Trumbull writer's children's book teaches consequences

Micinilio reads from her book at The Giggling Pig, a children's art studio in Shelton. Patricia Villers/Register 

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
SHELTON — A Trumbull resident who is a native of South Africa read her children’s book, “Tia’s Troubles,” recently at The Giggling Pig, a children’s art studio.
Leanne Plein Micinilio told the four children and their mothers in the audience that she made up the story when she was 8 and recounted it many times to her younger siblings.
Last year, the story became a 36-page softcover book, published by AuthorHouse of Bloomington, Ind. It will be the first in a series, Micinilio said.

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