Carrie Staples

Carrie's craft book, "The Yarn Animal Book", originally published by Simon & Schuster in 1976, remains the go-to source for making an orangutan, anteater, star-nosed mole and duckbill platypus plus cats and rats and elephants. Her latest book, "The Single Minded Prince" is fun for the whole family, a chapter book designed to be read aloud and theatrically! Meet a prince who upsets the balance of nature and a wizard who talks to storms in a fairy tale that introduces children to financial concepts. For all you financial planners whose kids thought your job was boring, one of the heroes in the story saves the day by encouraging the dastardly pirates to consider the benefits of investing rather than burying their treasure! Carrie is currently working on a book about bugs and a sequel to "The Single Minded Prince". She does all her own illustrations and is self-publishing on Amazon. After over 25 years as a mortgage broker, Carrie continues to offer her services as a consultant. Specialties include: Residential lending for purchase, refinance, construction and additions. Mortgage strategies. Education, guidance, support and creative thinking!