Eventually, one day at a T-ball game, after he heard me once more talking about TOON, Steven said: “You talk about these books all the time-you really should be working for them.” That night I sat down and wrote an email to I simply expressed my love and deep appreciation for the books and offered to help out with marketing-my background is in educational sales and the creative arts, so it wasn’t out of left field. I was literally chatting up these books to anyone who would listen to me. Over the next couple months, we collected them all.
It sounded intriguing so I ordered a few-and my son loved them. One day Steven, my husband (who’s a comic book fan) suggested I check out TOON Books, founded by Françoise Mouly of The New Yorker. It’s almost as if, right at the moment we want our kids to take a genuine interest in reading, we give them flimsy books that have absolutely no aesthetic appeal! Plus most books for beginning readers are so constrained by limited vocabulary that the stories are just not that interesting. As a parent who had spent years reading beautiful award-winning picture books, I quickly grew frustrated by the poor design quality of “early readers” and their rather awful production value. Well for starters, I am our target audience so that certainly helps me in thinking about TOON’s marketing! I came to TOON first as a mom, when my oldest child was five years old and he was just learning to read. Thank you for taking the time to interview with Women Write about Comics! Tell us a little bit about yourself and your work with TOON Books. TOON labels Maya TOON Level 2, interest level 4+, reading level Grades 1-2. I had a chance to speak with Kimberly Guise, Marketing Director of TOON Books, about the distribution agreement, the publisher, and, of course, the comics. TOON Books, founded by The New Yorker’s Françoise Mouly, publishes quality comics for younger readers that engage them through both art and narrative. But although he grew up in a "cow town," Trade never considered himself a cowboy - even though he does own two pairs of cowboy boots.In May 2015, TOON Books and Diamond negotiated a new distribution agreement, with Diamond taking on international distribution outside of the US and Canada in comic markets. Trade grew up in Livermore, California, the home of "the World's Fastest Rodeo," an event complete with bull riding and wild-cow milking.
She's still a little afraid of cows, but she'd like to learn how to milk one.Trade Loeffler is also the creator of the all-ages web comic Zip and Li'l Bit, and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, son, and their dog, Boo.
Once, when she was very young, a cow mistook her bright yellow dress for a flower and tried to eat her. She grew up in New York City, but loves going on vacation to the countryside.
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