Little Cooks Press: Ann Osequera, Lauren Fleites, Marisa Carlucci, Natalie Castillo
Our project, “Sammie’s Sandwiches: A Book Proposal”, is a carefully planned book proposal created by four students in Dr. Shaik’s Introduction to Publishing course. With our knowledge of how the book publishing industry works, we created a book idea that would fit within a niche market of young children and their parents. After determining who our audience would be, we also assessed how the book would influence the culture by using several other books as models. From there, we created a marketing plan. Other aspects of the book plan include a press release and a cover. The dimensions of our book, and the fonts, ink colors, and paper type were taken into consideration when we referred to several publishing houses in order to determine the price of our book. Changes were made accordingly if we thought that a certain feature of the book caused it to be too pricey, as we did not want it to be too pricey for our audience. Overall, we focused on every aspect of publishing the book except for actually writing it. 1. The title of the book is Sammie’s Sandwiches: A Cookbook for Kids! 2. This is a sandwich cookbook for children ages six and up that is designed to teach them simple recipes with minimal parental involvement. 3. This cookbook aims to teach children how to create unique sandwiches with simple, fun recipes. In addition to detailed illustrations, there is the young boy mascot, Sammie, who provides tips on how to use certain kitchen tools and tells them when they will need a parent to help them out. But with little parental guidance required, children have room to learn how to make food for themselves, and have a good time as they do it. 4. In terms of the book’s contribution to the culture, it seeks to inspire children to get involved in the kitchen, give parents the opportunity to spend time with them, and help parents in teaching their kids valuable lessons along the way. Because of the integration of the mascot character, Sammie, children will be more likely to become engaged in the book. Even though Sammie’s Sandwiches is not a storybook, the fictional character and the illustrations will make the cookbook more relatable to the types of books that children are used to. Also, in terms of contributing to the culture, this book will instruct children on both identifying and making healthy food. In a world that has become more and more fastpaced, and where more people would rather spend money on fast food instead of preparing home made meals for their kids, this book will encourage children to embrace healthier eating habits for their own sake.