Ten-year Book Creation Timeline
May 2003
Moment of Inspiration
May 2003
Sep 2003
Wild Rose Café
Sep 2003
2004
Rejections
2004
Feb 2005
Trip to Costa Rica
Feb 2005
Jun 2006
Tracked down Allen Young
Jun 2006
Aug 2006
Cacao Café
Aug 2006
Nov 2006
Who makes chocolate?
Nov 2006
2007
Rejections
2007
Nov 2008
We Couldn’t Make Chocolate Without Monkeys
Nov 2008
Aug 2009
Manuscript Accepted
Hooray!
Aug 2009
2010
Revisions with Editor
2010
Feb 2011
Final Manuscript
At Last!
Feb 2011
Sep 2011
First Sketches
Sep 2011
July 2012
Revised Sketches
July 2012
Nov 2012
Final Layout
Whew!
Nov 2012
Dec 2012
Named Junior Library Guild Selection
Yay!
Dec 2012
Aug 2013
Bound Book
Aug 2013
Aug 2013
Publication
Happy
Dance!
Aug 2013
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