Blueberry Bear Tales, founded in 2016, is the passion of a local children's book author and literacy advocate, Eileen Pieczonka. Specializing in author presentations and assisted therapy dog team interactions, we aim to inspire a love for reading in elementary schools and libraries. Our unique, interactive presentations, framed within the CASEL/SEAL framework, utilize the power of therapy dogs to engage and encourage young readers.

I am also Founder of Loving Literacy Authors, Board Member for the Artists of the Superstitions, a freelance writer with a degree in Photo Offset. On the fun side, I am a wannabe cowgirl who loves animals and surf music. I am also a volunteer for, Tommy Two Shoes Literacy Project for Children as well as being an assisted-therapy dog team with my two pup dogs Suki and Kong. My passions are Blueberry Bear and children’s literacy, and my compassion is in animal welfare. I support rescue shelters as well as children’s organizations by donating raffle baskets with my Blueberry Bear book(s) and blueberry goodies as a raffle item.

My late therapy dog Jamie was my inspiration for writing.
We were a reading therapy-dog team, helping children enhance their reading skills which fueled my passion for children’s literacy.

We nick-named Jamie, Bear. Then one day I found out Jamie loved blueberries.
The words just came to and I shouted out, “Your Blueberry Bear!” I thought what a great title for a children’s book and here I am today.