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Yorktown author Susan Berliner releases second children’s book

The cover of “Windsoar, the Flying Car: The Island.”

Photo courtesy of Susan Berliner

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2026 8:00 am

Author Events

Susan Berliner will host a meet-and-greet at Butterflies n Dreams, 56 Main St., Dobbs Ferry, on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 1 to 2 p.m.

For $20, children ages 3 to 6 can hear a reading from the first book in Berliner’s “Windsoar the Flying Car” series. Berliner will stop reading when the children encounter the deer, allowing children to take the book home to finish the story. The event also includes a hands-on craft, book signing and photo opportunity. Seats can be reserved by calling 914-231-5431.

Susan and Larry Berliner will be signing their books at the Somers Women’s Club’s Autumn Sale on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Reis Park in Somers.

By Miranda Ferrante

Editor

Yorktown’s Susan Berliner is back with the second children’s picture book in her “Windsoar the Flying Car” series.

“Windsoar the Flying Car: The Island” follows Emma and Liam, who spot the yellow car flying through the sky and ask their neighbor, retired pilot Captain Shaw, to take them for another ride.

During their flight, they see geese circling a small island. When Captain Shaw lands, they hear honking and discover one of the geese has a plastic bottle caught around its neck.

“That’s what happens when people toss plastic bottles and other trash into lakes and oceans,” Captain Shaw tells the children. After they remove the bottle, the captain says he will take the plastic with them and put it in a recycling bin “where it belongs.”

The book, intended for children ages 2 to 7, incorporates lessons about recycling, caring for the environment and helping others while encouraging young readers to use their imaginations.

“I want kids to use their imagination. My Windsoar idea came from a dream I had,” Berliner said. “That's still the basis for this book, and I'm still dedicating them to children with the hope that they use their dreams to create new stories, because you want children to use their imagination and to come up with ideas and to write stories. When I was a little girl, that's what I did.”

Berliner, who lives in Yorktown Heights, is also the author of seven supernatural thrillers, three short story collections and a memoir. She has worked as a newspaper reporter, editor, promotion manager, nonfiction writer and teacher.

“Windsoar the Flying Car: The Island” is available on Amazon. For more information, visit susanberliner.com.