Sharon J. O’Donnell is an award-winning newspaper columnist and the author of two humor books, Please Don’t Let Me Be the Oldest Mom in the PTA and House of Testosterone—One Mom’s Survival in a Household of Males. From 1998 until 2010, Sharon was a family life columnist for The Cary News in Cary, NC. She has also written for Good Housekeeping, Better Homes & Gardens, The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), and Blue Mountain Arts greeting cards. She has taught writing workshop residencies in countless elementary and middle schools in the Raleigh area. Pancake Jake, a fun adventure story about diversity featuring pancakes and waffles, is Sharon’s first children’s book. She has also recently written song lyrics, including some for teenage artist Brooke Hatala. Sharon is a native North Carolinian and a 1984 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in print/broadcast journalism. She lives in Cary, NC with her long-haired dachshund, Norm, with frequent visits from sons, Bill, David, and Jason.
Connect with Sharon at www.sharonodonnellauthor.com or www.pancakejake.org.
Pancake Jake and Wally Waffle
A rare sighting of a Waffle boy sends young Pancake Jake on a quest in Breakfast Land: he wants to make friends with the Waffles who have long been the enemies of the Pancakes. With courage and kindness, Jake discovers a long-lost recipe that proves Pancakes and Waffles are actually made of the same ingredients.
The charming illustrations and playful text make for a fun read that will encourage important conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The author is donating a portion of her royalties to The Conscious Kid, an education, research, and policy organization dedicated to equity and promoting healthy racial identity development in youth. The Conscious Kid supports organizations, families, and educators in taking action to disrupt racism in young children.
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Please Don’t Let Me Be the Oldest Mom in the PTA
Motherhood is not what it used to be, as more moms than ever before are having children later on in life.
This is the must-have book for all moms who had a child after the age of 35—a group the medical profession not-so-kindly calls—‘advanced maternal age.’
Sharon O’Donnell writes about the humorous and poignant stories of having a child at 38 and how she discovered that breastfeeding and AARP membership aren’t really all that far apart.
Sharon says being a mom of a certain age can be tough and rewarding—and rather alarming when you realize that all the TV programs you watch have commercials for incontinence or the Scooter Store.
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