Last week, we got an envelope in the mail. It was from Joseph and Julie M., a brother and sister who are members of the Bobbledy club.
The envelope contained their finished copies of The Snowmen Below, which made us very happy. But what made us even happier was the email their mom sent over the weekend, which contained pictures of Joseph and Julie making their books.
For example, this one, which offers a “behind the scenes” glimpse at what it looks like when a real-live author/illustrators sit down to write and draw the pictures for a book.
These guys obviously took their work very seriously.
As much fun as it is to make a book, it’s also very hard.
Joseph and Julie worked for a long time on their books, making sure to get the story just right and making sure that the illustrations were the perfect match for the words. When they were done, they were, of course, extremely excited.
But finishing their books was not enough. No, indeed! The next step was to put them in an envelope and send them to us.
Luckily, an envelope was available.
Luckily, Joseph and Julie’s awesome mom Peggy knows where the post office is.
And so they went. Probably without even eating dinner first. I don’t know this for a fact, but I’m assuming that’s what happened.
If you’ve never taken your very own book to the post office to send it off to a publishing company, it’s rather exciting.
There is a potentially terrifying moment when one is asked to hand the book across the counter to a total stranger, not knowing when or even if that precious envelope will get there safely.
But more often than not, the friendly employees of the US Postal service will give you an assuring smile and let you know that it is more than likely that your envelope will arrive in 3-5 business days.
Which makes you feel much relieved. And so you give your brother and mom a high five and head straight to the ice cream shop, where your mom treats you to the biggest, drippiest, most hot-fudge-laden sundae on the menu.
I don’t know for a fact that this happened, but I assume that it did.
Thank you, Joseph and Julie, for sending us your books! Thank you. Peggy, for being an awesome mom.
If you give us a little bit of advance notice next year, we’ll be happy to drop by for the ice cream part of things. As for the rest of you, the deadline for sending us your copies of The Snowmen Below is December 15!