I recently got the shipment of my first printing (5000 copies) of my new illustrated children’s book The Sprit of Lindy just in time to sell them at the Reno Air Races!
Putting out signs to promote sales at Reno!
The new book includes characters from my first book All of Life is a School and two new ones – a Dehavilland Mailplane named Geoffrey D. H., and Lindy, who represents the Spirit of St. Louis.
In the story, the characters hear about the Prize for the first plane to fly non-stop between New York and Paris and decide to build a plane that will do it. As with the first book, we all learn a valuable life lesson by the end.
Aside from taking some artistic license with the Lindy being built by airplanes at Fantasy of Flight in Florida, it is actually very historically accurate in many of the details, including “Lindy” being visited by spirits that helped guide and encourage him at a very low point on his Journey.
My set-up in the entrance of the Main Merchandise Tent!
I decided not to sell books at Reno the last two years because I wanted to get my new book out. I had already sold over 500 All of Life is a School books a year there for two years and wanted to come back with something new.
While I also sold a number of All of Life is a School this year, most of the sales were for The Sprit of Lindy and I bettered my total sales from previous years; selling over 600 books! I also had 100 each of the Puff and Zee plush, which were very popular and totally sold out!
Ready for action with books and plush!
The artwork is great and I am VERY proud of how this new book came out. I included some questions on the back that are chronological to the story where the readers can not only have fun discovering the answers, but learn a little history in the process.
I you have a cute kid, know a cute kid, or ARE a cute kid, you can order The Spirit of Lindy online at https://www.fantasyofflight.com/collection/store/index.asp?cid=9
Kermit