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What's new
Meet Aldo!
Aldo Zelnick is the star of a new comic novel series for kids by Karla Oceanak and Kendra Spanjer. The first book in the series, Artsy-Fartsy, is now available! We invite you to place your order for signed, first-edition copies on this website or by calling (970) 672-4664. A softcover version is also available through amazon.com.
Come See Aldo at These Events
Come see Artsy-Fartsy in person and get your own signed copy! We'll be hosting or attending these upcoming events:
Johnson Elementary, Fort Collins, presentation to three 4th-grade classes, Friday, February 19th.
Live cartooning demonstration and book signing, First Friday art walk, Friday, March 5th, Clothes Pony/Dandelion Toys, Old Town Fort Collins, 6-8 pm. Come look over Kendra's shoulder as she works on the illustrations for the next book!
Fort Collins Rotary READ elementary school assemblies, 3rd week of April. We've been selected as the Rotary authors this spring and will be presenting at 3 local elementary schools and several Rotary meetings. Check back for details.
Mountain View Elementary, Windsor, literacy night presentation, Wednesday, April 28th, evening.
Taste of Fort Collins, June 12th & 13th. Bailiwick Press will have its own booth!
New West Fest, August 14th & 15th, Old Town Fort Collins. Drop by our booth and say hello!
Applewood Arts Festival, November 20 & 21, The Ranch, Loveland, Colorado. Amazing artisans and Aldo, too! (Get all your Christmas shopping done in one fell swoop.)
Our Aldo Angels
For us, creating a new comic novel series for kids has been a labor of love. So when we asked our family and friends to support the venture by buying prepublication copies, we were agog with gratitude when dozens of folks said, "Heck, yes!"
Thank you, thank you, thank you to these sweet, generous people:
Barbara Anderson
Carol & Wes Baker
Butch Byram
Anne Conklin
Annie Dahlquist
Laurie Engeldinger
Leigh Waller Fitschen
Chris Goold
Griff Griffin
Alesia Gural
Thomas & Nancy Hadam
Chet Halvorson
Maggie Hayes
Dick & Peggy Hohm
Jana Knezovich
Kathy Kosec
Vicki & Bill Krug
Clint & Stacey Lucas
Annette Lynch
Linda Mahan
Matt Messinger
Jody & Greg Motz
Kristin Mouton
Marge Norskog
Betty Oceanak
Craig Oceanak
David Orphanides
Alveta Petersen
Jackie Peterson
Roberta Satterfield
John Schiller & Suzanne Holm
Patty & Ray Seaser
Barb & Steve Spanjer
Dana Spanjer
Jeanie Sutter
Starr Teague
Sandy Thomson
Lynn Utzman-Nichols
Jacki Witlen
Now Featuring
Move Over Waldo...
Their names rhyme, but Aldo wants the limelight to himself, thank you very much.
Aldo Across the Country
Readers across the country are finding out about Aldo. People in all the colored states have already purchased copies. Help us fill in the map!