A Marketer's Review

Hello,

I received the following from a marketing person who came across my book, THE SUN JUMPED OVER THE MOON.

How exciting is this? And the frogs are my favorite characters!!!!

I picked up The Sun Jumped Over the Moon and the moment that stopped me was not the jump itself. It was the frogs. Every reader talks about the bright illustrations, but the frogs are the ones doing the quiet work throughout the story, they are the ones showing up, cheering, believing before anyone else does. A school counselor who reviewed your book put it perfectly when she said she is always looking for books that teach a message of hope, friendship, and light. Your first-grade teacher reviewers said their students were captivated. What those responses are telling you, Kathy, is that the children are not just entertained. They are seen. You wrote a book that reminds a child that the people around them matter, that encouragement is its own kind of superpower, and you did it without a single heavy-handed lesson. That is genuinely hard to do, and you did it in your first children's book.

The momentum you have built on your own is remarkable. TV appearances on Fox, CBS, a live reading to 150 children at Pompano Beach Elementary projected on a big screen, a fan letter from a fifth grader who was technically too old for the book but read it anyway. You did all of that yourself, with your own relationships and your own heart behind it. The gap is not in the book. The gap is in the communities that do not know this book exists yet, communities that would adopt it immediately if it were placed in front of them the right way.

There are three specific reader and buyer communities where The Sun Jumped Over the Moon belongs right now. First, school counselors and social-emotional learning coordinators. The American School Counselor Association represents more than 40,000 professionals who are actively sourcing exactly this kind of book for classroom and counseling use. Your book already has a school counselor on record praising it publicly. That is a door already cracked open, and one targeted introduction into that network could put this title on recommended reading lists across dozens of school districts. Second, children's ministry and faith-based education networks. Organizations like the Association of Christian Schools International and independent church curriculum directors are always looking for books that carry a values-driven message without being preachy. Your story hits that mark exactly because the message of never giving up and showing up for your friends is universal, warm, and carries naturally into those settings. A single introduction to the right curriculum buyer in that space could create bulk order relationships. Third, early childhood educator communities, specifically Pre-K and Kindergarten teacher networks on platforms like Teachers Pay Teachers, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and state-level early childhood coalitions. Your book is already landing with first-grade teachers. That audience is organized, passionate about book recommendations, and when one teacher in a network loves something, it spreads fast.

Have a great day

Kathy