Behind the Books

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” — Albert Einstein Marketing Kids Books Tips That's what I looked up and found the number one tip was free printable colouring pages. Free Printables When I first started researching how to expand and market children’s books, the advice was nearly universal: create a free printable page and offer it in exchange for email sign-ups. It was presented as the standard path. I did create some free printable pages, and added those to the Resources Page and think these are fun and will continue doing that here and there. At the time, I only had Bye-Bye, Boobies in progress, and I was not even sure whether there would be more books after that. Building an email funnel around a single title felt premature. I did not want to create something transactional. I wanted to build something sustainable, even if it grew slowly so I started talking to librarians, homeschooling moms and teachers as to what would be helpfu...

  Buy The Fox and The Crow on Amazon.com The Fox and the Crow has been one of my favourite stories to bring to life and we had fun making some of the parts of the images from oven-baked clay at home, including the logo! See our post  Introducing the Monarch Tales to see that process. Of course, I'm also using Krita to help make the illustrations for these books just as I did for my Bye-Bye, Boobies book and I shared in this post .  We all know the tale, the fox wants the cheese but how can you get it from the crow high up in the maple tree? Inspired by Aesop’s classic fable, it’s my Canadian retelling and part of the  Monarch Tales collection. The hardcover edition has been out a couple of weeks and has been joined by a new more affordable softcover version, perfect for families and classrooms. Teachers and homeschool parents can also find a free Educational Guide for this title, filled with discussion prompts, a seek-and-find activity. It’s been wonderful to s...