The eight delightfully entertaining and attractively illustrated stories in
Frogs Rainy-Day Story and Other Fables whimsically contrast the wisdom of todays world with the wisdom of Gods Word. The whole family will enjoy these timely tales of timeless truth.
What is Frog to do when the letters he is using to write a story rebel and begin marching off the page? What choices will Gander make when his plans for the day are disrupted by an invitation from the king?
Learn about these and other amusing adventures in
Frogs Rainy-Day Story and Other Fables, a delightfully entertaining and attractively illustrated book of eight fables that whimsically contrasts the wisdom of todays world with the wisdom of Gods Word. Created by husband and wife team
Michael James Dowling (author) and
Sarah Buell Dowling (illustrator), this full color, 72-page, hardcover book will warm hearts and tickle minds. The entire family will want to read this delightful volume together again and again. Children will love the entertaining and instructive stories, embellished by more than forty colorful illustrations. Adults will chuckle as they see many of their own behaviors mirrored in the insightful tales.
Frogs Rainy-Day Story and Other Fables makes a great gift and coffee table book. It is sure to stimulate lively discussions about how some of the predominate themes of our current culture contrast with a Christian worldview. A complementary Burrowing Deeper study guide with thought-provoking questions about each fable is available as a free download from
www.FrogsRainyDayStory.com . This is an ideal learning resource for personal reflection, family devotions, home school studies, Christian school and church Sunday school classes, and small group discussions.
Papildus informācija
Frog's Rainy-Day Story and Other Fables presents a strong book for children and families that brings a cross over book to both the Christian and secular markets. With its strong message of Biblical truths and life lessons it meets people where they are and delivers an important ministry in our tumultuous culture today. The added bonus of the downloadable Burrowing Deeper, allows families, churches and the home-schooling communities to explore many ways to use this message.
Primary Target Markets:
Parents, Grandparents, Church Educators, Youth Leaders, Pastors, Home School, Adult Education Leaders
Marketing achievements to date:
Confirmed interview for Focus on the Family Feature article published by American Family Association in the AFA Journal Featured as a resource and in the online bookstore for Legacy Coalition Available through Cokesbury.com Upcoming interview/review in World Magazine Strong interest by 10+ national Christian broadcast and print Blogger campaign for fall and spring Podcast campaign for late fall and winter months
Ads for Q4 2019:
Ad in Munce catalog, Sept/October 2019 issue Ad in Christian Retailing - September Ad in Todays Christian Living - October Amazon ad campaign
Media efforts for consumer
Heritage for Truth interview Internet TV Focus on the Family national blog November Strong top tier response and interviews/blogs underway for confirmation.
CBN TV (home of the 700 Club) PureFlix.com Crosswalk.com -- Christian Web site owned by Salem Media Daystar TV -- Joni and Friends CTC TV Life Today Radio Bill Martinez Live radio Ask Dr. Brown radio In the Market with Janet Parshall radio Janet Mefferd (Bott Radio Network host) Chris Fabry Live -- Moody Radio
Christian Independent Publishers Association Featured book in Nov eblast to 15000 consumers Christian Blogger Campaign October - December Christian writer/reporter campaign - November Mom blog Tour for 4th quarter Reviewers for Amazon, GoodReads, and specific Christian blogs ongoing for 4th quarter and early 2020
Social Media
Ongoing campaign through multiple platforms:
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Michael J. Dowling provides award-winning professional writing and publishing-assistance services to thought leaders. In addition to ghostwriting and editing dozens of books over the past twenty years, he is the author of Boosting Your Pets Self-Esteem, a humorous satire of the self-esteem craze published by MacMillan, and Flip Along Fun, an interactive, educational childrens flip book that received the internationally respected Moms Choice Award.
From 1987 to 1999. Michael served on the staff of Trinity Presbyterian Church, a 1000-member PCA church in Charlottesville, VA. Prior to 1986, he held leadership positions in a variety of business corporations in the Boston area. Michael earned an MBA degree from Columbia Business School in New York City, where he was a Harriman Scholar, and an engineering degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville. Sarah Buell Dowling is an award-winning artist and illustrator. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, she continued her post-graduate studies at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts, and in private workshops with numerous nationally recognized artists.
Recognition for Sarahs art includes First Prize in Watermedia at the Biennale National Exhibition 2015 in Hilton Head, South Carolina, as well as various awards from the Georgia Watercolor Society, the Southern Watercolor Society, the Watercolor Society of Alabama, and other organizations. Sarah has illustrated three books and several childrens toys. One set of stacking blocks received the Toys of the Year award from Parenting Magazine; another was chosen as a Childrens Book of the Month Club Main Selection.
