It has been another exciting week at La Casa Barichello.

On Tuesday, the proof copy of SARAH & KATY AND THE IMAGINATION BLANKETS arrived in the mail. I may or may not have spotted it sticking out of the mailbox and nudged (shoved?) Derek aside on my dash to snatch it after we got home from work.

It’s one thing to see the layout and proof them on standard 8.5 x 11 copy paper. It’s another thing to hold a bound copy of the book and realize, “This is a reality.”

The book release previously was set for the first week of December, but our publishing progress has been fortunately ahead of schedule, which may allow me to release it the last week of November. (Only four weeks away!) That offers an extra week of shipping time for anyone who would purchase the book as a Christmas gift for the 7- to 10-year-olds in their lives.

More information will be posted here and on my Facebook page, www.facebook.com/jsbarichello, closer to the release date. An official release date and purchase information will be shared as soon as it is available.