the backyard! Sherry worked for over 22 years for the public school systems in California and Arizona as an office clerk, special education aide in both the elementary and high school scenes, and as a counseling secretary and then assistant principal's secretary for activities and athletics in a brand new high school. She and her husband of 36 years have 3 grown children and 3 fascinating grandsons. She grew up in Chicago, IL, and in Los Angeles, CA, and its suburbs, and her married life started in Anaheim, CA. Her youngest daughter had severe asthma since age 3, so she was almost always with her mom--their car was happily overflowing with books! In 1994 the family moved to Glendale, AZ, and Sherry now resides in Sun City, AZ, where she has added help for the elderly to her set of values and will donate a portion of her sales to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. This is her first published book, and the story’s idea came alive when Sherry was writing a Christmas letter about her new home. She finds writing in rhyme fun and more challenging. She loves music of all kinds, especially marching bands. For that reason, she emphasized the marching quail family in her book. Her 3 children were in marching bands, which taught them so many ways to succeed in life. email: sfarmer1999@yahoo.com |
