What Cats Dream

Well well well!!! A story for little children written under a column heading “Djinn & Tonic” with a picture of a martini glass! There couldn’t be a better commentary on this piece.

Newspapers generally have weekly children`s sections, have you tried those? Publishers might be more receptive after seeing the series appear in a newspaper.

Shandy:

...is the inspector bearded?
...beans is lucky!

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Shandana, this was charming and so inventive and well written. You have one lucky baby!

I don`t know about children`s publishing in Pakistan, but it is pretty dismal in the US. I know many children`s writers here and they have a really tough time. Children`s publishing is not a very high margin business (like the rest of publishing is, hah?) and it`s particularly difficult when people like Madonna gets into the business. When I was at the Frankfurt Book Fair she was all the news whereas there are so many talented writers around. The publishers like repeating the same formula.

Are there any more publishers you can approach about this? This would be a really cool, illustrated book. Maybe a UK publisher, even?

Shandana,

I think its an excellent idea and this is a great place to start. There is a market for children books like these...perhaps you might want to try other publishers or see if there are small printing presses that will publish this and similar work.

Any chowkies know of presses/publishers?