The description of the blook at Lulu calls Can I Sit with You an "on-going book and blog project." It comes from Shannon Des Roches Rosa and Jennifer Byde Myers at the blog of the same name.
On September 24, 2007, the authors wrote:
"[W]e are asking you to send us your most memorable stories about surviving, succeeding, or sucking it up while dealing with the other kids at school. We're going to post one of your stories on this blog every week day, starting October 1st. We'll keep posting as long as the stories keep coming.Once we've got at least twenty good stories, we'll compile them into a book, which will be called (duh) "Can I Sit With You?" You'll be able to buy the book via Lulu.com in mid-November, at which point you can crow to your friends and relatives about your success as a published writer. (And convince everyone you've ever known to buy one as a holiday gift.)"
I don't know how many stories they eventually included but the blook is 150 pages! No doubt sequels are planned. As with many - really! - blooks the proceeds are being donated: "the books' proceeds will directly benefit our local, income-challenged special needs PTA, SEPTAR. (Here's where we mention that we're both parents of special needs as well as typical kids, and on the board of said PTA.)"
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