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Fundraiser to Donate Books to Ukrainian Children

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In the spirit of our non-profit mission, Seven Seas Press is launching a fundraiser to send copies of our latest book—Три Соняшники ~The Three Sunflowers (a bilingual Ukrainian-English edition)—to children affected by the war in Ukraine.

Seven Seas Press Receives Grant for Mega Giveaway Event at Earth Day April 29th and 30th, 2023.

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Seven Seas Press has received a generous grant from the Berkshire Hathaway Charitable Foundation to present a Bilingual Book Reading and Giveaway of 300 copies of these award-winning books to children at Earth Day weekend in Santa Barbara - April 29th and 30th in Alameda Park.  “The Crazy Old Maid ~ And How She Became […]

The Crazy Old Maid wins Preferred Choice Award

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We are excited to announce that our new children's book release “The Crazy Old Maid ~ And How She Became Known as FLORA, the Quite Sane, Age-Defying, Domestic Goddess" by local author Colleen McCarthy-Evans, illustrated by Janneke Ipenburg, has won a Preferred Choice Award from Creative Child Magazine. Both the English Language book and bilingual […]

Goleta Library Book Giveaway Went Swimmingly!

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We had a wonderful time at the Summer Splash event, giving copies of Makana es un Regalo / Makana is a Gift to the children who participated in the library's Summer Reading Program. Special guest Makana (seated on the left), the namesake of the book, dropped by to sign copies along with author Janet Lucy […]

Join us!

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Author Janet Lucy will be signing complimentary copies of Makana is a Gift for the young participants in the Goleta Valley Library's Summer Reading Program, at the Summer Splash event. Come by and say "Hi" to the Seven Seas Press Team! 😁

Our Indiegogo gets some national press!

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Yahoo Finance picks up our press release... Please click here to read more!

New Book Release and Gifting 400 Copies to Goleta Valley Library's Summer Reading Program

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Dear Friends of Seven Seas Press, We are thrilled to announce the publication of our new book, Makana is a Gift, and the bilingual version, Makana es un Regalo, by award-winning author, Janet Lucy. Makana is a Gift is the story of a little green sea turtle's soul-searching quest for identity and purpose, and his all too common […]

Mexicali Border Crossing April 2022

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Five representatives from the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara and the Catholic Church of the Beatitudes drove in two cars packed with with nine suitcases over the border from Calexico to Mexicali. The suitcases were filled with art supplies and books for the approximately 80 to 100 children living in the Posada del Migrante Shelter. […]

Our November Fundraiser for the Chinle Planting Hope Bookmobile on the Navajo Reservation gets big press

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We are so pleased that our fundraiser is getting some good national press. Click here to join in the effort (or scan the QR code with your phone, below right) and bring more books to Chinle. To read more from Yahoo News, click here.

Dia De Los Muertos in Carpinteria

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We were honored to have Mermaid Dreams chosen for the Dia de los Muertos celebration in Carpinteria, created and produced by Suzanne Requejo at Artesanía para la Familia, and many other supporters. We were delighted to hear that the children loved the books and hugged their copies to them, as they strolled along the StoryWalk...

Thank you, Fergie, Duchess of York!

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We are so grateful to Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, for including WHY AM I in her Storytime with Fergie and Friends on YouTube. She really likes it, and thinks it's sweet! You can enjoy her reading too, by clicking here.

SB Independent interviews author Colleen McCarthy-Evans

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Thank you to Matt Kettman for including us in the Women Writers to Read article this week. Please click here for the full length chat.

SB NewsPress covers our Book of the Year award for 'Why Am I'

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Thank you Annelise Hanshaw and SB Newspress for shining the light on our award from Creative Child Magazine, and also on our non-profit programs. Please click here to read.

"Por Qué Soy/Why Am I" Chosen for StoryWalk

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Por Qué Soy/Why Am I was chosen as the story in today's StoryWalk by Artesanía para la Familia (Family Arts & Literacy) program. Pages from the book were enlarged and printed out, and placed along the streets for families to read as they walked around the town. Such a cool idea and we are so […]

Dia de los Niños 2021 Partnering with Goleta Library

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We are so pleased to be partnering with the Goleta Valley Library for their virtual presentations this week for Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros! Tune in for these fun events, and if you comment you will be entered to win prize packages with lots of fun stuff, including our bilingual books! Read more […]

Doing our Part for Read Across America Day: Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers

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Many thanks to all of you who donated to our recent Indiegogo campaign through Seven Seas Press. This was an additional distribution of books that your generous donations funded. Thank you to Suzanne Requejo at Artesanía para la Familia for managing the distribution in Carpinteria at Aliso School for Read Across America Day, with the […]

We exceeded our goal for Head Start and Storyteller!

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182 copies of Why Am I written by Colleen McCarthy-Evans and illustrated by Sarah Dietz, and the bilingual Por Que Soy / Why Am I, interpreted by Melina Aceves Lopez have been delivered to Storyteller and Head Start! Soon another 35 books will be distributed through Artesania Para La Familia in Carpinteria. Thanks to our […]

Spotlight on Author Janet Lucy and Mermaid Dreams in the SB News Press

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Thank you Marilyn McMahon for this lovely article! Please click link below to read.

Winners of the Santa Barbara Beautiful Award

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The Three Sunflowers was selected as the Children’s Book of the Year by Santa Barbara Beautiful in conjunction with National Arbor Day. We were honored at the Proclamation Ceremony at City Hall with our new mayor, Cathy Murillo, the City Council, and SBB Board of Directors. Jacqueline Byson, from SB Beautiful 2018 Horticulture Committee commented […]

You can still Contribute!

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Beautiful, Insightful Review of Why Am I from Patricia Tilton at Children’s Books Heal

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Click below to enjoy this lovely review. Thank you Patricia Tilton!

Partnering with Artesania Para La Familia

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This week, Colleen McCarthy-Evans delivered copies of her books The Little Blue Dragon/La Dragoncita Azul to Suzanne Requejo for delivery to children in Carpinteria. We love working with Suzanne!

La Dragoncita Azul

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This month, the author / illustrator Colleen McCarthy-Evans, and our team at Seven Seas Press donated 50 books to the children served by Artesenias Para La Familia in Carpinteria. "La Dragoncita Azul,” who flies around the world searching for her mother after they're separated by a hurricane, found her way to these young readers. Love […]

Mermaid Dreams Girls Inc

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Thank you to Noozhawk for the spotlight on us!

Pandemic Book Delivery!

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We hope you are staying buoyant as we navigate these turbulent waters together during these unprecedented times. We are grateful to you for supporting our IndieGogo campaign to gift Mermaid Dreams to the girls at Girls Inc. Since our last update, we couldn't imagine what would come next! In March we had a date to […]

Mermaid Dreams Featured in Santa Barbara Independent

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Another successful campaign, raising funds for Girls Inc.

The Little Blue Dragon receives Book of the Year honors

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Thank you to Creative Child Magazine for this honor!

Mermaid Dreams receives Book of the Year honors

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Thank you to Creative Child Magazine for this honor!

Spreading the Love

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It's a Family Affair! Author/illustrator Colleen McCarthy-Evans's cousins Maureen and Jim McGarry recently traveled with a Border Angels/Angeles de la Frontera caravan to Tijuana Mexico to deliver Seven Seas Press books and other much appreciated supplies to the refugee families over the border. Thank you Maureen and Jim for your generosity and service to these […]

In Conversation with Lourdes Viado, Phd, host of Women in-Depth about “The Wisdom of Mermaid Dreams”

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Mermaid Dreams by author Janet Lucy and illustrated by Colleen McCarthy-Evans, was launched on August 1st 2019. In advance of the release date, Janet Lucy had the lovely opportunity to discuss the inspiration for and themes in the book with Lourdes Viado, Ph.D, host of Women in-Depth. The book is a celebration of the mother-daughter […]

Celebrating Dia de los Libros & Dia de los Niños

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We had a great day at Dia de los Libros & Dia de los Niños on Saturday! Spending the afternoon with Amada Irma Perez, award-winning bilingual book author, was a special treat!

Book Review: The Little Blue Dragon

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The Little Blue Dragon was recently featured on childrensbooksheal.com. Here is an excerpt of the review: "Sometimes scary things happen to children and they don’t know how to cope with the situation. That is when a book like The Little Blue Dragon can be useful in helping children express their feelings and fear. Colleen McCarthy-Evans’ colorful […]

Our first Indiegogo campaign!

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Our campaign to raise funds for The Boys and Girls' Club and others raises $4300! Thanks to all who supported our first ever Seven Seas Press publishing campaign. Creating, publishing and distributing The Little Blue Dragon was a labor of love that your support and enthusiastic encouragement made possible. We raised $4,302 dollars which paid […]

Little Blue Dragon

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Thank you to Noozhawk for this great article.

The Three Sunflowers wins two awards!

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Thank you to Creative Child Magazine for honoring The Three Sunflowers with a Seal of Excellence for an Educational Storybook and a Preferred Choice Award for a Kids Storybook!
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