Children's picture book author · Los Angeles
About Ronald Moy
Ronald Moy is a children's picture book author in Los Angeles who writes little stories about big feelings and everyday wonder for readers ages 4–8. His first picture books are in development.
His planned picture-book series, the Little Wonders Library, is still being written. The first narrated read-aloud, The Umbrella Named Captain Blue, is on YouTube.
Watch the rainy-day read-aloud: The Umbrella Named Captain Blue →
Small moments. Big discoveries.
About Ronald's stories
Little stories about big feelings and everyday wonder.
Small moments, big discoveries
Every story begins with something a child would recognize — a question nobody has time to answer, a fear of thunder, a lopsided kite, an argument over the last peach on the tree. Then it follows that small moment until it opens into something bigger.
Kids make the discoveries
In Ronald's books, the child is the one who notices, chooses, and acts. Grown-ups are there — patient grandparents, busy parents, curious librarians — but they don't hand over the answers. The lesson comes from the story, never from a lecture.
Honest feelings, earned endings
Nervousness, jealousy, loneliness, disappointment and embarrassment are treated as ordinary feelings, not problems to fix by the last page. The endings are hopeful without being sugary.
Wonder rooted in everyday life
There's a little magic now and then — a door that wasn't there yesterday — but everyday discoveries are just as powerful: the sounds you hear when the power goes out, the moon riding along outside the car window. Many stories are set in the neighborhoods, gardens, libraries and warm evenings of Southern California.
Written to be read aloud
Each book is meant to be enjoyed by two people at once: the child listening and the grown-up reading. That means natural rhythm, a bit of humor, and a last page that invites one more question — or one more read.
How the stories come together
Each story starts as a small observation, gets mapped out page turn by page turn, and is read aloud again and again until it sounds right. Then come sketches, spreads, and plenty of revisions.
Read-aloud stories on YouTube
The first read-aloud is on YouTube; subscribe for new stories.