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Open the flaps to follow Mothman Baby over the course of a delightfully paranormal evening in Point Pleasant,
West Virginia, 1967.
Mothman Baby! features sturdy flaps on every spread that reveal fun, unexpected and friendly characters or hidden aspects of each scene.
About the author
Elias Barks is a writer who lives with his cats, Agnes and Magnus, beneath the gray skies of Astoria, Oregon. He is the author of many beloved children's books, including
I Believe in You,
I'm Programmed to Love You,
Alien Baby! and
Bigfoot Baby!
Summary
Open the flaps to follow Mothman Baby over the course of a delightfully paranormal evening in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 1967.
Mothman Baby! is jam-packed with fun period details and characters celebrating the area's famous flap of Mothman and UFO sightings in the 1960s, with appearances by the Men in Black, Grey aliens, and mysterious lights in the sky. Young readers and pre-readers will discover the details of this nonthreatening supernatural world alongside their Mothman Baby avatar, as every spread features a flap revealing a fun, unexpected character or surprise.
The durable, interactive flaps make this an ideal multisensory experience for hours of fun at schools, libraries, homeschool or stay-at-home activities.
Foreword
- Print run: 7,500
- Co-op available
- Advanced reader copies available
- DRCs available by request on Edelweiss
- National advertising plan likely to include Shelf Awareness and School Library Journal
- Pandemic-willing, booth presence and signage at major events will include: San Diego Comic Con, WonderCon, ALA Midwinter, BEA, Seattle Children’s Book Festival, Portland Book Festival (formerly known as Wordstock), Emerald City Comic Con (Seattle), Rose City Comic Con (Portland)
- Online / social media campaign: Instagram paid ads, Facebook paid ads, Google AdWords and Amazon AdWords
- Promotion through publisher's and illustrator's social media accounts (combined 80K+ followers)
- Books will be aligned to Common Core Standards and Lexile Measured
