{"id":228,"date":"2026-05-20T19:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiousreadersllc.store\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:19:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curiousreadersllc.store\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"228\" class=\"elementor elementor-228\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de68aed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de68aed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c3774d\" data-id=\"2c3774d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f6910 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a0f6910\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3788c23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3788c23\" 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src=\"https:\/\/curiousreadersllc.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Group-1321315776.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curiousreadersllc.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Group-1321315776.png 692w, https:\/\/curiousreadersllc.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Group-1321315776-286x300.png 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d73a33a elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d73a33a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-af282bb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af282bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cadc616 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"cadc616\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8067cc animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"b8067cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b7be8 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-position-right elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial img-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b7b7be8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4\" height=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/curiousreadersllc.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ellipse-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-36\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">About the author<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709c17d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"709c17d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet Franco <span style=\"color: #e74c2b\"> Tompeterini<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c684322 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c684322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Franco Tompeterini started his life in Genoa, Italy. Then a family in Erie, Pennsylvania, said &#8220;yes&#8221; to him. That changed everything.<\/p><p>A new country. A new language. A backyard with real woods.<br \/>Franco spent hours out there. Climbing. Looking. Asking why trees didn&#8217;t all look the same. He didn&#8217;t know it then, but he was already becoming a writer\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d743630 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget__width-auto img-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"d743630\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"4\" height=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/curiousreadersllc.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ellipse-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-36\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Nature<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8bc971 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-middle elementor-widget__width-auto 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Then a family in Erie, Pennsylvania, said &#8220;yes&#8221; to him. That changed everything. A new country. A new language. A backyard with real woods.Franco spent hours out there. Climbing. Looking. Asking why trees didn&#8217;t all look the same. 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