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Family lore leads to kids\u2019 book on inclusion!<\/p>\n

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Though she grew up in South Florida, Allison Hill had parents who regularly took her back to their roots in New England. It was there she first heard her dad tell a story about a lobster lost in the woods. On a family vacation to Maine last year, the tale got Hill thinking.<\/p>\n

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What if a lobster did live in the woods? How did it get there? Would it have friends? How would it get home? Did it miss its family? The answers spilled out in rhyme, and in just a day, Hill had the basis for the children\u2019s book Lolly the Left Out Lobster that published in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that first draft, I refined it, and then I was brave enough to read it out loud to my kids,\u201d says the Buckhead resident who has two young adult daughters. \u201cThey advised me to keep it really simple.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lolly\u2019s story is more than a simple kids\u2019 book; it has a direct message about themes Hill encounters daily as an executive at a private equity firm where she collaborates with nonprofits, employees and other audiences on diversity and inclusion initiatives. Those ideas are also central to the nonprofit Eat Laugh Give that she launched in 2022 to support families experiencing food shortages. Proceeds from the book support those efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have very different views of what diversity and inclusion mean,\u201d Hill says. \u201cFor me, it starts with having an open heart and open mind, and especially having that message for kids as you\u2019re raising them.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Lolly, Hill had the chance to share that message and fulfill a dream. \u201cI\u2019ve wanted to write a kids\u2019 book for years, and I tried for years,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved creativity, be it cooking, writing or decorating. Those things are soothing and relaxing to me. But my husband, who has always tried to be supportive, gave my writing some of the worst feedback I ever heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

That changed with Lolly and the book\u2019s simple message: Approach others with kindness and without judgment. The story, along with the rhymes and colorful illustrations, have resonated with readers, too, especially kids from 3 to 6, and even older. For adults, the book also includes several tips on how to talk to kids about feeling left out and helping others who might feel excluded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done book readings at schools and summer camps, and I always ask who\u2019s felt left out,\u201d Hill says. \u201cWe talk about being open to new friends, new experiences. And I point out that even though Lolly is a scary little lobster, she\u2019s very kind. By the end of the reading, they\u2019re all making lobster claws with their hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Occasionally, a kid will provide an unexpected surprise, Hill says. A reading she gave at an Atlanta charter school ended with one little girl whispering that\u2014shock!\u2014her sister eats lobsters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to say, so I just gave her a little hug,\u201d Hill says with a laugh. \u201cBut it was still a big confidence booster.\u201d<\/p>\n

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