Second book, this one is on bulldozers and a pond!

This second book now has a title, "The Bulldozers Dig a Pond". Richard has finished all of the initial sketches and has started his craft of turning these sketches into his wonderful illustrations. This book will be about two bulldozers, one large and one small, that dig a small pond for the same family from "The New Blue Tractor". My son came up with the great idea to use the same farm house setting from our first book! It is starting to really take shape!

We are hoping to have this second book published by early fall. Of course, there are many factors that play into that date so time will tell.

We are busy planning the Literacy in the Park event where we will get to see and hopefully meet Steven Kellogg. We are using the Kidpix computer program to have the children "color" some of Richard's illustrations. I have created a couple of cut-out activities in which the children will make a tractor and a barn putting together 8 pieces. Richard has printed up some small magnets using images from "The New Blue Tractor" for us to hand out and I have put together a packet of activities to hand out for those people who purchase our book that day. Last year, Marc Brown was at this event and it drew around 1500 people. I am hopeful that we will get some great exposure here!

Hope the Easter bunny is driving your way on a TRACTOR!
Stacey