Camille D'Ambrosio
Camille has always cared deeply about environmental issues. After adopting two girls, she quickly realized how hard it is to live an eco-friendly lifestyle with kids. They have a habit of accumulating stuff which often ends up lost or broken. Despite constant reminders, her distracted older daughter would frequently leave sweaters, jackets, lunc.... more
Camille has always cared deeply about environmental issues. After adopting two girls, she quickly realized how hard it is to live an eco-friendly lifestyle with kids. They have a habit of accumulating stuff which often ends up lost or broken. Despite constant reminders, her distracted older daughter would frequently leave sweaters, jackets, lunch boxes, and reusable water bottles at school. When she went to search for these items, Camille was disturbed by the heaping mounds of clothing and other items bursting out of the school’s lost and found bin. Equally upsetting was the tendency of well-meaning loved ones to replace lost items with new stuff. She didn’t want her kids being rewarded every time they misplaced an article of clothing. The endless cycle of buying, losing, and replacing things is not sustainable and was not teaching her kids how to be responsible. She searched for books and resources to help address the issue but came up short. Realizing just how widespread this problem is, she was inspired to write Leena Lulu: The Lost and Found Fairy. Once she finished the catchy jingle in this book, her family experienced a breakthrough. Now the kids sing the song on the way to school and her daughters have gotten much better at remembering to bring their stuff home (or at least check the lost and found if they forget). Encouraged by the improvement, she hopes her first children’s book will help other frustrated parents who struggle with this same problem.