About the Book: Universe Rule #1: everything always gets to choose (yes you too)! But how????? Via whimsical stories of 5 curious fantastical Miso Mice embarking on their exciting galactic quests, experiencing how to "choose'ndo", with the help of the magical PressThisButton, to create their future selves in the series 🐭 “Adventures of the Miso Mice” …..a different take on the health, lifestyle type of books, presenting these themes in a fun, playful, mischievous manner, with language and pictures that can be enjoyed and understood at many levels by all ages.

About the Beverage: Annette recommends pairing her novel with homemade hot chocolate with whipped cream & chocolate drizzle on top because “Hot chocolate has always been not only a treat for me, but is associated with a feeling of home, calmness, and peacefulness. This is the perfect beverage to pair with the "Adventures of the Miso Mice" series as these stories are indeed a treat for readers. These 5 curious fantastical Miso Mice embark on exciting intergalactic adventures and shenanigans. Throughout their travels, with the help of the magical PressThisButton, they create their future selves, leaving the reader with feelings of home, calmness, and peacefulness.”

About the Author: Professionally Annette is a graduate of Northwestern University and a Principal Consultant for Kopp Company. She is the editor of the Kopp Chronicles series of Amazon & Goodreads 5-Star novels which have been nominated for Reader's Choice Awards, Goodreads Choice Awards and numerous "Cover of the Month" & "Book of the Day" Honors. The novels have also received a glowing review and featured “First Lines” in "Publishers Weekly" and “Reader’s Favorite” (respected by renowned publishers such as Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins). Additionally, she is the author of Modernizing Your Personnel Management System (copyright 1985 by Alexander Hamilton Institute; Ramsey, NJ 07446).

Personally, Annette Czech Kopp, dreamer, avid sea shell seeker’ and beach explorer is honored and humbled to be chosen by the Miso Mice for this once in a Universe opportunity. Born and raised in Parma Hts., OH she wrote and produced plays with her neighborhood elementary school friends using garages as stages and charging only $.05 for attendance (popcorn was free). Although the play and story writing continued, productions were halted as the actors were lax in putting away everything they had lugged out of houses. Her love of making up stories continued in life, ultimately shared with her 2 sons as they created the Miso Mice in the 1990’s and imbued them with superpowers, and as Pokémon was very popular at that time, individual trading cards. One of 5 sisters, in March 2020 (think pandemic), they began zooming together every week, ended up calling the sessions IdleChatter5 (cheaper than therapy!), and even creating a website summarizing all of their chatter! Many of the topics discussed were about what they termed "The Self Project" - creating their own future selves. They literally spend (as they continue to zoom even now) up to 3 hours almost every week chattering. Conversations range from the exchange of what each sister is doing this week, health information and recipes, to discussing time travel, the multiverse, and questions such as “why are we here” and “what are we doing here” (here meaning Earth)? These sessions changed Annette’s way of thinking about everything - realizing that she can (as the Miso Mice say) "choose'ndo" (associated with Universe rule #1: everything gets to choose). This attitude and awareness, that everything is Annette’s choice, totally transformed her life both physically and mentally. She lost 40 lbs; lowered her blood pressure; is now consciously aware of what she eats; swims and walks daily; and is happy! Annette wanted to share this information with others - that you can create your own future self (if you want) - as it has brought her great joy - but many of the concepts discussed were very academic (and to Annette’s mind boring) in nature. Voila - enter the fantasy world in the “Adventures of the Miso Mice” where these (what some may call adult-level) concepts are presented in a fun, fantastical manner with language and pictures that can be understood at many levels by all ages through the shenanigans of these 5 whimsical fantastical mice (and yes their characters are indeed based on Annette and her 4 sisters). Annette can’t chronicle quickly enough the adventures of these fantastical Miso Mice and book #6 is almost completed!!

ADVENTURES OF THE MISO MICE is available here and at many libraries (if your library does not carry them; just ask the librarian)

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