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Leaving a legacy of love and laughter

BY LINDA FAUSZ

Charnora Reid has made a 22-year cards and selling them door to door. “It is the first book I actually wrote,”
career out of cleaning people's teeth and “At that time, my writing was just to Reid said. “This book depicts my mother
teaching on the importance of flossing. cheer people up,” she said. “Initially the and me. She is no longer living, and the
Feeling she had more to give and not poems were dental poems to educate in a book is dedicated to her. It is simply a child
wanting to be known only as the girl who humorous way, but then I started writing doing what children do outside and a parent
did a thorough job cleaning teeth, Reid various things...it’s the kid in me.” watching them from afar.”
found a new passion, writing books for Reid became an independent published Even though she is considering
children. author in 2014. Her first book is “Seriously venturing into writing for adults, her
She said she has been writing for years. Silly,” an anthology of 13 comical poems, children’s books are written with very basic
She even wrote as a child, making greeting colorfully illustrated, for children and the language designed to help children develop
young at heart. Reid wrote about familiar their reading skills and the illustrations from
experiences that occur in the lives of local artist, David Marion are vibrant.
children ranging from a hole in a sock, teeth “I worked on the book with David, the
brushing, the love of chocolate, and online illustrator, longer than it took me to write hygiene. My children and my patients
friends. it,” she said. “He is detail-oriented and let inspire me, and I desire to leave a legacy of
Two more poetry books followed: me be involved in the entire process. It took love and laughter.”
“Smiles and Laughter” in 2015 and us approximately six months from start to Charnora Reid’s books may be
“Something to Giggle About” in 2016. finish.” found in the Chesterfield and Richmond
Reid’s most recent published work is a Reid moved to Virginia in 2008 from public libraries, at Mr. G Imports in the
picture book titled “I See You and You See Columbus, Ohio, and made Chester her Chesterfield Towne Center, or online at
Me.” It is a beautifully illustrated picture home in 2010. She has two daughters, a www.charnorareid.com.
book about a child exploring outside and 17-year-old attending Matoaca High School
coming in contact with nature's small and a 27-year-old living in Florida.
wonders while her loving mother looks on. She presently works for the Colonial
The book is crafted with repetitive words Heights/Tri-Cities location of Virginia
to help beginning readers up to 6 years old. Family Dentistry.
She first published it in paperback, and it is “I write and educate at the same
now available as a 15-page board book with time,” she said. “I have no formal training
rounded corners. in writing. My training is all in dental
CHILDREN'S AUTHOR
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