TITLE: Pegperson Pat
RELEASE DATE: July 2017
AUTHOR: John Fredericks
CATEGORIES: Children’s Book/Adventure/Toys
PAGE COUNT: 38
ISBN: 978-1973757337
IMPRINT: Sunquills
KEYWORDS: children’s, superheroes, elementary, preschool, kindergarten,
making friends, imagination
ONE LINER:
Pegperson Pat is
a little toy trying to fit in with his superhero neighbors.
SYNOPSIS:
Pegperson Pat is
excited to meet the new people.
That's because
they're SUPERHEROES (accessories included)!
Will Pat be able
to fit in with his super new neighbors? Join Pat, Tractor, Captain Bulky,
Hyperstar and WebbyWolf to find out.
GUEST POST:
PEGPERSON PAT AND MY
CREATIVE PROCESS:
My name is John
Fredericks and I’m the author and illustrator of PEGPERSON PAT. It’s a book for young people and their
parents who remember their childhood toys.
Many of us played with pegpeople and egg-people as children. They
were so simple, and it was easy to see ourselves in their tiny faces. In this article, I’ll talk a little about the
book, and also my own creative process.
In this book, I
wanted to provide a main character readers could identify with in the same way.
Like Pat, we all have these routines we enjoy. However, secretly,
we suspect that other people are having a much better time: that we’re just
stuck in some rut. That’s where the
superheroes in the story come in. Pat is
convinced that he has to be just like them and play their games their way. In his mind, that’s the ONLY way he can have
a great life. However, he eventually
finds that’s not the case.
My writing and
drawing process differs depending on whether I’m the author or not. For example, I’m also the illustrator for the
PRINCIPAL SAM books, written by Paul Semendinger. When I’m the illustrator, I work from a
complete manuscript. We can make some
changes in the process, but I need to have the book in an almost-final form or
the artwork would never get done. Also,
I’m trying to bring the author’s vision to the page, not my own. That’s not a bad thing, just different. For
example, I’ll send Paul five or six sketches for major characters, and he
almost never picks my favorite. That’s okay: it’s his book and we go with it.
In my own writing, I
bounce back and forth between writing and drawing. I’ll usually write a script, revise it a few
times, then sketch some images. As I
sketch, I see things that need to be changed or added. After that, I’ll sketch a mockup of the book,
adjusting the pacing and page layout.
For example, a two page spread has to start on an even page and end on
an odd page. The trick is to get all of
this worked out in the mockup stage, so that I’m not endlessly redrawing the
final artwork.
So that’s a quick
look at PEGPERSON PAT and my creative process.
Thanks for letting me write this guest post. Anyone can contact me at sketchingjohn@outlook.com .
AUTHOR BIO:
John Fredericks has been writing and drawing since he could hold a
pencil. (His mom's still mad about that wallpaper in Pottsville.)
Also, he’s the illustrator of the PRINCIPAL SAM series of children’s
books, also available through Ravenswood.
He works as a teacher, and lives with his family in Pennsylvania. You can follow him on Twitter @sketchingjohn
and www.sketchingjohn.weebly.com.
EMAIL:
sketchingjohn@outlook.com
AUTHOR LINKS:
BUY LINKS:
AMAZON US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0742N7YC7 AMAZON UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0742N7YC7
AMAZON CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0742N7YC7
BARNES & NOBLE: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pegperson-pat-john-fredericks/1126853350?ean=9781973757337
CREATESPACE: https://www.createspace.com/7370955
PAPERBACK: https://www.amazon.com/Pegperson-Pat-John-Fredericks/dp/1973757338/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501128254&sr=8-1&keywords=pegperson+pat
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