A 3 Question Interview with Kristin Anderson Cetone

Kristin Anderson Cetone is the author of Buckaroo Buckeye: A Little Nut with Big Dreams 


How did I get into writing?

As my career focused on struggling readers, I realized how many of them were victims of low self-esteem and bullying. I felt my cute character and story of Buckaroo Buckeye could be a great vehicle to inspire them and others, as I too have had to rise above the bumps and bullies along my life journey of self-discovery.



What inspired this book?

I was inspired by my deep roots in the Buckeye State of Ohio along with something my father used to ask in his elder years. He would often ask “do you know what a buckeye is?” To indulge, we would always answer, “No, Dad, what is a buckeye?” His response was always, “It’s a worthless nut.” Such is the premise for Buckaroo Buckeye’s story. As a Reading Specialist, literacy and struggling readers was my career focus. The value of reading had been instilled and nurtured in me from an early age. As I worked with struggling readers, I witnessed how inability to read had eroded their self-esteem and made them vulnerable to bullying. I want to inspire and encourage all, especially struggling readers, that there is a special place for each-and-every one of us in the world and through determination, nurturing, and guidance, success will be found, despite the bumps and bullies and setbacks along our life journey of self-discovery.



Tell me a fun fact about yourself.

I once had an encounter with a big, black, hairy tarantula. Boy, can they jump!!! I don’t know who ran away faster, the tarantula or me.

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