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- Malibu, CA
- About Me and My Book:
- I am the president of Playdate Kids Publishing. Prior to publishing, I spent over twenty years of creative management and entertainment production, contributing to the success of global commercials and showcased music videos on top networks including MTV, VH1, FUSE, as well as premiere international stations around the world.
It was my interest in children that made my new endeavor an obvious next step in my career. As publisher of Playdate Kids Publishing, I created a new series of children’s books under the name The Playdate Kids. This series of books for young children between the ages of 3-6, deals with emotional and social situations that children encounter in their young lives. The stories help provide adults with the tools they need to help children understand and cope with each situation.
I am also involved with Malibu Global Awareness—a fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders (an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or excluded from health care in over 70 countries). Over the past several years, I have successfully raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the charity.
I hope my expansion into children’s book publishing will bring excitement and flair to the world of children’s entertainment. In addition to the book series, I plan to publish more DVDs, workbooks and other outstanding children’s products.
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- http://www.theplaydatekids.com
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Posted on July 17, 2007 at 3:20pm — 2 Comments
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Check out my latest blog post to read about my newest cover design, read the latest book review and find out how to attend my first book signing for the JGDS (Junior Geography Detective Squad) children's mystery state book series (signing as illustrator of course).
Here is the cover for the second book in the series just to tempt you further...
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It looks like you might be able to either profit by or contribute to my new Self Publishing group here on BMN.
Please take a look, we're trying to build it into a resource for writers who prefer to be their own publisher.
I wanted to personally invite you to my Children's Writers... Illustrators... & Publishers network at http://childrensbookwinp.ning.com/
I did send out invites to my friends, but I wanted to ask you myself, since I am seeing a lot of writers who are just waiting to be talking to a publisher and only a few are in the group so far (2 or 3).
Aidana WillowRaven and WillowRaven Illustration & Design Plus
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I wish you all the best, Tena.
Cherie
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