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Cover Reveal: There Was An Old Gator Who Swallowed A Moth

11/14/2018

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​I'm very excited to be revealing the cover of my upcoming debut picture book, There Was An Old Gator Who Swallowed A Moth, launching February 15, 2019, but first a little bit about the book and my journey. First let me say, since I come to children's literature via poetry, I am very happy that my first solo book is in rhyme, and cumulative rhyme to boot.

Gator lives in a Southern bayou, where he encounters many animals of the lagoon and can't help but…well…swallow them. These include a crab, ray, eel, pelican, panther, manatee and shark. But it really all starts with the moth:

There was an old gator who swallowed a moth
I don't know why he swallowed the moth.
It made him cough...



I'm thrilled with the illustrator, the very talented David Opie, who did my words proud and captured Gator in all his gluttonous glory.
 

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I also love the look on Gator's face when he realizes he may have gone a tad too far. I know I've sometimes felt this way after a particularly indulgent Thanksgiving dinner.

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A big shout out of thanks also to my editor and publicists at Pelican Publishing. You all did and continue to do an amazing job! I'll be forever grateful to you for bringing my first picture book to life.

Thank you all for letting me share my good news with you and I hope you will spread the word about There Was An Old Gator Who Swallowed A Moth. I think kids will really enjoy the pictures and words as they build to the climax, as well as the many animals depicted in this book.

Now for the cover reveal (drum roll):

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    B. J. Lee is a children’s author and poet. Her picture book, There Was an Old Gator Who Swallowed a Moth, is launching with Pelican Publishing on February 15, 2019. She has poems in 25 poetry anthologies published by  Little, Brown, Wordsong, BloomsburyUK, National Geographic, Otter-Barry Books, Pomelo Books, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. She has worked with anthologists Lee Bennett Hopkins, J. Patrick Lewis and Kenn Nesbitt. She has written poems for such children’s magazines as Spider, Highlights and The School Magazine. Follow her on Twitter @bjlee_writer.

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