When I was little I would draw a lot. Sketchpads full of drawings still sit at my parent's home. I would make small comics that I was going to 'publish'. Whole days would be consumed just drawing and colouring in. I loved it so much, but I guess life just carried on and I stopped. However recently I have picked up the pen and paper again (this time in digital form), and got the creative juices flowing again. I created some characters, came up with a book concept and now it's sitting on my table, fresh off the press. And it feels wonderful! Here is when I received my first copy: First reading ( photo / image / picture from Frank's Garden ) I wanted a create a book to help parents introduce their kids to simple gardening concepts. It's called Bo and Blu In The Garden. I'm happy with the result. Book Cover - "Bo and Blu In The Garden" ( photo / image / picture from Frank's Garden ) You can view some sample pages here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bo-and-Bl ... 1164869653 If you are interested in getting a copy, the book is available here: https://www.createspace.com/3448725 I am going to continue making more (working on the second right now). I had so much fun with this. Maybe, in future, they will even be a nice way to support GardenStew and get something neat in return. I do hope you enjoy my work :-D
What a lovely colourful idea Frank. It's a gentle and easy way for children to learn all about gardening and I love it!! Many congratulations to you and your adorable little characters and I hope book sales go through the roof. Do keep us informed about how your book is received won't you? Good luck with number two.
It's an adorable book, the drawings are so bright and cheerful. I like that it's a good sized book you can see more detail in the pictures and little ones can start recognizing letters and words. Can't wait to see the second one.
Congratulations on the book and for making a dream come true. I like your illustrations, I think they will be appealing to children and adults. Look forward to the next one.
A big congrats on making your childhood dream come true! I wonder how many future little Garden Stew members you will create? Bo and Blu are very cute.
Congratulations! I'm glad you got back to it and fulfilled your dream. Great things will happen now. dooley
Frank I'm so glad I remembered that I haven't been here in a while, this just really makes my day! So happy that you have made a dream come true!
What a good idea and result, Frank. I surely hope that this will be successful and lead to more volumns.
Frank, keep going , it does appear neat an cool. Maybe even the schools would be intrested in those. Maybe dept of agriculture too. Good luck, and congrats are in order. bali
Well done Frank, congratulations, I know it will be a great success and all the very best for number two.
Thank you all for your lovely comments. It warms my heart, it really does. Some people have been asking me to send them autographed copies of the book. While I would love to be able to do this, it's just not feasible consider my current geographical location and the printing location (cost/time.) However I would gladly send you a personalised postcard that you could put with the book If you PM me your mailing address along with your book order number I can make it so. Sound good?
