Meet Nonna Olivia & Louie

I want you to meet two people who don't exist anywhere except in my heart and now, finally, on a page.

Nonna Olivia is every grandmother who ever taught a child something without ever calling it a lesson. Louie is every kid (baby boar) who thought he was just having fun and didn't realize he was being given something that would matter for the rest of his life.

I wrote them because before there was a PhD, before there was a sommelier certification, there was someone's hands showing me which olives were ready. Every child deserves a Nonna Olivia. This book is for the ones who have her, and the ones who wish they did. Nonna Olivia and Louie's First Harvest — out now.


Nonna Olivia and Louie

Nonna Olivia and Louie's book series, is a picture book about a grandmother, her olive grove, and the wild boar learning to love it the way she did. Written by Dr. Brandi Muilenburg — a PhD in Integrative and Functional Nutrition and certified olive oil sommelier — it's a story built from the same Tuscan grove world as her adult book, If Trees Could Talk-Power of the Olive Tree, told for the youngest members of the family table.

Book One (E-Book)

Nonna Olivia the Wise Olive Tree

Book Two (Print and E-Book)

Nonna Olivia and Louie’s First Harvest


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