The Magical Tales of Two Brothers - Book 1: The Peatlands
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A book series of wonder and ecological accuracy to promote ecoliteracy and magical thinking for all ages, printed on recycled paper.
Backers: 135
Average Pledge Per Backer: $134 CAD
Funded: $18,152 CAD of $17,800 CAD
Dates: Jul 6th -> Aug 15th (40 days)
Project By: Elizabeth Bekolay
Backers: 135
Average Pledge Per Backer: $134 CAD
Funded: $18,152 CAD of $17,800 CAD
Dates: Jul 6th -> Aug 15th (40 days)
Project By: Elizabeth Bekolay
$18,152 CAD
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 15 @ 10:07 -0400 GMT
101%
of goal
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FUNDED! THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN US!! 
August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Together as a community, we have funded a book idea that will have a positive impact on the world and a huge impact on my life. It warms my heart to think that my grandkids and great-grandkids will be able to hold these books and feel deep thought,... (Read More)
About the Hard Cover Limited Edition from a Bindery in Saskatoon
August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
I LOVE the look of old books. I was lucky growing up that my parents kept a library of all kinds of books with all kinds of bindings. To me, the leather or cloth cover of an old book was like the gatekeeper to knowledge and adventure. Although, most... (Read More)
Slow Books Movement - Introducing Our Paper Source
August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
The Slow Movement You have probably heard about the many personal and global health benefits of the slow food movement, founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy in 1986. According to the 2014 article, Advantages of the slow food movement, by Barry Advance,... (Read More)
Land Acknowledgement with Audrey Ben
August 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Audrey Ben: Kindergarten Teacher and Knowledge Keeper I feel very honoured to introduce this special lady. Audrey Ben is a mother of 9, grandmother of 14, a Kindergarten teacher at Wâhkôhtowin School (the school formerly known as Confederation... (Read More)
If Each of You Encouraged 1 More Backer - And The Global Belief in Little People
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Ask One or Two Friends To make these books a reality we need each of you to ask one more person to back us before Friday night. We may not get this close again. We've raised a lot so far! We just need to finish off with a little bit of magic and a... (Read More)
Day 34: Link to Live Readings of Books 1 and 2
August 8th - via: kickstarter.com
If you have access to Facebook, check out the live readings. https://www.facebook.com/The-Magical-Tales-of-Two-Brothers-Series-108093880993757 The themes of the books: Hope, resilience, solutions Ecological literacy for ecological... (Read More)
Peatlands, Bogs, Muskeg - The Ecosystem Setting
August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
The bogs I visit have always seemed like a separate world to me. Nothing in what I read or saw on TV growing up indicated that this world existed. In some ways, I would like to keep it like that. But all the special places that I have loved have some... (Read More)
Day 30: 60% Funded: Another Team Member Introduction
August 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Editorial Team Member: Jesse Savage Jesse Savage is a professional editor and beta reader based out of Alberta, Canada. She works in a variety of genres both fiction and non-fiction, including romance, crime, and... (Read More)
Reading of Book 1 and Book 2
August 1st - via: kickstarter.com
LIVE READINGS Staring on the evening of Monday, August 4th at 7:30 pm (central standard time) I am going to read from 'The Magical Tales of Two Brothers,' book 1 and 2, on Facebook Live. Each bedtime story session will last about 20-minutes and are... (Read More)
An illustration in progress.
July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Working on an illustration from the story where a dragonfly lands on Marty's nose :-) You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 (Read More)
Day 24: The Illustrator - She Brings the Characters to Life
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
The Illustrator - Jennifer Lynn Becker Jen and I met by chance two weeks after I finished writing the first book. We were both following a Facebook post about saving the bees. I commented on how we have to do this regionally, based on the needs of... (Read More)
Day 19: 47% Funded - Press Release
July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
I want to tell stories that teach ecological literacy through adventure and imagination, just like the ones I told my children when they were little. When I started exploring the publishing industry I quickly realized that the ecosystems I want to... (Read More)
The Printing Press
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
I have some amazing friends that work at a local printing press. I did shop around and found other printers that would create the book the way I wanted it to be, but the staff from this one went over the top to support my vision. They sent me samples... (Read More)
Day 14: 37% Funded - Reading of Chapter 2
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
I was amazed by the initial response and how quickly we raised a third of the funds. Then everything stopped, it stood still for a few days, giving me a moment to reflect. I am naturally a self-critical person and I questioned how much I wanted to... (Read More)
EDITOR'S BIOGRAPHY - SHE BRINGS OUR MAGIC TO LIFE
July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Catherine Milos Everything in this project has come together by chance, like the way Jen and I met. I spent months in dialogue with different, really wonderful, and patient editors, but something didn't feel right. Neither of us wanted to give up... (Read More)
Day 4 - Sneak Peak at Chapter 1
July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! We are one-third of the way to our funding goal! Thank you all! An Excerpt from Chapter 1: Note: Marty is 5 and doesn't have all his consonant sounds yet. The spelling is an attempt to recreate that language. They walked in silence for a... (Read More)
Day 1
July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, We launched this project 24 hours ago and we have already reached 11% of our total budget! Thank you all SO much for your love, support, and confidence in this project. We have 38 days to go, please share far and wide. Much love,... (Read More)
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