Just wanted to share a little bit more information about my children's book, Tina Tumbles, and a picture from the book, for those that are interested!
Tina is a young girl who sees gymnasts flipping across the TV screen and wants to try gymnastics herself. Tina eats, sleeps, and breathes gymnastics, determined to master her skills on the furniture in her house. It's not until her mom finally signs her up for lessons that Tina learns to land on her feet with practice and some helpful corrections from her coach.
This story is all about confidence, focus, and perseverance. Even though it follows a young girl learning a headstand, cartwheel etc., the concepts can be applied to learning skills at all levels. Often times skills in gymnastics look so easy, when in reality, it takes a lot of hard work and practice and a few tumbles before we finally master our goals.
In 2010, Tina Tumbles was picked up by a publisher, but things did not end up working out. Like Tina, my illustrator and I refused to give up. We knew we had an important book and message for many young gymnasts, so we then decided to try our book on Kickstarter, a website dedicated to helping launch projects via crow funding.
Not only can you pre-order this colorful 32-page hardcover picture book, but you will be helping us (including Tina) get back up on our feet. We have until next Monday, February 10th to reach our funding goal, and Tina Tumbles will be printed for release in April 2014. The next step: Amazon, gym pro-shops, bookstores across the country?
Click here to pre-order and to learn more about the project (ie more sample pictures and a video!) Share with friends, family members, coaches, kids at your gym, anyone who might be interested. Our book also includes a Picture Glossary of Basic Gymnastics Shapes. Read our Kickstarter FAQs on the bottom of our page for more info on how Kickstarter works. Thank you so much for your interest!
Tina is a young girl who sees gymnasts flipping across the TV screen and wants to try gymnastics herself. Tina eats, sleeps, and breathes gymnastics, determined to master her skills on the furniture in her house. It's not until her mom finally signs her up for lessons that Tina learns to land on her feet with practice and some helpful corrections from her coach.
This story is all about confidence, focus, and perseverance. Even though it follows a young girl learning a headstand, cartwheel etc., the concepts can be applied to learning skills at all levels. Often times skills in gymnastics look so easy, when in reality, it takes a lot of hard work and practice and a few tumbles before we finally master our goals.
In 2010, Tina Tumbles was picked up by a publisher, but things did not end up working out. Like Tina, my illustrator and I refused to give up. We knew we had an important book and message for many young gymnasts, so we then decided to try our book on Kickstarter, a website dedicated to helping launch projects via crow funding.
Not only can you pre-order this colorful 32-page hardcover picture book, but you will be helping us (including Tina) get back up on our feet. We have until next Monday, February 10th to reach our funding goal, and Tina Tumbles will be printed for release in April 2014. The next step: Amazon, gym pro-shops, bookstores across the country?
Click here to pre-order and to learn more about the project (ie more sample pictures and a video!) Share with friends, family members, coaches, kids at your gym, anyone who might be interested. Our book also includes a Picture Glossary of Basic Gymnastics Shapes. Read our Kickstarter FAQs on the bottom of our page for more info on how Kickstarter works. Thank you so much for your interest!
