Bill Bailey, Please Come Home
The First Book in the Series is Out Now
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Bill Bailey, Please Come Home
This is the first book in our new series which will be out in April of 2024, pre-orders begin soon. This is the book where the Shotgun Shack Kitties, who live in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, learn the importance of music. They learn how music can connect their community when Bill Bailey meets teachers who will teach the kitties how to speak the universal language of music. Join Bill Bailey as he brings all of the kitties along on this wonderful adventure. These kitties live with a young woman named Eartha who is very involved in caring for them. It’s a sweet story that will interest children of all ages and get them excited about music, reading, and New Orleans.
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Fess and Mingus Want Beignets
In this story Fess and Mingus ask Bill Bailey to help them make beignets. Bill Bailey explains they cannot use the stove when Eartha is not home. But, he suggests they ride with the turtles on the canal and go to a shop downtown. It is a fun adventure through New Orleans with all of the shotgun shack kitties. The photo above is from the first book which wil be out soon. Please check our website again for more news and updates. This story is the second book in the series and should be out by December of 2024. Check our blog for more news, stories, and sign up for our mailing list to get free coloring pages and be entered to win book giveaways.
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Billie Finds Her Voice
This book is the third in the series and will be out in 2025. This is where one of the young kittes discovers her voice. She works very hard to find it, nuture it, support and keep it. Billie does this with the help of teachers, friends, neighbors, and the girl named Eartha. This book will inspire all to find, nurture, keep, and support their own unique voices. This picture above is scene from the first book which is out in May of 2024 and will soon be available for pre-order.. This book wil be out in 2025.
The Shotgun Shack Kitties were created by author A.N.Stewart who is a writer, cat lady, and business owner from Southeast Louisiana. The first story in this series of books is one of many stories she made up during Jazz Fest about ten years ago and continued telling to entertain some friend’s children. She is a consummate storyteller and loves to share stories of all kinds to all ages. All of the characters in this series are inspired by her own cats, neighborhood, teachers, and musicians she knows. The stories show her love of all of the best parts of New Orleans. This series was created as a form of respite during the height of the pandemic as she was caring for her father and some people in her community while living in her shotgun house with too many kitties here in New Orleans. We hope you all enjoy the worlds and stories she created and shares.
New Orleans illustrator Virginia de Mahy lives in the French Quarter and loves cats, New Orleans architecture, and all things Louisiana. She captured the characters and personalities beautifully from the pictures and descriptions given to her by Stewart. Together these two brought the stories to life.
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