LITERARY LOCAL | Caryn Rivadeneira of Elmhurst

Frankinschool 2: The Cupsnake Escape

ELMHURST–Long-time Elmhurst resident Caryn Rivadeneira has worked in the writing industry as an editor since she graduated from college. Alongside editing, she writes books. The majority of her 25 published books are stories written for children, including the Helper Hounds series and Edward and Annie: A Penguin Adventure, a picture book she wrote in conjunction with the Shedd Aquarium. Her most current book, Frankinschool 2: The Cupsnake Escape, is the second (of four) in the Frankinschool Mystery Series. The inspiration for the Frankinschool series came one day when a visiting author signed a book to her son “To Frank” (not his name). “He was little then and quite upset,” says Caryn, “so we made up a funny story about why the author may have written that, and it grew into Frankinschool!”

The series is about a boy named Fred, who taps into the “power of pretend” by writing What If poems, and same as her son, has an author accidentally sign his book “To Frank” which leads him into writing his first poem: What if I am Frank in School? The poem unleashes all sorts of mayhem and leads Fred and his friend, Luisa, to the mysterious school attic where they meet Frank the ghost. In The Cupsnake Escape, Fred’s power of pretend turns cupcakes into cupsnakes at a school baking competition, and once again, they put their creativity to the test to try to save the school from the snakes.

Caryn’s Frankinschool Mystery Series can be found anywhere books are sold as well as all online book retailers. The third book in the series, Frankinschool 3: Gone to the Dogs is set to be released this August.

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