Bill Bailey, Please Come Home by A.N. Stewart

Written By Tara Lewis

Summary

When a young girl named Eartha takes in a group of rascally kitties, they all live together in her shotgun shack down in New Orleans near the river and railroad tracks. The cats loved this beautiful place with its music and flowers, but one cat liked to wander.That cat, Bill Bailey, loved to meow to all the passersby, even though they couldn’t understand him. But all that changes when the cats are taught a very special secret. Join their adventure to find out!Families and educators of young children will delight in this story that showcases New Orleans, music, and the importance of community and interconnectedness.

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Amy Stewart's rich and wonderfully written Shotgun Shack Kitties: Bill Bailey, Please Come Home brilliantly combines history, music, and rhyme, that perfectly illustrates the vibrancy of New Orleans as told through a backdrop of a rascally clowder of cats. The first in a series that follows the adventures of a group of cats living in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, young readers will delight in the playful rhymes, cats with personalities, and introduction to music that the book so artfully shares. A perfect additional to any home or classroom library.

Tara Lewis

I am an experienced children’s book marketing professional with more than twenty years in the children’s book publishing industry. I have insight into the workings of children’s book publishers and internal operations and processes, having managed a global marketing department as a Director at Disney Publishing Worldwide for six years and managed teams at Scholastic Inc. for six years, before opening my own children’s book marketing business.

I have worked with a broad range of children’s original titles in the picture book, middle-grade, and young adult categories. I have also spearheaded the campaigns for many licensed book series such as Scooby-Doo, Disney Princess, Harry Potter paperbacks, Pokemon, Powerpuff Girls, Marvel, Lego, Tinkerbell, Matchbox, Winnie the Pooh, and Baby Einstein.

My marketing planning included not only devising the strategies but also conducting competitive analysis reports, writing press releases, articles, blogs, catalog copy, and news pieces for the product. I worked on a daily basis with the editorial teams to bring a successful book to market.

As a freelancer, I provide the following services:

-Marketing plan development (strategy, tactics, social, deliverables, etc.)

-Writing press releases, author bios, catalog copy, book blurbs

-Market research and competitive analysis

-Creating book proposals for authors to submit to publishing houses. Also query letters.

-Book editing and proofreading

-Book reviews

My areas of specialty are picture books, middle-grade, and YA. I love working with self-published authors to help them navigate and understand the publishing process. I also enjoy working with seasoned publishing veterans.

I have an impeccable career history at the highest level at the best publishing houses in the world. Let me help you - and your book - make the leap from good to great! I will help your book get the exposure and readership that it deserves.

https://www.taralewisbooks.com/
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