Lynette is a success story. Dyslexic as a child and unable to read, she made the discovery in mid-life that her mind was teeming with stories waiting to be told and she had skills as an illustrator. So she took the leap and 12 years later Lynette is the author and illustrator of 10 children's books, a 260 page fantasy novel for young people and adults and three books of short stories for all ages.
Dylexic student becomes author and illustrator
Lynette reading "Bubbles" to a class of South Island primary school kids.
Lynette chose the self-publishing option because she was finding her way with her books and testing their appeal. She was introduced to BriarsBooks and Briar has worked with her for 10 years editing and bringing art and text together in an easy-to-read and easy-to-hold landscape format - glossy.
Lynette has a vivid imagination and packs her children's books full of fantastic places and small creatures - who reappear from book to book, waiting to be discovered. They are fun books with a mysterious message about living well - colourful, uplifting and cheerful and there is always a lot going on in the illustrations to hold children's interest. Lynette also designs her own covers.
Joshua the teddy bear reading his own book, called Joshua the Teddy Bear - about a small bear (himself) who travelled round Christchurch during the earthquakes delivering hugs.
Lynette distributes her books widely in libraries, primary schools, at community events, conferences, garden days, markets, workshops, giftshops, to doting grandparents and anybody anywhere. She always travels with a box of books in the car and stops off at rural schools to show them to principals and school librarians. All her children's books follow the template, 30 colourful pages of art and easily readable text. First print runs of about 400 and easy print-on-demand options with delivery to the door.
Front and back cover of Back to Front Weka - the story of a little weka who runs away to Christchurch from the West Coast after being make fun of at school. He has some city adventures and decides home is better. When he gets back home he is enthusiastically welcomed and discovered he was only being laughed at because his underpants were on back-to-front. Easily rectified.
Lynette reprints her titles in small print runs when her supplies are running low.