ThinkAheadKids Publishing

About Think Ahead Kids Publishing

Welcome to Think Ahead Kids Publishing. Think Ahead Kids is a Traditional Publishing Company. Once your manuscript is accepted Think Ahead Kids Publishing is committed to producing meaningful and high-quality work. We take pride in what we do and are selective in the content that we choose, therefore we know your book will appeal to children and their families.

Our Publishing House will review every submission and if selected we complete editorial reviews, and provide support in the areas of design, proofreading, copyediting, and printing.

Our Vision is to assist authors in obtaining their dreams to be recognized for their work. We believe everyone has a voice and an equal opportunity to share their accomplishments with the world.

Think Ahead Kids Publishing

Accomplished Illustrators
Copyediting/Proofreading
Marketing support
Think Ahead Kids provides one-on-one Marketing Consultation

Our Basic Marketing Services Include:

A Press Release that includes an image of your book, detailed information about you, your work, your book's description, a link to where to purchase your books
We promote your Press Release on Social Media Platforms that include School, Family, and Author groups
An Author Spotlight Video that highlights who you are as an author, what inspired you to write your book, and a brief synopsis about your book
A Book Trailer to share on your social media platforms

Additional Marketing Services:

Puppet Storytime Episodes
Our company representative will contact booksellers and other book retailers to promote your book
We also collaborate with outside marketing experts

Think Ahead Kids Publishing Extra Services (if needed):

Extensive Editing - Our editors provide Substantive and Developmental/Content Editing
Ghostwriting
Translation

Accomplished Illustrators

Mya hill

Welcome Illustrator Mya Hill

Mya Hill is a young artist honing her craft while still a high school student studying art in Temecula, CA. She has loved creating art in many mediums since she can remember.

Mya has created and sold canvas paintings and drawings at festivals for the last three years, her signature creations being that of sparkly dragons. Mya is new to illustrating but has quickly fallen in love with the process and plans to continue on the illustrating path to wherever it leads.

Amanda Le

Amanda Le has been a fan of cartoons and graphic novels their whole life. Amanda earned a BA in Art and Educational Sciences from UC Irvine, and has ran an online business selling their illustrations for over 10 years. Amanda directed and took part in animating an award-winning animated short "Making Friends," and also designed a BIBA Award-winning book cover for poetry anthology "A Burning Lake of Paper Suns." Currently, Amanda hosts online classes and works as a youth arts instructor for local students situated in Temecula, CA
Amanda likes to create art that focuses on environmental messages, representation of minority groups, and the expression of art as healing, and loves to embed poetry in their designs. Amanda work hard to do all they can to inspire young people to keep on creating, and is happy to bring ideas to life through their art!

Dori Durbin

Illustrator Dori Durbin grew up most of her life in a small town in Michigan. After earning a BA in English and a secondary teaching certification, Dori taught high and middle school English and Science. She obtained her Master of Arts degree in Social work with an emphasis on Community Services. As a lifelong art enthusiast and hobbyist, Dori formally began her art career in custom acrylic pet portraits 6 years ago. Then after taking classes from Make Art that Sells (Lila Rogers), StoryTeller Academy (Arree Chung), Little Blue Mushroom (Kristen Balouch), and remembering her love of children's picture books-- she began her career as a children's book illustrator. Dori has illustrated her own self published books, including "Little Cat Needs Space," and "Little Cat Feels Left Out." She still teaches youth art and participates occasionally in art shows. Dori plans to continue writing and illustrating for children– and owning many cats!

Sara Westaway

Sara Westaway is professional artist, illustrator and author living and working in rural Dorset, UK. She divides her time between illustration commissions, large scale hospital decoration projects and producing her own beautifully illustrated Children’s Books. All of Sara’s work in inspired by nature and she explains her motivation for her new titles... “I began writing children’s books when my son started Primary School. He was a clever boy, but just couldn’t get the hang of reading. School was a nightmare for him, but he found solace and endless enjoyment from being outside, learning about animals and plants. I was determined to create books that embraced this natural interest in all things wild, whilst at the same time using these topics to help encourage early and reluctant readers. I am passionate about children enjoying the simple pleasures to be found just beyond the back door, and I hope that the books will spark an interest in reading and the natural world that will last a lifetime.

Professional Editors

Victoria Hyla Maldonado

Victoria Hyla Maldonado has been writing all her life and has worked professionally as a writer and editor for more than 20 years. She has edited all forms of writing across various industries, but she particularly has a love for bringing book manuscripts, both short and long, to their fullest potential. She lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with her husband and children and is the author of the children’s books “Bartleby the Brave,” “Miedosin el Valiente” (español), and “Tears for the Butterfly.” She is also the author of the substantive women’s fiction novels (Hearts Drawn Wyld trilogy) as well as a variety of published short stories with more to come.

Kristin Spann

Kristin Spann currently serves independent clients and major publishers through her business: Spring Tutoring, Writing, and Editing Services. Her editing skills include: Content editing, line editing, copyediting, proofreading, and format checking for books and web content, as well as business, ministry, and personal documents. Writing experience includes biblical articles, blog posts, flash fiction (fantasy), poetry, Bible studies, a study guide, and more.

Submit Your Manuscript

Online Submission Only

We are currently taking submissions through our Writing Events, Camps, and Workshops.

For information about our next events follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Every manuscript will be reviewed, however, not every one will be accepted. We will notify you within 1-3 weeks of receiving your work.

How To Submit

To submit your manuscript Click Here
Please attach the completed manuscript saved as TITLE_LAST NAME
A confirmation email will be sent to you from Google Forms when we receive your submission.

If you have questions about the submission process or need assistance, please contact us at Info@thinkaheadkids.com

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