About Us
The owners of D & D Books and its internet site www.kidsbooksbyjoe.com are retired educators – Carollynn Desjardins and Joe Di Profio Sr. After working together, in education, for twenty years, the pair continued their partnership into a variety of business ventures, eventually ending up growing grapes in the Niagara region and operating an on-site bed and breakfast, Among the Vines. They developed that abandoned vineyard into a small winery – Di Profio Estate Wines. After 12 years as farmers, they were bought out by another family.
Unfortunately, in 2005, a health problem sidelined Joe for several months. To overcome the ensuing boredom, Joe decided to write some stories for his oldest grandchildren. He completed three, with the kids as characters, in the stories. Recently the pair decided to publish them through Friesen Press, one of Canada’s most prolific publishers.
The first of the three stories, Beauty’s Mittens, is scheduled to be launched in September 2023. The plan is to follow it with The Banana That Became a Pumpkin and then Nonna’s Giant Molasses Cookies.