Author Event! Jennifer Levi with Kit Hoover THE BRAUNICLES

A joyful, mischievous, heartfelt book for children and the grown-ups who love them.

Recommended for ages 6–10, parents, grandparents, teachers, and anyone who wants to remember what it feels like to live with curiosity, courage, humor, and heart.

The Braunicles invite readers into the wonderfully imperfect world of a spirited little boy named Braun. A world filled with adventure, mischief, big feelings, unexpected lessons, and an irresistible enthusiasm for life.

Written by Jennifer Levi, the stories are warm, funny, honest, and deeply human. Jennifer gives a distinctive voice and captures childhood in a way that feels both whimsical and completely real: the bold ideas, the questionable decisions, the enormous emotions, the funny family dynamics, and the little moments that often become the memories we treasure most.

At its heart, The Braunicles is about living fully. Braun approaches the world with curiosity. He takes chances. He includes people. He makes mistakes. He loves fiercely. He finds fun where others might not see it. And through each story, young readers discover that some of the qualities that make a child challenging, surprising, loud, adventurous, or different can also become their greatest strengths.

For parents and grandparents, there is another layer. These stories are a gentle reminder not to rush through childhood trying to make everything perfect. Sometimes the mess is the memory. Sometimes the mischievous child becomes the unforgettable adult. Sometimes the moments that make us shake our heads today are exactly the stories we will tell for the rest of our lives.

Jennifer’s voice brings humor and perspective to parenting without preaching.

That makes The Braunicles more than a children’s book.

-It is a book children can enjoy for adventure.

-It is a book parents can recognize themselves in.

-It is a book grandparents can give with meaning.

-And it is a book families can read together and talk about long after the final page.

Jennifer Levi is the founder of The Live Like Braun Foundation and the force behind The Live Like Braun movement. Since the death of her son in May 2025, Jennifer has become a powerful advocate for DUI awareness and meaningful legislative change, passing a new Bill in CA, testifying at the CA State Capitol and on Capitol Hill. She regularly speaks to audiences at DUI workshops and schools all over Southern CA. She serves on MADD's CA State Legislative Board.

Jennifer’s advocacy has been featured across multiple media outlets and television networks including NBC, ABC, Fox, and CBS, along with well-known podcasts hosted by Dr. Phil, Kennedy, Jason Kennedy, Amanda Kloots, Kelly Gores, Meghan Judge, and Kate Casey. Jennifer has spoken openly about the profound transformation of her life following the death of her son. She has become a featured contributor to Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, writing about the ways grief has reshaped her life with raw honesty, deep emotion, and a touch of irreverence.

She hopes The Braunicles inspires children to embrace exactly who they are and encourages grown-ups to give young people the freedom to let their brightest, silliest, most authentic selves shine.

Jennifer is a mother, wife, advocate, writer, and former TV executive. Although she has worn many hats, she has always said she is most proud of her role as mom to her two children, Adelle and Braun. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California, with her family and two very naughty dogs.

Kit Hoover is currently the longest tenured host of the nationally NBC syndicated programs and the Emmy-nominated nightly entertainment show “Access Hollywood” and the daily lifestyle entertainment show “Access Daily with Mario & Kit.” Kit launched the top trending COOP with Kit Podcast in 2024. The COOP brings on some of the most iconic women in entertainment, sports and business that are just hitting their stride.

Securing her latest job at forty, the Atlanta-native mother of three has always been up for an adventure and challenge. Hoover made her television debut in 1995 as a cast member on the original season of MTV’s “Road Rules,” which sparked her interest in pursuing a career in television. Soon after, she became the entertainment reporter for “American Journal.” Then onto Fox News in 1999 as a correspondent for “FOX Files.” In 2003, she joined ESPN2’s “Cold Pizza” and served as a guest judge on ESPN’s reality contest, “Dream Job.” Additional hosting roles include TLC’s lifestyle makeover series, “Real Simple, Real Life,” ABC’s “Shaq Vs.,” a reality show starring Shaquille O’Neal
and Lifetime’s “Celebrity Home Raiders.”

Hoover received a Track and Cross Country scholarship to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she earned a B.A. in Communications 92’. Hoover continues to practice her love of fitness by running, biking, hiking, and playing tennis and pickleball.