"Rad Girl Revolution" is a book that shows young girls they can be anything - from a CEO or astronaut to an athlete or even President!
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Greetings from RAD Girl base camp, where we are finalizing loose ends and preparing to get our "baby" to the printer! And just like human babies, the growth is bittersweet. We are THRILLED to announce we have completed our 30th (and final!) photoshoot for the book, but yet, it's bitter because our RAD Girl models have been brilliant inspirations that we never want to stop photographing. They are seriously THAT rad. Our final photoshoots have had us solving crimes, building skyscrapers, balancing on high wires, floating in air, directing movies, and, wouldn't you know, signing book covers! It's. Been. Cool. So, after the highs of photography fun, what's next? It's prep time!
We will be collecting shipping and order details via BackerKit. You will be receiving an email with a BackerKit survey in the next couple days. That survey will allow you to provide us with (or confirm) your address, add or change your Kickstarter rewards, and, if you've ordered a t-shirt, you will able to provide us with your sizing request(s).
It felt so "real" the day we launched our Kickstarter. And then "really real" the day we reached our funding goal. But now it's extra super mega REALLY real as we are laying out pages, finalizing our cover, writing dedications, and taking our own jacket photos. What is this life? Surreal stuff. And we are so grateful to all of you for supporting this mission from the beginning. We are as excited as ever. Reach any dream, people. Reach ANY dream.
Reading with our own children is one of the most rewarding and enjoyable parts of our parenting experience. Over the years, our children have cycled through "books of the moment'- the books they request we read over and over a zillion times. The books so well loved the pages have thinned and the covers have faded. These are the books with illustrations permanently imprinted in the minds of our littles, as well as the books that have incited boundless imaginary play and inspiration. We have such hope your children will find this love in the pages of "Rad Girl Revolution". Each time we wrap a photoshoot, we wonder which pages will spark the best conversations with your children. Imagining children throughout the world thoughtfully studying the images of our rad girls gives us chills every stinking time. Speaking of those images, we are VERY excited to report that we've wrapped a few more photoshoots! We spent some time on Wall Street to bring you one of the fiercest bankers you could ever hope to meet! We also ventured to the bright lights on Broadway to capture images of a rad girl we are certain will be bringing home a Tony Award someday! And, thanks to the gracious support of Northwestern Mutual, we also climbed into the sky to photograph some brilliant business execs in the midst of a very serious board meeting. We know it's been a while since we've shared any new images, so we wanted to give you an exclusive peek of a couple of our recent photoshoots! World, meet our Woman of Wall Street and our Fierce Fighters! We hope they inspire you as much as they inspire us!
We have also been working on creating our Kickstarter rewards, including new coloring pages illustrated by the talented Jane Marsilio!
In the coming weeks, we will be wrapping up the final 4 photoshoots for Rad Girl Revolution, designing our book cover, and putting the final edits on the book! That means there are only 10 days left to purchase the option to print the name of a Rad Girl in your life among the list of "Rad Girl Revolutionaries" in our book! Tell your friends to visit http://www.radgirlrevolution.com by September 5 to order their copy for a special Rad Girl in their life!
Thank you!
Jen & Sharita
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It's been a week and a half since our Kickstarter campaign came to a close! We successfully reached our goal, and we won't ever stop gushing with gratitude. Thank you for believing in equality, for believing in our project, and for believing in us.
We have another reason to celebrate! WE REACHED OUR STRETCH GOAL of $20,000, which means we will be donating 100 copies of our book to Pajama Program!
With our Kickstarter success, we are more excited than ever to move our project to Indiegogo In Demand! We have a lot of work left to do on our book (yay for more photoshoots!), so while we are completing the behind the scenes elements, our book is still available for pre-order HERE.
We've added a new donation option to our Indiegogo In Demand perks too! Check it out!
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