Approximate Publishing Date

Conversations have finally led up to a "must be published by" date with Xlibris. The deadline for exhibiting Johnny Green and the Little Green Man at the National Educators Association conference in San Diego, CA is June 8th! We are in the heavy edit phase and, hopefully, by early next week - the week of May 18th - I will see another galley (draft) of the book. I've learned a lot during the edit phase - especially how key communication is. I've been informed that there is another conference in November - the National School Librarian Conference - in Charlotte, NC, so I hope to also have Johnny Green and the Little Green Man on display there. I am thankful for the strong marketing department Xlibris has. They have helped educate me along the way and have given me many ideas in marketing my book. I've been doing quite a bit of research and, as I love marketing, I know it will be a

fun journey.

Thank you to my illustrator, Julia Floyd, who is working on Johnny's Facebook - he will be

informing readers on new and best practices on recycling, and other fun things. As soon as she is ready for it to go live,

I will post the link for you.

Here are the front and back covers of Johnny Green and the Little Green Man from the final mockup of the book. I had to cut six pages in the edit process, that was painful, and so this mockup contains these six pages and will become the "uncut" version. I will post the pages that were cut down the road.

Please stay tuned! As soon as the final papers are signed to go forward with publishing, my website will be available to receive orders. I will let you know when this happens! Johnny Green is alive and well and will soon be in our hands! Suzan

The Birth of Johnny Green and The Little Green Man

Once upon a time, about two years ago, Johnny Green and The Little Green Man were just an idea. The idea became a reality and is now almost ready for the whole world to see. Assuming all will go as planned, it will be published the end of May or early June 2009 and displayed for the first time at the National Educators Association conference in July in San Diego, CA for over 15,000 decision makers to review. It will also be available on Amazon, Booksellers and Barnes and Noble websites or through my website, which isn't set up quite yet. (I will include that link at a later date.)

My hope is that this book will become a family favorite, this unbelievable story of an ordinary boy and the dilemma he encounters on his way home from school one day. Like most fairytales, children don't forget them, nor do we as adults, and such is this picturebook story. The topic, recycling and saving our earth....a sweet story about a little boy.....the outcome - a life lesson that Johnny learns about what he can do to help save our green earth! More to come.......Suzan