I can't help but notice that you don't have a copyright page. I would consider adding one. This seems like a creation you should protect. Also, I love the alphabet page you did at the end. Perfect!
I think it would have been a cool addition to include the name of each vegetable or fruit written in Chinese characters for an additional cultural education. Congrats on the book!
You did awesome on your first book!! I wish I had your foresight to not make my first book so complex with characters, a full narrative, and hand painting combined with photoshop edits, but we all have a different process :). My second book is a more simple format with digital illustration only and I am enjoying the process so much more - I think you nailed it on the first try!
That's so nice of you to say. Ya, my first try was definitely very complex and had a narrative as well. I just got so overwhelmed. Kudos to you for doing that on your first try!
Thanks for the video Cathy. I’m a primary chinese teacher in Australia I and found this very interesting and easy to follow. I also love your book and will purchase to read to the children in my classes.
You did very beautiful artwork. Illustrating food that looks good enough to eat is a rare gift. Congratulations! 🎉 I hope you keep it up, even just for fun and thank you for sharing about the process. ☺️
I’m not Asian but I am fascinated by your Culture. I like to learn and cook authentic Asian food. My sister-in-law is Thai and has taught me some of her recipes. And my kids are quite a custom to eating these types of Foods. I’m totally buying your book. LOVE THIS IDEA! Also I hope to be a Published children’s author as well. That’s how I found this video.
Adorable book! Lovely illustrations and colours in general. This book is so cool and bright 💛 Thanks for telling us about process, it was so interesting to learn about your experience. 💛💛💛
This is so cool! :D I drew and published four coloring books so far, and now I am working on a fifth. A picture book is in conception as well, hopefully I can make it eventually as well :)
Thank you for writing this book! I love the illustrations. Would be perfect if the pin yin and Chinese characters were on there in addition to making it a board book. Thank you
I’m not an ABC and I absolutely love this! Teaching Chinese kids using their cultural foods and educating non-Chinese kids about another culture. All around excellent idea!
I really love this book! It may be beneficial to apply for writer/ illustrator grants and get your books printed through a manufacturer. I noticed that most books are made in China. You can easily search online for a book manufacturer. Grant money, if you win, could pay for your prints....just a thought :)
I absolutely love your editing style and how creative you are! Seeing your whole process and how much work you put into this project was super super cool. Will definitely be purchasing one and congrats on your publication! :)
Hi Cathy! I love this! My name is Ruby and I am a freelance illustrator trying to break into children’s literature! I’m also currently working on writing my first book as well! I used to teach preschool and I always thought it would be so cool if one of my books was read during circle time! I love how detailed and organized your process is and i’m definitely taking notes on that! I will for sure be picking up your book! (Saw a lot of my favorite foods in there as well! 😊) Thanks again for sharing! 💜
I don't know how to use fancy art technology. So I am proud of you. My ebooks are on Amazon. For some reason, I cannot get past the stage of transforming my ebook into an actual book. So I say congratulations
Hi Cathy, I have wanted to write a children's book forever but could never come up with a good storyline until now. I need your advice on how to do my own illustrations. Finding the right digital medium is my problem. Firstly, there are hundreds to choose from with ranging prices from $$ To $$$$. I'm not an artist, but surly I can trace. Looking for a digital form/software to learn to develop my characters. Not sure if I can do it myself so i don't want to jump into real expense. I have an android phone, a nice laptop (I never use). What advice do you have? BTW...nice video on your journey to publishing your ABC book.
I am curious about how to become a childrens book author and the pros and cons on publishing traditionally through someone else and how to do that besides Amazon. Or how to self publish. I have heard from other Authors that it is extremely important to market and promote your book BEFORE you publish it. Now as kid before i could read zi loved being read to and heaeing stories so much that I started drawing picture books that told a story. As time went on as a kid I use to draw and sketch alot but I eventually stop drawing as much and got rusty. Ive never been to art school or had studied art. I dont know the first thing aboit how to pursue it. Im an 80s baby and I spent the first 20 years of my life with no internet. There is alot I just dont know about computers. To be honest, Ive never even seen somebody do digital art until you showed a small clip of you doing it. That looked so cool! I am curious on what ipads and what peograms are best to download for digital art for childrens books. I would like to start drawing again. But Im no professional and Im in the dark on all the tools out there. But I would really like to leadn more information and tool's and advice for both writing and illustrating your own childrens picture book. I dont know what all you need as a new author other than a good editor after you write the book. Infact there is a chikdrens book author who is a professional editor, yet she always has somebody else edit her books because shes too close to the project and might niss something. For example, she thought she was doje with her book and she sent it off to have it edited howevwr the editor said the book was good but there was no conflict. And so the author forgot and had to had that in. So I know you need an editor and a illutrator unless you are educated and know how to do it yourself. I am curious on what education you have to have helped you gain these skills. I nean I have heard most illustrators go to college to gain more art skills etc. But the thought of going to college and paying alot of money just to write and illustrate a book when I hear yoir not going to be paid alot for writing a childrens novel. Your basically just doing it for fun and to help kids. Not to get rich. Unkess your super talented and become famous and go on to write romance novels or something. But I want to learn about what I need mainly as beginnger childrens author and what I should study and how I can check out books today too see what kids are into today and see if there is an area and subject matter that I feel passionate about talking about. I also dont know how much money it will cost me to have the right type of ipad and programs etc that I need to write the book but also how to learn techniques for illustration. Im looking at this as a side hobby. Since I dont see a stable career path and income. So can somebody point me in the right direction on how to create not only a childrens book, but also a cookbook? Maybe even a cook book for kids? And how to go aboit leadning the art skills needed to become a childrens illustrator. And perhaps not have to share your work with a actual illustrator or traditional publisher. And how do you go aboit copyrighting it so nohody steals it? Im so in the daek because ive never known anybody personally who was an author. Nor have I ever thought Id have the guts to even look into it. I never had alot of faith in myself. But Id like to try to step out of my comfort zone and maybe write some childrens books.
Thank you for making this video! I am looking to create a kid's ABC book and it was helpful to see your process. I hope you hear back from the traditional publishers!
Thank for sharing for your book and my favorite is the last page. The colors pop but pleasing to the eyes. Totally a perfect wrap up. Hugs . congratulations on your success
I just loved the book, and the whole idea and creative process! Congratulations! You just helped me a lot right now, I was stuck in my profession, and this gave me a new breath! Keep ir up!
I am So Proud of You! What a wonderful way to connect and share culture and the love of food we all have. Great job and your illustrations are BEAUTIFUL! Have a wonderful day!
Girlll!!! Love your book! You should double your price. 15.99 at least. Parents aren’t worried about an extra $10 if they think the book is good for their kids. But $10 times 100 might help with books for school, student loans, down payment on a house. Double your price. And if you still don’t want to make money then use the profit to market your book and donate all the proceeds to help ABCs.
I learned about your book through SAT and just bought it on Amazon even though I’m also 25 and don’t even have kids yet 😂 I love this concept so much!! This is such a creative idea and one that speaks so directly and uniquely to the ABC-experience. I’m definitely going to read this story to my future kids! On another note, I’ve always loved art and have started drawing more regularly during the pandemic. My dream is to create a children’s book someday too, and this video was super helpful in understanding how you developed this book. It actually gave me more confidence that this is something I can achieve one day too, and not just some crazy pipe dream. Congrats on the book and thank you for sharing this process with us!!
Oh I'm glad! I didn't find many videos that shared the entire process when I was starting, so I didn't want to hide any details. Best of luck with your book, can't wait to see it!
I love this! I know it’s been 2 years but could you show the upload process? I have been trying to make a children’s book but getting it from procreate to Amazon is seeming to be a challenge…
Your book is lovely. Congratulations on your first!!! I can’t pick my favourite food, they’re all too yummy. The cover is probably my favourite art wise.
Here from AHN! Congratulations on completing this project, Cathy. I will admit that when I first saw the post I was like oh man another person out here trying to capitalize on Asian identity 🙄🙄 but I see now through your video that this was truly an artistic project for you and you absolutely deserve to be published traditionally!! I am going to be starting as an elementary school teacher next year, and I will definitely save this to use as a resource and hopefully recommend to parents. (hope by that time you're available more widely too) look forward to seeing where else you go, and amazing job with the video too!!
Hey again Christine! Oh interesting that you thought that, ya definitely not trying to capitalize it, just trying to share what I know, what I grew up eating. And an elementary school teacher? That's awesome! I'm sure you'll be able to impart a lot of your own identity and culture onto your kids!
Girl I’m so proud of you! This is great. The character studies are TOUGH. Glad u pointed that out bc that’s where I’m at AND STRUGGLING UGH. Love this book! Thanks for sharing ❤️
Great concept book. Why did you not employ someone Stylize your Signature and make it much bigger and Blacker ink so people can read it? To build a brand having a very readable stylized signature would helpful for you.... imho of course
Great video and great book! I love that you chose to incorperate foods that you grew up with. I think it's a great way for kids that don't grow up with these foods to learn more about other foods and cusines from other cultures. amazing artwork and such a great idea!
Congratulations.. inspiring.. for years I dream of writing and illustrating children books but I've done nothing .. this is encouraging .. good job and hope you publish your second book soon ..
Hey! Did you eventually write your book? I was like that too for many years and finally I’ve started writing. I will be done writing in a few days/ weeks and will get to publishing. All the best
I've never tried or heard of a lot of those foods, it would be a really fun video for you to invite a friend who's also never had them and we watch them try them for the first time! Probly also be good book promotion too.
Your video was recommended to me by the CZcams algorithm, probably because I've been searching on the writing process for picture books :) What a cute book you made! I live in Indonesia and I wish I could buy it here. My favorite is letter is a tie between Xiao Long Bay and Zong Zi.
Wondering what kind of books would be nice to give to kids? a custom version of educational books such as *personalised childrens books* - something to pique their interest more into learning w/out dropping the fun factor too much especially when themed for the recipient
You rip! Thanks for taking the time to make this video. About to publish my first children's book and this was super helpful. Congrats on the book it looks and reads great! Love all the colors
I wish I had this book when I did my student teaching. I did a week on Asian history for kindergartens and it was hard to find Asian literature for 5 year olds.
Beautiful book, great achievement ! It would have been nice to see the Chinese as contrast as well as seeing the English just as you have illustrated on the video.
This may have been commented on already, but it would be wonderful if you included Chinese above, below our on the left of the page. Not only are you providing your heritage, this could also help who ever is reading your book tho learn another language. If not, then consider doing your book in Chinese as well. Great job, wonderful graphics, LOVE your idea and congratulations!!
Thanks so much for the support! My latest video is all about how to setup a pop up shop to sell my book!
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I can't help but notice that you don't have a copyright page. I would consider adding one. This seems like a creation you should protect. Also, I love the alphabet page you did at the end. Perfect!
I actually did add a copyright on the back cover!
@@gotcathy And it's essentially automatically copyrighted by default anyway.
I think it would have been a cool addition to include the name of each vegetable or fruit written in Chinese characters for an additional cultural education.
Congrats on the book!
That's a great suggestion. Maybe for a future edition of the book!
I was going to say the same !
Yes my brother would love that
@@gotcathy Ooo and another addition would be to add your favorite recipes for each letter.
Awesome, I live in China and this book is a great melding of our cultures. My kids will love this.
You did awesome on your first book!! I wish I had your foresight to not make my first book so complex with characters, a full narrative, and hand painting combined with photoshop edits, but we all have a different process :). My second book is a more simple format with digital illustration only and I am enjoying the process so much more - I think you nailed it on the first try!
That's so nice of you to say. Ya, my first try was definitely very complex and had a narrative as well. I just got so overwhelmed. Kudos to you for doing that on your first try!
Thanks for the video Cathy. I’m a primary chinese teacher in Australia I and found this very interesting and easy to follow. I also love your book and will purchase to read to the children in my classes.
Great to hear! Go ABCs (Australian Born Chinese)!
Print it on Ingram Sparks. I want to do a board book and they are the only option.
I am so impressed! I just thought about actually being an illustrator myself.. so much to learn!
definitely, i hope you learned a little bit about illustrating!
You did very beautiful artwork. Illustrating food that looks good enough to eat is a rare gift. Congratulations! 🎉 I hope you keep it up, even just for fun and thank you for sharing about the process. ☺️
Awesome JOB. Congratulations 🎉🎊
I’m not Asian but I am fascinated by your
Culture. I like to learn and cook authentic Asian food. My sister-in-law is Thai and has taught me some of her recipes. And my kids are quite a custom to eating these types of
Foods. I’m totally buying your book. LOVE
THIS IDEA!
Also I hope to be a Published children’s author as well. That’s how I found this video.
I looooooooove this. I’m making a children’s board book. I’m pumped and excited...
Learned about your book through Asian Hustle Network! 🥰 this is sooo cute :)
I'm glad you liked it!!
Adorable book!
Lovely illustrations and colours in general. This book is so cool and bright 💛
Thanks for telling us about process, it was so interesting to learn about your experience.
💛💛💛
This is so cool! :D I drew and published four coloring books so far, and now I am working on a fifth. A picture book is in conception as well, hopefully I can make it eventually as well :)
Thank you for writing this book! I love the illustrations. Would be perfect if the pin yin and Chinese characters were on there in addition to making it a board book. Thank you
I’m not an ABC and I absolutely love this! Teaching Chinese kids using their cultural foods and educating non-Chinese kids about another culture. All around excellent idea!
Comment below your favorite food from the book, is there one I should have added?
I'd love to know
Personally would have loved B is for BOBA hehehe 🥰
My favorite is the Xiao Long Bao! Bao is also the name of my dog lol. 🐶
@@rubymichelle omg love that for a dog name!
What a thoughtful overview and a huge congrats, quite the accomplishment!
thanks so much!
I really love this book! It may be beneficial to apply for writer/ illustrator grants and get your books printed through a manufacturer. I noticed that most books are made in China. You can easily search online for a book manufacturer. Grant money, if you win, could pay for your prints....just a thought :)
I absolutely love your editing style and how creative you are! Seeing your whole process and how much work you put into this project was super super cool. Will definitely be purchasing one and congrats on your publication! :)
Aw thank you for all your kind words!! 😊
Hi Cathy! I love this! My name is Ruby and I am a freelance illustrator trying to break into children’s literature! I’m also currently working on writing my first book as well! I used to teach preschool and I always thought it would be so cool if one of my books was read during circle time! I love how detailed and organized your process is and i’m definitely taking notes on that! I will for sure be picking up your book! (Saw a lot of my favorite foods in there as well! 😊) Thanks again for sharing! 💜
I agree, that would be so cool to read your own book to kids! Best of luck!
Oh...great book!
I don't know how to use fancy art technology. So I am proud of you. My ebooks are on Amazon. For some reason, I cannot get past the stage of transforming my ebook into an actual book. So I say congratulations
what is the name of your ebook?
Love your book! You are an amazing illustrator!
Thank you very much!
Hi Cathy,
I have wanted to write a children's book forever but could never come up with a good storyline until now. I need your advice on how to do my own illustrations. Finding the right digital medium is my problem. Firstly, there are hundreds to choose from with ranging prices from $$ To $$$$. I'm not an artist, but surly I can trace. Looking for a digital form/software to learn to develop my characters. Not sure if I can do it myself so i don't want to jump into real expense. I have an android phone, a nice laptop (I never use). What advice do you have? BTW...nice video on your journey to publishing your ABC book.
Well done on your publication. It sounds like an awesome book.
Very nice and inspiring! I would like to try out the Xiao Long Bao.
You definitely should, even Trader Joe's has some good ones now
Amazing idea!!!!!
The book is very beautiful ❤
Absolutely adorable ❤
This book is brilliant! I am so happy I came across your channel. I really liked G ginger and O octopus. Thank you for sharing your skill. 😀👍🏾
I love that, I am going to structure my art style. 🎨
I am curious about how to become a childrens book author and the pros and cons on publishing traditionally through someone else and how to do that besides Amazon. Or how to self publish.
I have heard from other Authors that it is extremely important to market and promote your book BEFORE you publish it.
Now as kid before i could read zi loved being read to and heaeing stories so much that I started drawing picture books that told a story. As time went on as a kid I use to draw and sketch alot but I eventually stop drawing as much and got rusty. Ive never been to art school or had studied art.
I dont know the first thing aboit how to pursue it.
Im an 80s baby and I spent the first 20 years of my life with no internet. There is alot I just dont know about computers.
To be honest, Ive never even seen somebody do digital art until you showed a small clip of you doing it. That looked so cool! I am curious on what ipads and what peograms are best to download for digital art for childrens books.
I would like to start drawing again.
But Im no professional and Im in the dark on all the tools out there.
But I would really like to leadn more information and tool's and advice for both writing and illustrating your own childrens picture book. I dont know what all you need as a new author other than a good editor after you write the book. Infact there is a chikdrens book author who is a professional editor, yet she always has somebody else edit her books because shes too close to the project and might niss something.
For example, she thought she was doje with her book and she sent it off to have it edited howevwr the editor said the book was good but there was no conflict. And so the author forgot and had to had that in.
So I know you need an editor and a illutrator unless you are educated and know how to do it yourself.
I am curious on what education you have to have helped you gain these skills.
I nean I have heard most illustrators go to college to gain more art skills etc.
But the thought of going to college and paying alot of money just to write and illustrate a book when I hear yoir not going to be paid alot for writing a childrens novel.
Your basically just doing it for fun and to help kids. Not to get rich.
Unkess your super talented and become famous and go on to write romance novels or something.
But I want to learn about what I need mainly as beginnger childrens author and what I should study and how I can check out books today too see what kids are into today and see if there is an area and subject matter that I feel passionate about talking about.
I also dont know how much money it will cost me to have the right type of ipad and programs etc that I need to write the book but also how to learn techniques for illustration.
Im looking at this as a side hobby.
Since I dont see a stable career path and income.
So can somebody point me in the right direction on how to create not only a childrens book, but also a cookbook? Maybe even a cook book for kids? And how to go aboit leadning the art skills needed to become a childrens illustrator. And perhaps not have to share your work with a actual illustrator or traditional publisher.
And how do you go aboit copyrighting it so nohody steals it?
Im so in the daek because ive never known anybody personally who was an author. Nor have I ever thought Id have the guts to even look into it. I never had alot of faith in myself. But Id like to try to step out of my comfort zone and maybe write some childrens books.
Thank you for making this video! I am looking to create a kid's ABC book and it was helpful to see your process. I hope you hear back from the traditional publishers!
great job and thanks for all the info, good luck
This video was phenomenal. Thank you so much for sharing your process with such beautiful presentation. This really impressed me
Thank for sharing for your book and my favorite is the last page. The colors pop but pleasing to the eyes. Totally a perfect wrap up. Hugs . congratulations on your success
You are so talented and this is such a creative fun book!! I'm a children's author/illustrator too :) I'm glad you made this video!
Congratulations Lexi on the book!!
wow, thanks so much for that candid insight into publishing! we bought the book for our little girl. love it!
You are so welcome! Thanks for buying it!
That’s awesome !!
This was wonderful-I listened to the entire video! Great advise too
Your book & idea are brilliant.
Great work, I love the concept of the book. I'm sure traditional publishers would love it too!
I just loved the book, and the whole idea and creative process!
Congratulations! You just helped me a lot right now, I was stuck in my profession, and this gave me a new breath!
Keep ir up!
Glad I could help!
Congratulations!🎉
Wonderful book!
That is absolutely amazing!! Love the idea and the execution 😍
Thank you so much!!
great idea
Absolutely beautiful. I especially loved your reading of your book. I'd buy your books for my grandchildren.
Aw thank you for the support!
I am So Proud of You! What a wonderful way to connect and share culture and the love of food we all have. Great job and your illustrations are BEAUTIFUL! Have a wonderful day!
Thank you so much for your nice words!
And thank you for supporting me on ko-fi. That was so nice of you, I really appreciate it ❤️❤️❤️
Girlll!!! Love your book!
You should double your price. 15.99 at least. Parents aren’t worried about an extra $10 if they think the book is good for their kids. But $10 times 100 might help with books for school, student loans, down payment on a house.
Double your price. And if you still don’t want to make money then use the profit to market your book and donate all the proceeds to help ABCs.
Thanks for the suggestion! I'm definitely not in it for the money haha. I just want people like lower income families to be able to purchase it.
I learned about your book through SAT and just bought it on Amazon even though I’m also 25 and don’t even have kids yet 😂 I love this concept so much!! This is such a creative idea and one that speaks so directly and uniquely to the ABC-experience. I’m definitely going to read this story to my future kids!
On another note, I’ve always loved art and have started drawing more regularly during the pandemic. My dream is to create a children’s book someday too, and this video was super helpful in understanding how you developed this book. It actually gave me more confidence that this is something I can achieve one day too, and not just some crazy pipe dream.
Congrats on the book and thank you for sharing this process with us!!
Oh I'm glad! I didn't find many videos that shared the entire process when I was starting, so I didn't want to hide any details. Best of luck with your book, can't wait to see it!
This is amazing!
I love this! I know it’s been 2 years but could you show the upload process? I have been trying to make a children’s book but getting it from procreate to Amazon is seeming to be a challenge…
This is so great! What a wonderful niche and fun way to share your culture and story! Congrat's on the book- good luck on your next endeavor!
I love this!!
Love this! I saw Michelle's instagram post and stalked you and binged your vids 😂 love the way you film and edit 👌 subscribedddd
Aw thank you! That's so nice, glad you like my videos
Your book is lovely. Congratulations on your first!!! I can’t pick my favourite food, they’re all too yummy. The cover is probably my favourite art wise.
Aw thank you! I'm glad you like the cover, it was tough to pick which foods to put on the front!
Thanks for this useful information. Very cute story how you decided to publish your book.😊
You go girl!
Found you through the children's book Facebook group--this is incredible and I loved watching the process! Congratulations!!
I'm glad you enjoyed watching the process!
Here from AHN! Congratulations on completing this project, Cathy. I will admit that when I first saw the post I was like oh man another person out here trying to capitalize on Asian identity 🙄🙄 but I see now through your video that this was truly an artistic project for you and you absolutely deserve to be published traditionally!! I am going to be starting as an elementary school teacher next year, and I will definitely save this to use as a resource and hopefully recommend to parents. (hope by that time you're available more widely too) look forward to seeing where else you go, and amazing job with the video too!!
Hey again Christine! Oh interesting that you thought that, ya definitely not trying to capitalize it, just trying to share what I know, what I grew up eating. And an elementary school teacher? That's awesome! I'm sure you'll be able to impart a lot of your own identity and culture onto your kids!
This is so simple and amazing
Great idea, beautiful book and well-made, inspiring video! Thanks for showing your process!
Girl I’m so proud of you! This is great. The character studies are TOUGH. Glad u pointed that out bc that’s where I’m at AND STRUGGLING UGH. Love this book! Thanks for sharing ❤️
super tough, i definitely need to work on drawing people, best of luck to you!
Excellent book! powerful concepts! thank you
Great concept book. Why did you not employ someone Stylize your Signature and make it much bigger and Blacker ink so people can read it? To build a brand having a very readable stylized signature would helpful for you.... imho of course
Great video and great book! I love that you chose to incorperate foods that you grew up with. I think it's a great way for kids that don't grow up with these foods to learn more about other foods and cusines from other cultures. amazing artwork and such a great idea!
Aw thank you, I agree, exposing kids to other cultures is super important
Congratulations.. inspiring.. for years I dream of writing and illustrating children books but I've done nothing .. this is encouraging .. good job and hope you publish your second book soon ..
Hey! Did you eventually write your book? I was like that too for many years and finally I’ve started writing. I will be done writing in a few days/ weeks and will get to publishing. All the best
I’m so proud of you!! Thank you for sharing is informative video!
I've never tried or heard of a lot of those foods, it would be a really fun video for you to invite a friend who's also never had them and we watch them try them for the first time! Probly also be good book promotion too.
Lovely book! Thank you for sharing your journey! ❤️
Love the title and concept! Your book is great and your video about it was interesting. All the best!
i love this!!!!!
Thank you for sharing!!! :))
omg ur so awesome, n ur book is cool!!! thanks hun
That is awesome! Congrats on your hard work. Beautiful book. I plan to buy it as I try to promote diversity of books. Just gorgeous.
Thank you! I agree, diversity in children's books is so important!
I love this ❤
Your video was recommended to me by the CZcams algorithm, probably because I've been searching on the writing process for picture books :) What a cute book you made! I live in Indonesia and I wish I could buy it here. My favorite is letter is a tie between Xiao Long Bay and Zong Zi.
Glad it helped, good luck with your own picture book!
Love your book! 😍
Wondering what kind of books would be nice to give to kids? a custom version of educational books such as *personalised childrens books* - something to pique their interest more into learning w/out dropping the fun factor too much especially when themed for the recipient
Love this as a kindergarten teacher!
yay I'm so glad!
Also, the idea of Chinese and English is a good one(I know if someone who does board books successfully). Whey not put that in the book as well? .
this was so helpful! congrats on your first book!
Than you for the sharing your journey . Love your editing and video style 😊
Aw glad you enjoyed the editing and video!
Thank you for sharing 🙂 your book is lovely!
You’re so thorough and amazing! Well done & thank you 🤗
Thank you so much!
great stuff, you go girl!
You did AMAZING
You rip! Thanks for taking the time to make this video. About to publish my first children's book and this was super helpful. Congrats on the book it looks and reads great! Love all the colors
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for all the nice words!
@@gotcathywhat app did you use for drawing!?
procreate! @@ally5522
I wish I had this book when I did my student teaching. I did a week on Asian history for kindergartens and it was hard to find Asian literature for 5 year olds.
I'm from Indonesia. Thank you for sharing.
Congrats on your book! What an amazing accomplishment 🤩🎉
Thank you so much!!
Well done Cathy. I'm not of Asian origing but your idea is brilliant and versatile. Best wishes to you
Beautiful book, great achievement !
It would have been nice to see the Chinese as contrast as well as seeing the English just as you have illustrated on the video.
3:30 Skyline Chili lets goooo
i still have yet to eat the 2 cans i bought 6 months ago
I am SHOOK about amazon!? I know your intentions are creativity, fun and inclusion learning. but you DESERVE that dollar girl. 40% is a joke.
Good job, thanks for the video.
This may have been commented on already, but it would be wonderful if you included Chinese above, below our on the left of the page. Not only are you providing your heritage, this could also help who ever is reading your book tho learn another language.
If not, then consider doing your book in Chinese as well.
Great job, wonderful graphics, LOVE your idea and congratulations!!
That's a great idea, I've been thinking about doing it but haven't gotten around to it.
This is so cool!! That timelapse of the process 😍
Thanks, glad you liked the time lapses