This book is a special one too…we are printing it as a limited edition and when it’s gone, it’s gone! So, mark your calendars! Thursday, April 22nd, you will be able to pre-order Rosie & Henry & The Pasta Garden through iluminatebooks.com! And if you are so inclined to have Karen and I sign your copy, stop by Bachman’s on Lyndale May 1st and May 2nd between 10am and 2pm! We will be there as part of the Bachman’s 125th year anniversary and will be selling and signing copies in the atrium!

If you don’t already have your signed copy of Humble Pie, the first book we launched in the iluminate books series, then visit us this Thursday, April 22nd, at the Dunn Brothers Coffee Smith Douglas More House in Eden Prairie. April is Local Authors Month and we will be there along with other local authors mingling, sipping on coffee and signing Humble Pie books!

And just when it couldn’t get any better, Humble Pie is now available online at Barnes&Noble.com!

While I am so excited about the books and all the events we have coming up I also very much excited to get back behind my camera! I have a full weekend of sessions coming up; you know who you are and expect to be hearing from me soon to confirm details! My eyes have enjoyed this momentary break from the camera while they heal and are feeling wonderful! Had my follow up appointment and the doctor confirmed…I now have 20/15 vision in both eyes! Think this means I am going to take better pictures now? I think so!!

Bachman’s Holiday Open House ~ Tis the season to spread the beautiful!

Children will glow and grow in messages of truth, laughter and light with Humble Pie from iluminate books the first of its kind in a series of 10 children’s books written by Karen Bachman Thull, a fifth generation member of the Bachman family, and illustrated by childhood friend, graphic designer, and photographer, Natalie Finazzo. It’s a must-have glow-in-the-dark holiday book that encourages children to be humble. Plus, kids will go crazy for the magical, interactive glowing iLight Wand. Draw. Trace. Write. Glow!

As many of you may or may not know a girlfriend of mine approached me almost two years ago now about illustrating a series of children’s books she had an idea for. A simple comment from her husband sparked an idea that over the past two years has manifested itself into a labor of love called iLuminate Books. These stories truly glow from the inside out to tell engrossing tales that undoubtedly relate and righteously enhance the perspective of young hearts and minds. Never-before-seen interactive concepts are incorporated to create unique and lasting sensory connections to important messages. Messages of truth, laughter and light.

The purpose of iLuminate Books is to show parents, teachers, students and children what virtues look like, what they are in practice, how to recognize them and how they can illuminate the soul. The glow-in-the dark cover and inner pages softly glow in ambient light, then the real fun begins when readers take to the page with the accompanying iLight Wand! Use the iLight Wand Light and Pen to make hidden glow effects magically appear—Draw. Trace. Write. Glow!

The first book in the series, Humble Pie, will be available for purchase on www.iluminatebooks.com Thursday, October 15th! So before you head over the river and through the woods this holiday season, dash over to our glowing corner of the world for a whimsical, one-of-a-kind gift to thrill every pint sized person on your list!