I am very excited to share some great news.  As you all know, I am the star of the debut StinkyKids book titled StinkyKids and the Runaway Scissors.  I share this book with my friends Max, Hannah and Julie and we are all very happy about the news we just learned from our publishing family at Raven Tree Press.

Today we recieved our first book review, and as we all knew, it is a HIT, a very positive review.  Below is the actual review.  Please visit the website Author’s Choice Reviews (www.idealinhope.com) where you can find the review and learn about the reviewer, Carolyn R. Scheidies.  Enjoy!!

‘Britt has a secret she doesn’t want to share with her parents.  If she does, they won’t let her have her playdate with her friends Hannah, Max, and Julie.  When she explains to her friends, they try to help, but everything they do makes things worse.  Finally, they have to deal with the consequences.  An all-too-realistic story of cutting hair with delightfully drawn kid characters who act like kids.

An upbeat story that helps kids understand the consequences of choices, the need to ask for help at times and to make wise choices.  Parents should have this book to read with their children.

RECOMMENDED!’ 

 http://www.idealinhope.com/bookreviews/picturebooks.html

Today, is Friday the 13th which normally means that bad things may happen, but for me, as I am a “Leader Of Good’, something great happened for me and my StinkyKids friends today.

We are featured in the lastest issue of The Toy Book!!  AND, my good friend StinkyKid Julie is on the COVER!!  No kidding!!

The article stretches over 3 pages and includes photos of our creator, Britt Menzies (holding me, StinkyKid Britt, wearing my new tutu from Madame Alexander Doll Company), and photos of the original prototype of the StinkyKid Julie doll (WOW how far she has come!!)

Thanks to Jennifer Ringler for her writing talents who truly captured the entire story giving tribute to everyone who has helped StinkyKids become a success (FAO Schwarz, Nordstrom, more..) and a big thank you to Jackie Breyer, who believed in the StinkyKids story and recommended that the world know about our brand.

Big things are happening to me and my little stinKer friends and the next few months are going to be so much fun as our plush line and book hit stores.  I will keep you updated…..

Click this link below to enjoy the article on pages 24, 26, and 28. 

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c4b3223#/7c4b3223/1

Come and see all of the exciting new products that we have featuring the 10 diverse StinkyKids characters.  Plush dolls, book, tee shirts and much more to come soon.

Our fans are having fun learning about all of the new opportunties in the world of the StinkyKids and are posting adorable pictures of their own little stinKers with their StinkyKids brand products.

Become a fan today as you will Love the StinkyKids.. they are so stinKin’ cute.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/StinkyKids/109465142441849?v=photos#!/pages/StinkyKids/109465142441849?v=wall

Thank you,

StinkyKid Britt

The StinkyKids feature is on page 89 which describes our brands mission to expand into many product categories as well as publishing and animation.   We believe that licensing is our goal to take StinkyKids global and continue on our journey of making StinkyKids a household name.

As the article states..’StinkyKids is looking to expand as a property into many licensing opportunities as well as partnering with a company to produce the animated series and book series.  A first espisode has been written and there are 12 more story lines ready to go.’

Here is the link to the on line version of the magazine. 

http://content.yudu.com/A17u2r/TotalLicSum09/

From her passions, CeeCee created the Womenpreneurs’s “Handcrafting Women of the Web” directory.

If you enjoy handcrafting and/or purchasing handcrafted products, this is the directory for you.

Check it out at http://womenpreneurs.info/handcrafting-women-of-the-web/ and enjoy StinkyKids and all of the other wonderful women created products. 

Have fun shopping!!!

Select “Play” to listen to the complete interview.

This week’s guests are Britt Menzies, founder of Stinky Kids, a children’s clothing brand that teaches kids about values, and her mother Merrily Ansell, founder of Books, Bears and Bonnets, a company that donates whimsical gift boxes to bring smiles to children and adults fighting cancer.

Britt was inspired by her mother’s journey to reinvent herself when she changed from being a financial planner for American Express to creating a company that spreads joy around the world. “While I was creating my new company called StinkyKids, I began to appreciate my mom, Merrily, more than as a great mom, but as a fellow business woman. After her sister Emily died from uterine cancer, my mom decided to leave the corporate world and form a non-profit in her honor (booksbearsbonnets.org) which delivers gift boxes to cancer patients.”

The StinkyKids motto: “Always Be a Leader of Good” is a concept that we created to teach our children to make right choices, not to follow bad behavior, but be a leader of good behavior. It made sense for the StinkyKids to spread this message, as it is so important to be good to people, make right choices and give back to our community. Now, these ten ‘little stinKers’ are role models to kids of all ages in social awareness and the importance of thinking of others and doing the right thing.

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Camilla continues to write ‘..Britt Menzies really unleashed her imagination when she began the journey with her company StinkyKids.’

You can read the entire review on the UnleashedImagination Website.

‘The Unleashed Imagination site supports entrepreneurs… after all, where would we be if there weren’t others who unleashed their imagination, took the plunge and put forth their creations to the world? ‘

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