Dotty Beetle Books are now at Multnomah County Library!

Welcome to the home of my magical, maniacally, multicolored, multicultural, manuscripts. Here you will find contemporary stories featuring "Colorful" characters, doing things every little child does (and if we are honest, the things we big ones do, and have done, too,) - catching bugs, jumping, dancing, delaying bedtime, going to the zoo; participating in ordinary, everyday activities, with gusto and giggles.

My aim with Dotty Beetle Books is to illustrate with my whimsical art, resplendent in "Colorful" characters, joyous, and sometimes deliciously silly prose, how alike we - humanity's children - all are. By showing predominantly brown, delightfully dark-hued, characters doing ordinary things I hope to penetrate the invisible barriers exisiting in our "multicultural" world that prevent us from connecting on a human and heart level. Also, quite simply, I want to provide more choices for the brown, deliciously darked-hued, children of humanity, so that they too can see themselves starring in the pages of the humorously told, whimsically illustrated ordinary stories; with the pink, lovely light-hued, characters playing supporting roles.

Thank you for visiting. Please take your time, browse around, or settle down for Story Time - I would be delighted to read you a story. Click here to listen to me chatting about Dotty Beetle Books. Click here for the story behind the "Dotty Beetle" name.

Sincerely,
Sharon Martini