Doug Snelson, an award-winning children’s book author, recentlypublished his new book, Laughter Includes the Word: Revealed, A Life of Poetry. Written for students and adults, it was recently named a Mom’s Choice Award.

A Long Beach Township resident retired from the healthcare communications field, Snelson said the new volume is a selection of verse, all previously unpublished, reflecting hispoetic perspective on the special and everyday events of his life.