Jocelyn Rish

@jocelynrish.com

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Writer & filmmaker who puts birthday hats on my dogs. 📚 BATTLE OF THE BUTTS (Running Press Kids) 📽️ GRAVE INTENTIONS (Terror Films) 📚 BATTLE OF THE BRAINS (Running Press Kids)

A social media post with a vibrant, abstract background in shades of blue, purple, and orange. The post is from "4 hr ago" and has 11 likes and 20 comments. The text reads: "Going by XYZ on ABC there is a man fully naked riding his bike down the road in front of DEF schools... white middle aged guy with tattoos. If anyone has door cams or a picture to show to the police...."
Background of a stack of colorful books with the words: KidLit Community Donate bookish items for a fundraising auction.
Background of a stack of colorful books with the words: KidLit Community Donate bookish items for a fundraising auction.
A screenshot from FB of a pic of Lindsey Graham's sister with the words "First Female US Senator for SC Darline Graham."
A stove turns on, a pan is placed on it, and a pat of butter melts to reveal the cover of The Great Pumpkin Pancake Party,
A brown dog stretched out along a blue couch with her nubbin' butt booty pointed at the camera.
Colorful pastel confetti falls onto the cover of "The Great Pumpkin Pancake Party" with the words "Happy Book BIrthday!"
Flower petals falling to reveal the Romancing the Vote logo.
On a purple background, the word "Even" divides and moves to become "Steven" which then becomes the cover for "Even Steven."
The scene whooshes through a green forest, displaying lines from the book description until finally the cover is displayed and then info for buying "Into the Thicket."
Green vines grow against a blue background and eventually reveal the cover for "How Happy is a Lark?"
A frying pan is added to a flame, and as a pat of butter melts, it reveals the cover for "The Great Pumpkin Pancake Party."
Bright orange pumpkins popping around a lighter orange background, with the words, "a joyful ode to family, food, and the power of community." Then the cover for The Great Pumpkin Pancake Party pops us.
Bubbles float up past a blue background. One of the bubbles contains the cover for the book Battle of the Butts. Then that bubble pops and the cover gets bigger and fills the screen.
A dark blue flag with the cover of "30,000 Stitches: The Inspiring Story of the National 9/11 Flag" on it flaps in the breeze against a light blue sky.
A brown dog with a black muzzle on a blue coach. She has a wild-panting smile because she's super high from calming drugs that aren't actually helping her deal with all the loud pops and booms.
A brown dog with a black muzzle standing in a yard next to a line of American flags along the curb.
Red and blue stars exploding as the words, "Celebrate Democracy Romancing the Vote" spin around with American flag patterned font.
An waving American flag flips to turn into the logo for Romancing the Vote, which then flips to reveal the words, "Auction to save democracy."
A brown pit bull mix curled up in a dog bed with a large well-loved stuffed hedgehog.
Red theater curtains dramatically opening to show the cover of Mango Memories.
A paper airplane flys in across a pink background to open to show the cover of the MG novel "Wings to Soar."
Rose petals falling to reveal the words, "Buy cool stuff. Support democracy." Then more falling to reveal the Romancing the Vote logo.
A brown dog with a black muzzle and shaved back left leg sits on a blue couch looking very concerned.
A blue heart outline on a light pink background beats and rotates while it fills with pink dots. Then a banner swishes across reading, "Romancing the Vote."
A folded heart opens up to reveal the Romancing the Vote logo.
Sparkly pink background. The logo for Romancing the Vote appears, then the words Auction to support democracy.
A brown pit bull mix with a black snout and shaved left back leg lounging in a dog bed.
A 70-something white man driving a boat, with three dogs around him.
A zucchini next to the arm of a white woman - it goes from the tips of her fingers to the bend of her elbow.
Jocelyn Rish, a middle aged white woman in red glasses, smiling at the camera. She's wearing a black t-shirt with a dragon hoarding books and an "I Voted" sticker.
A brown pit bull mix stands partly in the road in front of a row of American flags.
Three white women, a white man, and a brown dog smiling in front of a fireplace with Mother's Day balloons decorating it.
A brown puppy with a black muzzle and white chest sitting on a blue-gray couch staring at the camera.
An overhead shot of a brown dog with a black muzzle sitting beside fanned out stacks of postcards and letters, staring up at the camera.
An overhead shot of a brown dog with a black muzzle sitting beside fanned out stacks of postcards and letters, staring up at the camera.
A brown dog with a black muzzle and a white chest on a brown couch. She looks at the camera wondering why her rest is being disturbed.
The cover of the book "I Am Not Grumpy." It has a peach-colored background and a super adorable frog with big eyes and a frown.
The cover of the book "I Am Not Grumpy." It has a peach colored background and a super adorable frog with big eyes and a frown.
A middle aged woman and man stand smiling in front of a booth tent, that has Battle of the Butts and Battle of the Brains books and other goodies on tables.
A graphic of a stack of colorful books, the words February 27-28 and Summerville Book Festival.
Logo for Butts in a Box, with a wombat, turtle, and fish butt sticking out of a brown-orange box.
A graphic with a stack of books and info about the Summerville Book Festival 2025 on February 27-28th.
Graphic of a stack of books, a headshot of Jocelyn Rish, the covers of Battle of the Butts and Battle of the Brains, and a QR code to get more info.
photo from behind a group of kids sitting on the floor, looking up at the screen, as Jocelyn Rish (a middle-aged white woman in a purple shirt) shows her book Battle of the Butts.
3 photos of kids looking up at the screen as Jocelyn Rish (a middle-aged white woman in a purple shirt) reads from her book. One of the photos is a close up a young light brown boy wearing a spiderman hoodie with a look of absorbed curiosity on his face.
Graphic that says World Read Aloud Day, February 4, 2026. It has a Panda reading to several other animals (rabbit, turtle, owl, a yellow chick).
A graphic of a fist punching through pages of a yellow book, and the words "Publishing for Minnesota" circle it.
A graphic of a fist punching through pages of a yellow book, and the words "Publishing for Minnesota" circle it.
A graphic of a fist punching through pages of a yellow book, and the words "Publishing for Minnesota" circle it.
Graphic of the state of Minnesota forming the I in "I stand with Minnesota".
The monks in their orange robes start walking down the street in front of the church where they had lunch.
A smiling middle-aged white woman poses with a small brown pit-bullish dog in front of a Christmas tree.
A pair of hands undoing a red bow on a gold package.
Three white women and a white man pose in front of a giant blue ballon 51 while smiling.
The words "Needs a last minute gift?" pop up a boxes wrapped in Christmas paper appear and disappear.
The words "Needs a last minute gift?" pop up a boxes wrapped in Christmas paper appear and disappear.
I don't know how to describe this other than an absolutely hideous bathroom??? OK, here goes: ridiculous bathroom with elaborate teal-green drape wallpaper, gold-accented sink, carved wood vanity, decorative mirror, and shelves with perfume bottles and a small statue.