CHICK-O-SAURUS REX

CHICK-O-SAURUS REX is about a bullied young chicken who comes to realize his true origins and takes a brave stand. S&S will publish here in July 2013. I hope this story of unexpected greatness with the charming illustrations will find traction in your market.

"A humorous picture book from husband and wife author/illustrator team Lenore and Daniel Jennewein, about a chicken who proves his mettle on the farm by evoking his great granddad, the T-Rex, in the process becoming CHICK-O-SAURUS REX!" Lenore Jennwein is actually Lenore Appelhans (the author of LEVEL TWO), writing under her married name "Jennewein", to help distinguish from her YA identity. This might be useful information in case any of her foreign publishers also publish picture books as you can see Lenore's YA and picture books will both be published by SSBYR.

Lenore will be the writer for the project and Daniel will be the illustrator. Daniel's illustrations have been previously published and for more information on him, check out his website: http://www.danieljennewein.com/en/home I know I've previously given you the link to Lenore's website, but just again for good measure: http://presentinglenore.blogspot.com/ The tentative publication date is Summer 2013 and I would think by this Spring/Summer we should have the final text and illustrations to share widely. In the meantime, please check out the attached sample. I thought it was delightful really funny and even heartwarming. I know picture books are hard to push internationally because illustrations vary so much the world over. That being said, because Daniel isn't American (he's from Germany) I don't think his drawings will be pigeonholed as too-American, and I hope foreign publishers are open to CHICK-O-SAURUS REX!