Pete the Cat Hits the Big Time
Decatur Metro | March 2, 2010
Over on the Little Shop blog, Dave tells the story of how “Pete the Cat': I Love My White Shoes” went from a local sensation to getting picked up by none other than Harper Collins. Pretty sweet story!
Eric Litwin, a local storyteller and musician, had an idea for a children’s book starring Pete the Cat. A chance random meeting with James Dean, a local artist and creator of Pete, started the collaboration. Eric and James put the book together and published it themselves. Amazingly successful, the first printing sold out. Outrageously successful, the even bigger second printing also sold out.
In the meantime, multiple big time publishers began knocking on their doors.
Read the rest of the tale over on the Little Shop blog.
The Decatur bookstore will host a book release party for Dean and Litwin this Saturday, March 6th at 7pm.
Disclosure: Little Shop of Stories is a DM sponsor.
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We’re hosting Pete the Cat because we rock (and because Eric — who will rock — and James — who we hope will sketch — were nice enough to come). We also sponsor DM because DM rocks.
Dave is right. Little Shop of Stories rocks, although it does so despite Dave’s total lack of rhythm.
Terra, Krista, and Diane’s coolness more than make up for Dave’s total lack of rhythm.
Plus, as someone else who totally lacks rhythm, I kind of think it’s overrated.
But you do have riddim, mon. –Ras Scott
I got rhythm
I got rhyme
I even use them
On occasion
With poetic powers like that, it is clear why Dave went to law school.
Why I can rhyme
Most all the time
And my grasp of assonance
Leaves nothing to chance
I do a bang-up job with onomatopoeia
For anyone who’d want to see a
Good example of alliteration
Let’s lift a lovely libation
But penning the verse
Isn’t lucrative, (Oh curse)
So studying the law
pays bills better, by far
Note, I’m NOT the Diane who runs the Little Shop, nor do I sponsor DM. But I’m available for book collaboration with anyone who wants me.
Love Pete the Cat!