The Story Behind the Book: The Story Behind Baby Bear's Spaghetti Misadventures by Linda Karimo

Monday, October 19, 2020

The Story Behind Baby Bear's Spaghetti Misadventures by Linda Karimo

When I was a little girl, I was fascinated with all the children’s stories; Dr.Seuss, Mother Goose, Charlotte’s Web, Pippi Longstocking, and lots more. But one in particular really stood out among them all: Goldilocks and The Three Bears. Later as an adult, Goldilocks was my nickname because of my blond tresses.

Recently I decided to write stories for young children, which was the age that I first heard the Goldilocks story. The character Baby Bear would appeal to a young child. He is non-threatening, and maybe he could help parents instill some life skills to their children. Mama Bear is a kind mother to Baby Bear while being stern when it calls for and nurturing when Baby Bear most needs it. In the Spaghetti Misadventure book, Baby Bear doesn’t listen to Mama Bear when she explains why a playtime activity is forbidden. He does it anyway. The consequences could put both of them in danger.

Writing a children’s picture book is quite different from composing a novel in that you are limited to a thousand precious words that tell the story. It must engage the parent who hold the purse strings. Simultaneously, the colorful full-page illustration makes the child laugh or, in some cases, worry about the character.

The book will be published on Amazon on September 12, 2020. I would never have gotten this far without a few mentors that I hired to help build my brand, set up promotions, and all the formatting and file chores that needed to be completed. Also, I took care of hiring our illustrator, having looked at numerous submissions. We were fortunate to find a really super gentleman from England, and he really came through for us.

Now, here’s a must! You need to have your book cover professionally designed if you want readers to take you seriously on Amazon. They can tell if you just threw anything up there hoping it will stick.

Bottom Line: It takes a lot of time and energy to learn all the facets involved in bringing a children’s book to the land of Amazon. I am convinced that to be truly successful, you can’t do it alone. Even with help, there is so much that can go wrong.

About the Book

Meet Mama Bear and her sweet little bear child, Baby Bear.

Sometimes he doesn’t do what Mama Bear says, sound familiar?

This one particular day when Mama Bear was cooking spaghetti and meatballs, Baby

Bear bounced his ball against the cave wall.

Baby Bear knew it was on the forbidden list.

He did it anyway.

Mama Bear gave him the look.

He did it again.

Find out what happened to Mama Bear’s spaghetti dinner and naughty Baby Bear.

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About the Author

Back in the Stone Age, well maybe not that far back…

When Linda Karimo was very young, she learned to read at the knee of her Irish immigrant grandmother. Nannie, as she was known to the family, was just learning English herself.

They read all the classic children’s stories together. There was one in particular that became the inspiration for Linda’s current series of children’s books.

Moving forward, Linda was always a ravenous reader. She would often read all the books by a given author and then go onto yet another great fiction author. Espionage, legal, medical, suspense, and some “who done it” were her game.

Her day job as a Copywriter paid the bills while she dreamed of writing an extraordinary series of children’s books.

So, what childhood story prompted Linda to write a series about those characters?

It was Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Linda’s nickname was always Goldilocks.

She transports her readers into the world of bears whose lives are not much different than humans, just bear style.

She has a conversational style of writing and wants her readers to feel a part of the action taking place, not just looking through the window watching it all going by.

A Lifetime full of love and compassion!