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Book Launch Party

Join us for the launch of Mountain Machines at the Adele Campbell Art Gallery, Whistler BC.
7 p.m. Friday, October 23


NOW AVAILABLE

Mountain Machines is available at the following retailers. If you are interested in becoming a retailer please contact us directly by email.

Vancouver
Kidsbooks

Whistler
Armchair Books

 

  

Two to five-year-olds will love Mountain Machines and its colorful view of the antics of the gondolas, groomers, bull wheels and pipe dragons that run a ski resort.

Vibrant illustrations and whimsical words teach tots to count and name the machines cavorting in the snow. Each machine has it own personality and on every page Marty Marmot observes the fun.

A lively book for little ones to learn numbers and new vocabulary, as well as for anyone who loves snow, snow sports, winter or machines.

 

PROFILES

SARA LEACH

Sara Leach lives in Whistler, BC. She and her family love to ski, hike and bike on the local mountains. She is the author of Jake Reynolds: Chicken or Eagle?. She learned all about big machines from her two-year-old son.		  

STEVEN CORVELO

Steven Corvelo is an artist and writer living in Pasadena, California with his wife, their four-year-old son and eleven-year-old Welsh Corgi. He enjoys visiting snowy places but believes snow and cold weather should be optional.

 

PRESS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY OCTOBER 13, 2009

WHISTLER WRITER LAUNCHES TWO CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Sara Leach, teacher-librarian at Spring Creek Community School, will celebrate the publication of two children’s books Friday, October 23 at 7 p.m. at the Adele Campbell Gallery.

Jake Reynolds: Chicken or Eagle?, an adventure tale for young readers, tells the story of 11-year-old Jake who dreams of saving seal pups from the talons of bald eagles, protecting his little sister Sierra and confronting the wolf he is sure stalks Hidalgo Island.

Mountain Machines , illustrated by California artist Steven Corvelo, is a colorful and playful look at the machines that manage a ski hill. Each machine has it own personality and on every page Marty Marmot observes the antics. Sara credits her success to Whistler’s Vicious Circle writing group and its writer-in-residence program, where she worked with Paulette Bourgeois, creator of the Franklin the Turtle series.

Sara’s chapter book for children ages 8 to 11, Jake Reynolds: Chicken or Eagle? is published by Orca Books and her counting book for little ones, Mountain Machines, is published by Poppy Productions.

Both books are available at Armchair Books or online mountainmachines.ca

DATE of PUBLICATION: October 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9782818-1-6
RETAIL PRICE: $9.95
www.mountainmachines.ca
www.poppyproductions.ca

MORE INFORMATION:

POPPY PRODUCTIONS
Johanne Leach
poppypro@uniserve.com
604-872-2752
604-809-7166

  

 

MEDIA ARTWORK

  
Sara Leach - Writer
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 Steven Corvelo - Illustrator
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Cover Art
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PUBLISHED BY:

Poppy Productions Inc.
203-1328 Marinaside Cres.
Vancouver, BC V6Z3B3
www.poppyproductions.ca