When other children were focused on learning math in elementary school, Keiana Greene-Page recalls sneaking to write and illustrate her own books out of construction paper at her desk in her SC classroom. Today, the Washington, D.C., resident is celebrating the release of her first self-published children’s book “Clucky Comes Home.” The title is being released under Greene-Page’s start-up publishing company Power Communications LLC.
“My love of writing followed me throughout my life. I even remember the first book I made when I was 6 or 7 years old,” says Greene-Page. “I wrote for my high school and college newspapers. I also began my career as a newspaper reporter. However, I struggled to fulfill my dream of writing a children’s book throughout the years.”
She found her inspiration for her new book during a conversation with her dad who raises chickens and horses in the PeeDee region.
“My dad told me about finding a chicken on his front porch that had been lost for about a year. After we talked, I started asking myself ‘Why would a chicken run away from home, and what would it be doing as a runaway?!” I just started writing on one of my days off from work and “Clucky Comes Home” was born,” says Greene-Page.
Her imaginative, whimsical story follows the misadventures of Clucky, a cool teen-agerish chicken, who dreams about what his life would be like outside of Farmer Tommy’s chicken coop. When the coop door is left open, Clucky can’t resist running away to pursue his fantasy life, but quickly learns that there’s no place like home. The heart-warming tale has beautiful and comical illustrations depicting Clucky, his family and friends, and Farmer Tommy.
Greene-Page hopes that Clucky Comes Home will be one of many books from her company whose mission is to empower young people through imaginative storytelling and help foster a lifelong love of reading through our books. A proud graduate of Benedict College, Greene-Page says,Power Communications will also prioritize uplifting marginalized voices and values through motivational stories.
For more information, visit powercomms.org.
