Eckhartz Press is excited to announce our very first children’s book; “Chug-A-Chug” by Scott D.H Redman.
Chug-A-Chug was the result of a little boy named Will who loved trains, but would not go to sleep. His father Scott would often make up lyrics to popular children’s songs and sing them to Will to help him fall asleep. Chug-A-Chug was one of these songs. Will liked it so much that his father made it into a book with drawings that Will’s Grandma Carla had made. This “first edition” was bound, brought to pre-school for show and tell and literary history was made!
But that’s just the beginning of the story. Will and his father built a large model railroad in their Chicago basement so when it came time to illustrate the real Chug-A-Chug book, it provided the perfect setting. Thanks to the amazing photography of Ray Nilsen, a commercial product photographer in Chicago, it came to life. For Chug-A-Chug, Ray used many elements pieced together to make the various backgrounds. (Examples of Ray’s other work can be viewed here.)
Cynthia A. Moore, Librarian La Plata Public Library, said this about the book: “Author Scott Redman hits the mark with this pre-school rhyming, sing-a-long book. It is wonderful to find an author that understands the read-aloud needs of parents, teachers, and librarians.”
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