Today we’d like to introduce you to Louis Roberts, M.Ed..
Louis, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
While supporting my good friend, Gloria A. Kitchen, and her literacy initiative through Children’s Island, I tuned in to hear many authors share their children’s books. As I listened to these authors, I had the idea to try writing a children’s book of my own. It was called “Let’s Meet Witty the Itty Bitty Kitty” and it was received very well. This is what got me started. I continued to publish children’s books and each of them has been more successful than the one before it. I even won the International Impact Book Award and was nominated for their Author of the Year recognition. I have published and distributed my own books and I named my company, Lou’s BluBooks. I’ve pledged myself to helping to create a culture of literacy.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I would say that it has been mostly smooth. Things continue to grow and succeed in ways that I never imagined. My biggest struggle is being a one-man-show. But I have amazing friends and family who have helped me along the way. I’m especially grateful to my mom for helping me vend at events and my best friend, Brad, for keeping my website in order.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
Well, professionally, I am a high school special education teacher. I teach English to freshmen and sophomores with learning differences.
I am also an award-winning children’s book author. I am the recipient of the Self Ink It Book Award, the International Impact Book Award, and the Golden Wizard Book Prize. I’m currently preparing to release my first novel and this is new territory. So, wish me luck!
What sets me apart is my passion for creating characters that young black people can identify with. I truly believe that seeing oneself in literature can inspire you to read more. There is a literacy crisis in our country and I want to do my part to positively impact that by starting with my community.
Do you any memories from childhood that you can share with us?
One of my favorite childhood memories has to be the Christmas I received a globe. I know it doesn’t sound exciting to most children to receive a globe as a gift, but it may be my favorite gift I have ever received. It was given to me by my mother and it was so special. You could plug it in and it would light up. I often looked at it at night with all of the lights out so I could enjoy the glow. There was a scope attached to it and you could hover it over different countries. When you looked through it, there were pictures from the country you were looking at. It was fascinating to see other people and places. This was the seed that was planted that birthed my wanderlust spirit which has led to me traveling the world to see the places that once fascinated me on that globe.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.lousblubooks.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lou_sblubooks?igsh=MWQ5cjVyM2I3Mm1qag%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ACqesQmd9/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-d-roberts-m-ed-95107a120?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios
