Joanne Frances Press is a small publisher of children's books owned and operated by Joanne Froh and Frances Plagens, the mother-daughter team -- author and illustrator, behind Imagine This!
Company Mission
Joanne Frances Press is a labor of love, not a big business. Our mission is to publish books that inspire and foster creativity in children. Sounds simple enough. But what it really means is that we'd like to publish books that not only entertain, but encourage children to visualize their dreams -- to see themselves doing great things. For it is through visualization that future success is born.
Ideally, we hope our books inspire kids to daydream more and watch TV less. Play more make-believe and less video games. And above all else, we hope our books help children to see more of what's in their minds' eye, as opposed to just what's in front of them.
Lofty goals? Absolutely. But the truth is, we believe it's not only important and healthy for children to exercise their imaginations on a daily basis, but a lot more fun and rewarding than the alternative. Besides -- where are the innovators, artists and successful leaders of tomorrow going to come from if we don't plant and nurture the seeds of creativity in our children today?
We hope that you agree with our mission and appreciate your interest in our company.
Sincerely,
Joanne Froh -- daughter and author
Frances Plagens -- mother and illustrator
*************************************************************************** Links of Interest...
Below is a list of websites we think you may find interesting and worthwhile places to visit.
The Exploratorium An extension of the Museum of Science, Art & Human Perception located in San Francisco. A terrific site for children of all ages with over 18,000 award winning Web pages and instructions for over 500 simple experiments. URL: http://www.exploratorium.com/
Reading Rainbow
As you would expect, this is a wonderful, content-rich site for children. It's too bad they can't all be like this (positive, fun and advertising free). URL: http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/
Gifted Children Resources A gateway to gifted resources on the Web. A great place to start when seeking information on raising and nurturing a gifted child.
URL: http://www.gt-cybersource.org/
Operation Smile Our designated charity for 2010
URL: http://www.operationsmile.org
Poetry and More
Author Kenn Nesbitt's home page provides tons of upbeat poetry related activities and information for the junior set.
URL: http://www.poetry4kids.com/
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