What's My Color?

by Susanna Pankiw

Bobbe Lynn is a typical impressionable but independent elementary girl faced with the evils of peer pressure and self-esteem that seem to plague our society today. As she tries on a variety of outfits for school she is bombarded with memories of unpleasant feelings and comments that were uttered towards her by her schoolmates. Will she be able to find something to wear before her wardrobe is empty? Will she be able to satisfy anyone at school? Will her mother be able to make Bobbe Lynn see that it doesn’t matter what others think?

What’s My Color is inspired by Dale Wimbrow’s poem, The Guy in the Glass. The message of the book is fueled by a compelling quote, “The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life is the one staring back from the glass.”

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Susanna Pankiw

Susanna Pankiw currently resides in a country home outside of the small village of Marwayne, Alberta, with her husband and three children.

She has been a fan of poetry all her life and has been experimenting with it since the age of 10. She has had two poems, “The Emerald Lake” and “Abyss”, published with the National Library of Poetry and received an editor’s choice award for “The Emerald Lake”. She’s also had a short story, “Mama Lily”, published in the anthology, My Most Memorable Teacher: 100 Stories Celebrating 100 years of Alberta Teaching Experiences.

“The Guy in the Glass” has been a poem that strongly resonated with Susanna since her youth and it is this poem that inspired her to create “What’s My Color?” Because children have so many pressures to deal with in their daily lives she was motivated to share the message through unique rhyming creation and a convincing character. She’s excited to share it and hopes children of all ages will enjoy it.

Susanna has taught a variety of subjects from grades 1 to 12. She currently teaches a split grade 3/4 class in Dewberry.

She can be reached on the web @ www.suzyqpankiw.weebly.com.