AYDEN KATE PLUMLEE

Super Dooper Illustrator

"Ayden Kate, as an artist, has a magical way of bringing every single chapter, every single page and every single character to life!"

Pat Mitchell counts it a blessing being friends with Marsha and Ayden Kate Plumlee since 2014.

It all began when Ayden Kate was only nine-years-old and her parents Paul and Marsha gave her the puppy she had dreamed having. Ellee is her name and together they joined Pat and Dooper at Super Dooper Dog Training.

Cute little Ayden Kate would come into class with a gift, her very own color-pencil drawings of their class times together. Pat always loved hanging these gifts on the training studio walls. (You can see one of her drawings in these photos.)

When Dooper passed away in 2020, sweet Ayden Kate gifted Pat the most amazing drawing of Dooper. It brought tears to Pat's eyes; it was such a sincere and kind gift.

When Pat started imagining her dream of Super Dooper Kids Books, she immediately knew, without a doubt, she knew she had to ask Marsha and Ayden Kate if Ayden Kate could be her illustrator. Thankfully, they happily said, "Yes!"

Ayden Kate and Pat love going and speaking with kids about making dreams come true and hopefully igniting a spark of imagination and a love for reading during their visits.   They show and tell the adventures of creating Super Dooper Kids Books books.

The kids are always so fascinated as they listen to Ayden Kate tell about how she creates her wonderful drawings.

Both Ayden Kate and Pat want kids to see and believe that dreams really can come true and anything is possible!

Now, a student at the University of Georgia, Ayden Kate still follows her love for art while she completes her studies in environmental sciences.

Ayden Kate Plumlee is Super Dooper!

MICKEY GOODMAN

Super Dooper Editor

When Pat started planning her dream of Super Dooper Kids Books series, she reached out to advice from a mentor of hers and a very cool guy, a brilliant and well known businessman, Jim Rhoden, who had just recently published an adorable story book for his grand-kids. Thank heavens, Pat listened to Jim when he told her she had to ask Mickey Goodman to be her collaborator and editor.

"Mickey Goodman has been a godsend," Pat says. "She's funny and witty and knows how to tweak and shape my words and story-lines in ways which help our young readers enjoy my tales. She is a hoot too! We've become such good buddies."

Mickey is an Award-Winning Journalist who has won first place, twice, in the National Association of Press Women and twice won first place Alabama Media Professionals. She won third place from the Magazine Association of the Southeast. And Pat votes her number one as a Super Dooper editor!

You can find Mickey's work in   more than 700 bylined articles for scores of publications including Reuters International, People, This Old House, Veranda, Southern Living, Womansday.com, Countryliving.com, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, CURE (American Cancer Society), PEDS (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta), The Parkinson Report, and others. She is a columnist for Simply Buckhead, an upscale Atlanta magazine.

Pat joyfully proclaims, Mickey is really, really a Super Dooper children's book editor and collaborator too!"

Pat goes on to say that Mickey's gift as a collaborator is she immediately captures the essence of her writings, tweaking her ideas and making her sentences and the scenes in her books smoothly glide together.

Pat feels Super Dooper Kids Books books are a big success thanks to Mickey as a teammate. 

Mickey Goodman is Super Dooper!

DANA PATTERSON

Super Dooper Teacher

It was Dooper and therapy visits at Oakwood Elementary which first brought Dana Patterson into Pat's life. Dana believes so strongly to the power and magic of therapy dogs coming into her school and classrooms. Pat loves and admires this in her so very much.

As Pat was writing her third book, Meryl the Magnificent, she realized it would help her if she had a teacher's input and a teacher's perspective to make sure she was writing a story that kids would love to read. So she asked Dana if she would jump on the team and be Pat's advising teacher. Thankfully, Dana said, "SURE!" And, this was the best Super Dooper news ever.

"Dana brings such a fresh and vital perspective to my story. Dana made it loads more fun! She tweaked and suggested ideas and scenes she knows the kids would love to read." Pat adds, "She created page-turning curiosity in the kids. They can't wait to know what happens next."

It ends up, helping Pat has a very personal side for Dana because her deceased dad always loved to write. She admits she's a grammar-nerd just like her dad. She senses he is smiling up in Heaven knowing that she's helping write books that raise money for charities.

Dana's passion for her students, and lighting a spark for learning in kids, is an inspiration to Pat. And obviously to her school and her county as Dana was recently chosen as her school's candidate for Teacher of the Year!

Pat loves every chance she gets to watch Dana and her fellow teacher, Gina, in action, in her classrooms with their students. Pat says, "Dana has this joy that carries over into her students. She urges them to dream, have ambition and yearn for accomplishment."

As a busy mom to two amazing teenagers and a dog mom to Millie, Pat can't believe that Dana finds time to always be ready to help make Super Dooper Kids Books the best that they can be. 

Dana Patterson is Super Dooper!

BOOKLOGIX

Pat plans to produce all four of her books with Booklogix as her publishing house.

"Booklogix helps me create my books in our country, the great USA." Pat adds, "Sadly, so many self-published books are produced in China. I really wanted to keep my money in my own backyard. Booklogix makes this happen for me."

And, Pat can attest that Booklogix has a great staff to help with design and production at the top quality level Pat wants her books to be.

Thinking of writing your own book... call Booklogix.

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