JKP In Catholic Library World, December 2011

Look for Joseph Karl Publishing's ad

in the December 2011 issue of
Catholic Library World.

http://www.cathla.org/clw-volume-80/65-catholic-library-world-volume-80

Looking for award-winning, exceptional quality,

life-changing reading for all ages?

You will find it here!


http://www.josephkarlpublishing.com

JKP books make fantastic, meaningful gifts
with lasting value,
for any occasion.

God is at work in you!

Joseph Karl Publishing and its film division, Apostolate Films, were founded in 2009 to encourage, inspire, promote Catholic faith formation, and foster greater Divine intimacy with Christ. In the past two years, JKP has been honored with 24 national and international awards for its work, which adheres to Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church.

Joseph Karl Publishing continues its mission into its third year by spearheading the new pro-life movement True Love Leads To Life, an unprecedented, global, and peaceful mission led by Jesus Christ. TLLL's purpose is to promote greater sanctity on an individual level as we combine our efforts and love, educate, and role-model an end to abortion and euthanasia everywhere, and to promote pre and post-abortion help and healing to those in need. The official brochure will be available for downloading and sharing soon. www.trueloveleadstolife.blogspot.com

More life-changing material is in development for 2012 and beyond in collaboration with our award-winning publishing partner Nancy Carabio Belanger at Harvey House Publishing (www.littleflowerbook.com). We also work together with other Catholic companies and organizations, as Corpus Meum, for the greater honor and glory of the Blessed Trinity and the benefit of precious, eternal souls.

http://godisatworkinyou.com/Corpus__Meum_Q3A4.html

Looking for exceptional, life-changing material worthy of your great dignity? You will find it here.

Enjoy and share (not sell) images from JKP's picture galleries, "God Is So In Love With Us," and a pro-life image gallery at www.josephkarlpublishing.com. Be sure to also check out Apostolate Films' page when you visit to see what's new!

Our Treasure Honored With Five 2011 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards For Excellence in Children's Literature

Catholic children's book about the Eucharist, our Treasure, has been honored with nine 2011 awards overall.

Our Treasure was honored in the following categories:

Educational/Instructional
Religion/Spirituality
Children's Picture Book 6 +
Cover Design
Illustrations

http://www.fivestarpublications.com/bookcontest/winners.html

From the back cover:

Children learn during story time that there is priceless Treasure waiting for them, whenever they want to become very rich. Do you know where "Our Treasure" can be found?

My sincere thanks to the exceptionally dedicated and talented team
that brought this special book for children
honoring Jesus truly present in the Eucharist
to fruition:

Illustrator Kristina Marie Pope

Content and copy editor Nancy Carabio Belanger
Cover design and storyline consultant Alice Mercado
Editor and Marian Catechist Susan Schoenstein
Content editor Belinda Bondi
Technology consultant Brian Dittmer
Book Packager Erin Howarth
and
Graphic designer Roseann Nieman.

Special thanks to my heroic children,
Andre, Nick, and Alyssa Bottesi,
who worked for many hours revising the story
until we got it just right.

My heartfelt thanks to
Fr. Benjamin Kosnáč
and
the Parish of Ss. Cyril & Methodius Slovak Catholic Church
Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S.A.
where the exquisite photographs of the Eucharist
were reverently taken.

God is at work in you!


Our Treasure, winner of nine 2011 book awards
including four Royal Dragonfly Book Awards,
has also been awarded the Catholic Writer's Guild Seal of Approval.

The Making of Our Treasure:

http://josephkarlpublishing.blogspot.com/2010/11/making-of-our-treasure.html



Official book trailer.

Press release:
http://www.catholic.org/prwire/headline.php?ID=9965

Looking for exceptional,
life-changing reading worthy of our great dignity?
You will find it here.

Most loving Jesus,
You are our Treasure!

Our Treasure
is available at:
Joseph Karl Publishing,
Amazon.com, Baker & Taylor, and Quality Books, Inc.

Our Treasure
Written by Michele Elena Bondi
Illustrated by Kristina Marie Pope
Joseph Karl Publishing, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A.
Published December, 2010
Hardcover, 30 pages

Manufactured in the United States of America
using exceptional quality material.

www.josephkarlpublishing.com

JKP Books at the Massachusetts Library Association Annual Conference

Joseph Karl Publishing's award-winning, life-changing books

are on exhibit this week

at
the Massachusetts Library Association Annual Conference.

What a joy to work for the Lord.

http://mla.memberlodge.org/

If you are looking for exceptional quality,
life-changing reading worthy of your great dignity,
you will find it here:

www.josephkarlpublishing.com

True Love Leads to Life: Free Pro-Life Images

Please share them, and pray for an end to abortion.

Joseph Karl Publishing is committed, through our mission of leading souls to Christ, to ending legalized abortion and euthanasia in the United States and around the world.

May we role model an end to legalized abortion and euthanasia, so that future generations inherit a world that values and protects every person's life, from conception until natural death.

Please share our images with others,
visit http://www.trueloveleadstolife.blogspot.com
to learn what you can do to make a huge difference,
and pray for an end to abortion and euthanasia.

To view our entire collection, visit:
http://www.godisatworkinyou.com/FreePro-Life_Images.html

Please share this information with others:

"You Can Save Someone's Life Today"
by Priests for Life:

http://godisatworkinyou.blogspot.com/2010/06/you-can-save-someones-life-today.html

True love leads to life!

God is at work in you.

'Our Treasure' Heads to Bologna, Italy

Joseph Karl Publishing's newest release, a quadruple award-winner, heads overseas for the 2011 Bologna Children's Book Fair.

All praise and honor to You, Lord Jesus Christ!

You are 'Our Treasure."

‘OUR TREASURE’ WINS FOUR COVETED ROYAL DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Linda Radke, Five Star Publications
Phone: 480-940-8182
E-mail: info@FiveStarPublications.com

CHANDLER, AZ (March 17, 2011) – The judges of the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest, which recognizes excellence in literature, have spoken, and Our Treasure, written by Michele Elena Bondi, illustrated by Kristina Marie Pope, and published by Joseph Karl Publishing, won four awards in the following categories: children's picture book, illustrations, religion, and cover design. Joseph Karl Publishing was honored with eight awards overall.

“Winning any place in the Royal Dragonfly Contest is a huge honor because in order to maintain the integrity of the Dragonfly Book Awards, a minimum score is required before a 1st or 2nd place or Honorable Mention will be awarded to the entrant – even if it is the sole entry in a category,” explains Linda Radke, president of Five Star Publications, the sponsor of the Dragonfly Book Awards. “In addition, the competition is steep, because there is no publication date limit as long as the book is still in print.”

In Our Treasure, children learn during story time that priceless Treasure awaits them, whenever they want to become very rich. This visually appealing book reminds children as well as adults that Jesus truly Present in the Eucharist is the Treasure, and it makes an ideal gift for any occasion, most especially First Communion. The keepsake book retails for $16.99 and can be purchased at www.josephkarlpublishing.com and www.amazon.com. Those looking for exceptional quality, life-changing reading can also ask for the book at their favorite bookstore and library.

For a complete list of winners including all first and second place and honorable mention recipients, visit www.FiveStarBookAwards.com and click on “Winners.”

The second annual Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest is already underway. Submissions postmarked December 1, 2011 or earlier are eligible for the Early Bird reward: a free e-copy of The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing or Promote Like a Pro: Small Budget, Big Show. Final deadline for submissions is February 1, 2012. The Chocolate Dragonfly Book Awards Contest, which is open to any and all books about or relating in some way to food, has also launched. Submissions postmarked June 1, 2011 or earlier are eligible for the Early Bird reward, with the final deadline for submissions on August 1, 2011. For complete rules and submission forms, visit www.FiveStarBookAwards.com.

The Royal and Chocolate Dragonfly Book Awards are part of the family of Five Star Dragonfly Book contests, which include the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, honoring children's books; the Green Dragonfly Book Awards, saluting books that create awareness of the environment and eco-friendly living; and the Dragonfly eBook Awards, which celebrate eBooks. For more details on all Five Star Dragonfly contests, access www.FiveStarBookAwards.com. Five Star Publications can be reached at info@FiveStarPublications.com or by calling 480-940-8182.

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Brother Jerome and the Angels in the Bakery

Brother Jerome and the Angels in the Bakery
by Dominic Garramone, OSB, with illustrations by Richard Bernal
ISBN: 9781933370644, hardcover, 9 x 12, 32 pages, $16.95
Reedy Press (2010 ) www.reedypress.com

Brother Jerome opens the monastery bakery to the public, fills it with delicious freshly baked goods, and then finds himself lacking customers. With the help of his guardian angel Gus, Abbot Pasqualino, the angels in the bakery, and prayer, Brother Jerome finds the courage to persevere despite initial disappointments. Will anyone come in to the monastery to buy Brother Jerome’s wonderful baked goods?

This touching story by Fr. Dominic Garramone, O.S.B., with charming illustrations by Richard Bernal, encourages children and adults alike to keep pursuing their dreams, and makes an ideal addition to every family library.

Be sure to ask for this delightful children’s book at your favorite store and public library.

My children (16, 13, & 11) and I highly recommend it.

Reviewed by Michele Bondi Bottesi
Publisher, Joseph Karl Publishing

From the book's official press release:

PBS BAKING MONK FR. DOMINIC GARRAMONE DELIVERS MEANINGFUL STORY ABOUT FAITH AND PERSISTENCE IN RICHLY ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOK BROTHER JEROME AND THE ANGELS IN THE BAKERY

ST. LOUIS, MO—The angels love to visit Brother Jerome’s monastery bakery, because it’s the place that smells the most like heaven. But when the abbot asks Brother Jerome to open his bakery to the public, the young monk doubts that he can get customers into the shop to try his breads. With the encouragement of his abbot and a little angelic assistance, he gains the self confidence he needs to have a successful bakery.

Brother Jerome and the Angels in the Bakery is a charming children’s book from public television’s popular baker monk, Father Dominic Garramone. Young readers will relate to Brother Jerome’s anxieties about failure, and Richard Bernal’s illustration yields beautiful renderings of monks, angels, and baking.

Look for Brother Jerome and the Angels in the Bakery in bookstores and online at www.reedypress.com.

Other books by Fr. Dominic Garramone, OSB

Breaking Bread with Father Dominic (1999)
Breaking Bread with Father Dominic 2 (2000)
More Breaking Bread with Father Dominic (2001)
Bake and Be Blessed (2002, 2nd edition 2008)
‘Tis the Season to be Baking (2007)
Brother Jerome and the Angels in the Bakery (2010)
Thursday Night Pizza (2010)

Joseph Karl Publishing is Thrilled to Announce "Our Treasure"

A keepsake picture book for children about the Eucharist, our Treasure.

Available December, 2010

at
josephkarlpublishing.com.

Looking for life-changing reading?
You will find it here.

_____________
Images copyright 2010 JKP.

Kids Should Get Involved in Pro-Life Movement Too, Catholic Psychologist Says

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA ADVISORY
Catholic PRWire

Contact: Harvey House Publishing
Tel: 248/217-7495
Email: media@harveyhousepublishing.com

Rochester, MI (November 4, 2010) - The pro-life movement isn’t just for grownups. The earlier kids get involved in defending life, the earlier they can learn the truth about the very real emotional, physical, and spiritual perils of abortion, says Michele Bondi Bottesi M.A., a Catholic psychologist, author, and mother of three.

“Abortion is the humanitarian disaster of our time,” says Michigander Bondi Bottesi, who takes her own children to pray on an easement outside an abortion clinic in a nearby town. “Our children are growing up in a world where the generation before them and their own generation has been impacted so profoundly by this act of violence against the human person since abortion became legal in the United States.”

Her children hold signs that say, “Pray to end abortion” and “Love all life; born and unborn.” She says her children, who age from 11-15, have learned from an early age that despite anything they may hear to the contrary, abortion is not a healthy option.

“Children can get involved in so many ways,” says Catholic pre-teen author Nancy Carabio Belanger, author of "Olivia and the Little Way" and its newly released pro-life sequel, "Olivia’s Gift," both from Harvey House Publishing. “Whether it be writing essays, standing and praying peacefully outside of abortion clinics, praying the rosary for the unborn, or speaking at school about the evils of abortion, it is all important and all necessary.”

Carabio Belanger says the staggering number of abortions in the U.S. alone each year (1.3 million, according to the Pro-Life Action League) was one of the reasons she created a pro-life theme for the pre-teen novel Olivia’s Gift.

“It’s so important that kids know from a very young age that life is a gift from God. I felt that by writing about this in a delicate, yet direct, way as a fiction book, I could reach the kids at their level, in a style they would be comfortable with, through a girl named Olivia. You don’t want to scare them, but they do need to know that destroying life is never acceptable. The younger they learn this, the better.”

“It is vital that parents educate their children throughout their childhood about the destructiveness of abortion in ways that are developmentally appropriate,” says Bondi Bottesi.

Cathy Randazzo, a mother of two sons, agrees. “I believe that most of our behaviors are learned, so I simply try to consistently teach good behavior from an early age. I also believe that children rise to expectation; we should never underestimate the realm of their understanding and abilities,” she says.

The mother from New York takes her teenaged boys with her when she visits the elderly, takes the Eucharist to the homebound or hospitalized, and volunteers at the animal rescue center, in order to respect all stages of life. They also pray the rosary for the unborn, and discuss political candidates’ views on abortion.

“I believe pro-life is a reflection of a person’s morals, values, and respect for self and others. It’s a lifelong process that ultimately reflects who you are and it begins when life itself begins,” Randazzo says.

Carabio Belanger says she hopes her books will inspire kids to get involved in the pro-life movement.

“The pro-abortion people have been trying to ingrain and push their idea of ‘choice’ on our youth for decades,” she says. “As Catholics, we are called to stand up for those who cannot speak, and we can start doing this at any age, in any way we can. My way happens to be through the books I write.”

For more information about Catholic books for children from Harvey House Publishing, visit www.harveyhousepublishing.com.

Contact:	Harvey House Publishing http://www.harveyhousepublishing.com MI, 48308 US Nancy Carabio Belanger - , -
Keywords:	pro-life, children, Catholic books, volunteering, parenting
Category:	Pro-life Resources

The Making of "Our Treasure"

A beautiful keepsake picture book for children about the Eucharist, our Treasure.

Available December 22, 2010.

~ Front cover ~

~ Back cover ~

Children learn during story time at school
that there is priceless treasure waiting for them,
whenever they want to become very rich.

Do you know where "Our Treasure" can be found?

Illustrator Kristina Marie Pope and Author Michele Elena Bondi
discuss the illustrations.

The beautiful illustrations by Kristina M. Pope.

Kristina with Andre, Alyssa, and Nick Bottesi
during a meeting to discuss Our Treasure.

From The Dedication Page:

The story in this book was first presented almost ten years ago to my son’s elementary school class. In 2009, the good Lord gave Joseph Karl Publishing the assignment to turn it into a picture book for children. My friend Alice worked with me to conceptualize the cover design, while we prayed for an illustrator. My son and daughter suggested their gifted art teacher, Kristina M. Pope. Her beautiful illustrations delighted us one by one.

My beloved children Andre, Nick, and Alyssa Bottesi spent countless hours working on the storyboard and the story. Their excellent suggestions, together with those of my sister Belinda Bondi, author Nancy Carabio Belanger, and dear friend Susan Schoenstein, truly brought the story to life.

The graphic design work of Roseann Nieman at Niemanart Graphics expertly combined the illustrations and text. Erin Howarth at DDM Publications handled the exceptional book packaging to complete our heavenly assignment.

I extend my sincere thanks to Andre, Nick, and Alyssa, Alice, Kristina, Belinda, Nancy, Susan, Roseann, and Erin for contributing your tremendous talents to this keepsake book for children about the Eucharist, “Our Treasure.”

God is at work in you!

Michele

The first storyboard.

The first storyboard taking shape.

Andre works on his laptop.

Nick holds the initial storyboard.

Alyssa reads through the story.

Kristina's illustrations were weighed
and then shipped to Erin for scanning.

Michele working in the studio with Kristina's pictures,
which were professionally scanned by Erin and sent
to Roseann in graphic design.

On this page from the book, Ben imagines where the treasure can be found.

Andre reading through the story.

The text, the sample book, and the storyboard.

Working on the PC at Apostolate Studio.

Going through the story, again.

Some pages were reversed several times
before we settled on their final order.

Editing the story, again and again and again.

Creating the book's prototype.

Teen author Andre Bottesi works on the story.

Creating the the final storyboard.


Teen author Nick Bottesi reads through a prototype of the book.

The final storyboard for Our Treasure
traveled with us all over town.
We even worked on it during dinner at an Asian restaurant.

Nick, along with our revisions to the original storyboard.



Nancy Carabio Belanger's suggestions were fantastic.
Here, she edits the story for children using a grape Smencil.

Bringing the story to life in the studio.

So many decisions to make.

The material on graphic designer Roseann Nieman's desk.

So many little changes.

In the story, the love of Jesus makes Josh very happy.

The original illustrations returned on the Feast of St. Therese,

and arrived along with the first edition of God Moments.

We wanted the illustrations and storyline for Our Treasure to reflect the tremendous love, joy, and beauty available to us in the Blessed Sacrament. Great attention to detail went into every aspect of this book, from telling the story to creating the illustrations, during editing, while combining the text with the images using state-of-the-art graphic design, and through exceptional book packaging.

Not only are the illustrations very visually appealing, Kristina included many symbolic images throughout the book. Readers are encouraged at the end of the book to go through the story once more and find them. The ideas of my skilled storyteller colleagues were integrated to make the story very fun, interesting and profound for children, and also for adults.

Some of the features of the children in the story belong to real children. Photographs of the children of friends and colleagues were given to Kristina to use in the illustrations. The names of the characters in the story were borrowed from real people. Some of the children were given the names of friends of my children and children of my friends. One boy was named after our pastor, Fr. Ben Kosnac, and the first little girl in the story was named after my sister. We decided that the name of the mother telling a story of such great importance should be highly significant, and after giving the matter much thought, we named her Mrs. Browne in honor of the priest who baptized my children, Monsignor George Browne.

The pages at the copier.

Last color checks before the book went to print.

One final check with Roseann
to make sure everything was just right.

Joseph Karl Publishing's Fantastic Youth Division

My sincerest thanks go to
Nick, Andre, and Alyssa,
my phenomenal children,
who spent countless hours working with me
creating the storyboards
and prototypes of the book,
and editing the story,
over and over and over again,
until we got it just right.

God is at work in you!

The final storyboard in the studio.


All Jesus did, He did for us.

Jesus, You are "Our Treasure."

+ + +

More behind-the-scenes photos
from the world of Catholic Indie Book Publishing:

We worked on the book in multiple coffee shops, restaurants,
at Apostolate Studio, and even in a hospital.

Yes, it does.