Pam Selker Rak

Back in 1969, a little girl who was growing-up in a little town, descended a flight of stairs and entered a world that would change her life forever: The Clarion Free Public Library, nestled in the little Main Street of Clarion, Pennsylvania.

From a little seat at a little table, she surrounded herself with books, and something magical started to occur: her imagination grew and grew and grew some more.

Throughout her life, words and poems became her constant companion. When she was bored, she read. When she started school, she started writing. When she went to college, she studied communications. When she graduated, words became her career, her hobby and her solace.

And now, words have become her memories. Sassafras Tea kicks-off a series of children’s books that offer a fast-paced world a few minutes to slow down. Long before video games, social media and mobile devices were simple pleasures.

In this first book, a little girl learns from her father how to turn a tree into tea! There is nothing more simple, or magical, than that.

She hopes her books remind us all that the simplest pleasures are truly our greatest treasures.