Travel

Joy travels to far away lands to create authentic experiences and stories to share with children in America. Her latest adventures have been to the Middle East, in Egypt and Jordan. Joy traveled to Paris for Bastille Day. Her next books will be Joy Goes to Paris and Joy Goes to Egypt, coming in 2023!

Pyramids at Giza

Joy traveled through the deserts on camel and learned the ways of the Egyptians.

Petra

Joy traveled through Petra and made friends with children of the Bedouin tribe.

Furry goes to the Pyramids!

Joy's puppet Furry goes everywhere and teaches the children about the different countries.

The Nile River

Joy floats down the Nile River in Egypt.

In the Desert

Joy learns the customs and cultures in the Middle East and enjoys a cup of tea in a cave.

The Bedouin Tribe

Joy learns about how to make camel hair from a kind bedouin.

Sacré-Cœur, in Paris, France

Joy enjoys the beauty of the Sacré-Cœur, in Montmarte in Paris.

Moulin Rouge in Montmarte

Joy visits the Moulin Rouge, the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance.

Shakespeare and Company Bookstore

Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac where just some who were here all the time! James Joyce 'Ulysses' was published here when no one else would.

Palais Garnier, Opéra Garnier

It is the setting for the novel, The Phantom of the Opera. Emperor Napoleon III commanded it to be built.