Welcome
As a retired elementary school librarian, I am passionate about bringing children and stories together. Join me for humorous tales, book recommendations, and more as I begin my writing journey into children's literature.
Short Bio
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Weezie Prescott is a former elementary school librarian, a career that earned her the Western Suffolk BOCES Library Media Specialist of the Year award and the Smithtown Teacher Center Torch Award. She now pursues a career in writing, specializing in chapter books and middle-grade novels. She has been published in kidlit blogs and is currently enrolled in the Stony Brook Southampton Children’s Lit Fellows program. Weezie is an active member of SCBWI and frequently participates in workshops and webinars on writing for children.
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Long Bio
I was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and loved growing up in a state with such a long alliterative name. I also loved living near the ocean. My family spent every summer in Westport, MA, one of my favorite places in the world.
I have four older sisters, Mary Lee, Betty, and Pamela. It was interesting growing up in a family of girls. My father was a tinkerer and taught us how to work with tools, shoot a bow and arrow, water ski, and check lobster pots. On the beach in front of our house, I would spend hours snorkeling in the water, spotting eels and horseshoe crabs. We also dug for clams on the beach and my mom would make chowder.
I had many favorite books as a child but the two I remember most are Three Little Horses: Blackie, Brownie and Whitey by Piet Worm and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (also called The Roly-Poly Pudding) by Beatrix Potter. In Samuel Whiskers, I love it when the two rats try to make a dumpling out of Tom Kitten. My mom read these stories, and many more, to us at bedtime.
When I began to read on my own, I liked mysteries and adventures the best. In third grade, I bought a book at my elementary school’s book fair called Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink. I read it over and over. When I read My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, I wanted to live in the wilderness like Sam Gribley. Some other favorites were Encyclopedia Brown, The Bobbsey Twins, and The Happy Hollisters.
I went to Clark University and majored in biology because I love animals. I hoped to become a marine biologist, but I settled on a career as a speech pathologist. First, I worked in Providence, RI, and then I moved to Long Island, NY. After seventeen years helping children with speech disorders, I decided to go back to college to become a school librarian. It was the best decision I've ever made. I loved every minute of it, except for book repairs.
Now that I’m retired, I write for children and I love that, too. Perhaps reading all those children’s books in the library gave me the idea. Perhaps the enthusiasm of the students when they read cherished books gave me the idea. Or perhaps the memories of my childhood gave me the idea. In any case, it’s a new adventure for me and I enjoy it every day.
I live on the eastern end of Long Island with my husband. Our daughter and son live nearby so we get to see them often.
I have four older sisters, Mary Lee, Betty, and Pamela. It was interesting growing up in a family of girls. My father was a tinkerer and taught us how to work with tools, shoot a bow and arrow, water ski, and check lobster pots. On the beach in front of our house, I would spend hours snorkeling in the water, spotting eels and horseshoe crabs. We also dug for clams on the beach and my mom would make chowder.
I had many favorite books as a child but the two I remember most are Three Little Horses: Blackie, Brownie and Whitey by Piet Worm and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (also called The Roly-Poly Pudding) by Beatrix Potter. In Samuel Whiskers, I love it when the two rats try to make a dumpling out of Tom Kitten. My mom read these stories, and many more, to us at bedtime.
When I began to read on my own, I liked mysteries and adventures the best. In third grade, I bought a book at my elementary school’s book fair called Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink. I read it over and over. When I read My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, I wanted to live in the wilderness like Sam Gribley. Some other favorites were Encyclopedia Brown, The Bobbsey Twins, and The Happy Hollisters.
I went to Clark University and majored in biology because I love animals. I hoped to become a marine biologist, but I settled on a career as a speech pathologist. First, I worked in Providence, RI, and then I moved to Long Island, NY. After seventeen years helping children with speech disorders, I decided to go back to college to become a school librarian. It was the best decision I've ever made. I loved every minute of it, except for book repairs.
Now that I’m retired, I write for children and I love that, too. Perhaps reading all those children’s books in the library gave me the idea. Perhaps the enthusiasm of the students when they read cherished books gave me the idea. Or perhaps the memories of my childhood gave me the idea. In any case, it’s a new adventure for me and I enjoy it every day.
I live on the eastern end of Long Island with my husband. Our daughter and son live nearby so we get to see them often.
What I'm reading
Writer to Writer - Gail Carson Levine
Kite Fighters - Linda Sue Park
Five Good Minutes - Jeffrey Brantley
Kite Fighters - Linda Sue Park
Five Good Minutes - Jeffrey Brantley
What I'm writing
"The Heirloom" - a Short Story
A picture book biography
A picture book biography
What I'm listening to
Elsewhere - Alexis Schaitkin
