Welcome!
I’m Mona Voelkel. I’m a reading specialist who has worked in and out of the classroom helping students learn to read and write.
I also write for children (and sometimes adults). In my first picture book, Stanley and the Wild Words, I introduce an approach that helps Stanley—and will help you—understand that spelling makes sense.
In my newest book, Moon Choo-Choo, three friends and siblings go on a journey of imagination, inspired by their toy train and their love of the moon.
I can’t wait for you to read this book, launching May 2024.
I believe in sharing stories of joy, imagination, and resilience while encouraging others to share their story.
Moon Choo-Choo
Coming May 2024!
Everybody, time to play.
What should we pretend today?
Destination: The Moon
All aboard! Whoo! Whoo!
Blasting off….Choo-Choo!
Where will imagination take you?
Blast off with Moon Choo-Choo and see where the journey takes a sister and her two little brothers.
What will they play today? Will they be engineers? Astronauts? Their imagination powers up Moon Choo-Choo. With homemade flags, maps, and chants, Moon Choo-Choo and the siblings journey into space, have a lunar lunch, and, despite being low on fuel and threatened by asteroids, make it back home safely.
Moon Choo-Choo, a rhyming picture book for ages 3-7, is a joyful celebration of sibling bonds and imaginative play.
Reviews
Stanley and the Wild Words
Do you have a child who asks, “Why doesn’t spelling make sense?” A student whose bad spelling cuts short their creative expression?
That was Stanley.
He crumples up his favorite dragon story and throws it into the trash. But a mysterious book hits him on the head and leads him into the Forest of Wild Words. There, Stanley learns that spelling is not all that hard.
In this playful book, award-winning reading specialist Mona Voelkel shares the approach to spelling that has helped so many students gain confidence. Acclaimed artist Nancy Kincade’s fanciful illustrations bring the Forest of Wild Words and its inhabitants vividly to life.
Once you travel with Stanley on his adventure, spelling will never be the same.