McSea Books is passionate about carrying on Rick Charette's legacy
Rick Charette's ALLIGATOR IN THE ELEVATOR is now available in hardcover. A QR code is included for readers to sing and read along!
Rick will be doing ONE signing only!
Location: Sherman's Book Shop of Windham
Date: November 26
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
RICK CHARETTE
As a singer and songwriter, Rick Charette has been capturing the hearts and spirits of young and old alike with his delightful and inspiring children’s songs. His performances blend original contemporary pop music and lyrics with imaginative activities that generate all kinds of audience participation.
Rick graduated from the University of Southern Maine with degrees in Music Education and English. Elementary teachers across the country use his music in their classrooms to enhance and facilitate their language arts programs. He has been a featured speaker at the Northeast Whole Language Conference, a keynote speaker at the National Association for The Education of Young Children Conference in Washington, D.C. as well as other education conferences around the United States.
Rick traveled throughout the U.S. and Canada performing at schools and concert halls. For large concert events he performed with The Bubblegum Band and has appeared in venues such as Riverfest in Little Rock, Arkansas; Boston Citywide Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, and Imagination Parade – a live concert radio broadcast in New York City. His music has been featured on Peter Pan and Walt Disney Records and been cited in Entertainment Weekly and Billboard magazines. The television broadcast on NBC-TV affiliates in New England entitled “An Evening with Rick Charette” won the National IRIS Award for programming excellence. His music received airplay on such radio networks as KTOO-FM, Juneau, Alaska which syndicates its program “We Like Kids” on 35 public radio stations around the US Concert excerpts of his songs were a regular feature on “The Learning Channel” (national cable).
Rick is the author of I Love Mud and his next picture book is inspired by his song Where Do My Sneakers Go?
A life-long resident of Maine, Rick and his wife have three grown children.
There is a freshness and spontaneity about Charette's work that flows so naturally... - Lorraine Lucciola, The Providence Journal
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!
Our small press here in Lincoln, Maine (McSea Books) has been collecting pre-orders (for our new picture book Alligator in the Elevator ) to be shipped out all over the country!
Owner Stephanie Mulligan of McSea Books THOUGHT she was the first to have the idea to turn Rick Charette's songs into picture books. She reached out to a friend of a friend of Rick's and found out… she was wrong, but perhaps not too late!
Two of Charette's song were previously published as picture books. She learned that his books could possibly be out of print soon. Stephanie and producer Roy Clark of Pine Point Productions were thinking maybe this was the perfect solution! Steph wanted to turn Rick's book into a hardcover, add a QR code (linking to the song), and include sheet music in the back matter of the book.
Otisfield Community School was where Stephanie first fell in love with the music of Rick Charette and The Bubblegum Band. After that, it was an old standby... in the car, hanging out after school, and YES musical chairs at birthday parties. It wasn't a true party without Rick Charette!
Now, as a publisher and mother to three she has the opportunity to be part of carrying on Rick's legacy. Since the announcement of the new publication Mulligan has been overwhelmed with emails and messages of thanks. Grandparents and parents are excited to be able to share Charette's collection of songs with the forthcoming generations. On the McSea Books Facebook page you can see how Rick has been responding to almost every message on Facebook as folks recall sweet memories and time spent with loved ones at his performances.
The next title by Rick Charette is slated for next year and it will be Where Do My Sneakers Go? Illustrated by Maine illustrator Russ Cox.
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