We are writers who noticed a great need for more mentoring. The kidlit community is known for being kind and generous, so we knew we could find mentors to volunteer their time to aspiring authors and illustrators. Kidlit Mentors was created with the goal of benefiting everyone involved.

If you are a traditionally published author, an agent, or an editor, please read our <a href="http://kidlitmentors.com/be-a-mentor/">Be a Mentor</a> page. If you would like to volunteer some time in exchange for great exposure and an opportunity to give back, please <a href="http://kidlitmentors.com/contact-2/">contact us</a>.

If you are a writer or illustrator who wants a mentor, read our <a href="http://kidlitmentors.com/need-a-mentor/">Need a Mentor</a> page. Be sure to subscribe on the right, so you don't miss a chance to win a mentoring prize package.
<h3>Who We Are</h3>
<a href="http://kidlitmentors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rachel.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-164" alt="rachel" src="http://kidlitmentors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rachel-133x150.jpg" width="133" height="150" /></a>KIDLIT MENTORS founder, <a href="http://rachelstoneswrites.com/about">Rachel Stones</a> writes picture books, middle grade novels, and thousands of to-do lists that are usually misplaced. She wished there were more kidlit mentorship programs out there, and decided to do something about it. Rachel runs an online shop for moms, and writes every morning and night. She is Mom to four little bookworms, and a wife to the hottest elementary teacher in the west.

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Cindy Williams Schrauben<a href="http://kidlitmentors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Cindy.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-162" alt="Cindy" src="http://kidlitmentors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Cindy-150x118.jpg" width="150" height="118" /></a>
Call it a bucket list or a simply a life-long dream; however you label it, writing books for kids has, for me, become a passion. It is, something that I have to do. For the entirety of my adult life I have been engrossed in the beauty and heartache of being a mom. It is "who" I am and I wouldn't change that for the world, but it is time to refocus, or reinvent myself as they say. I will always be "mom" first, and soon, even "grandma", but I now know there's room for more. There's room for me.

Tenneva Jordan said, "A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." I've decided to save a slice for myself; key-lime, please.

The generosity and grace of the kidlit writing community has always astounded me. It is my hope that Rachel and I will be able to give back to this amazing community by providing a venue for connecting aspiring authors with published authors and others in this industry.