Interview with Children’s Author Sarah Elinor John. Sarah is an Instagram influencer @miss.sj.xo We asked Sarah to tell us something people would be surprised to learn about her, we were thrilled to hear she has been in four music videos.
Sarah, also has a new Children’s book coming out. The book is based on our visit to a butterfly house, near Aberystwyth in Wales.
It’s a story of two brothers Who are trying to find all the butterflies.
Lotan and Matteo adventures is a new book series for children inspired by our family days out.
The first in the series is called the Butterfly house and will be out on YouTube at the end of this month.
Illustrated by Bymentari who is so talented! I’m so grateful to be working with them on this project.
We are currently working towards getting our Welsh version made for February.
Our Facebook page has lots of fun, printable games and Lotan has even been designing a butterfly house game to launch before the book release.
All our games and stories are free.
Do any of the books you write come from your own childhood? The series will be based on the real adventures of my two sons. It’s fun to read for everyone but I want my children to be able to look back on the books and have great memories.
When you begin writing a picture book, do you know what the ending will be? It’s written from experiences and then we add ideas. I wanted to make it fun and educational.
Was this topic suggested or was it something you were already interested in? We love going to the butterfly house, the boys are really into nature and wildlife.
One of the attractive parts of the book is the illustrations. How do you coordinate those? We have an amazing artist, by mentari. I sent her the details for each page and she brings the illustrations to life.
Who will this book appeal to? What age range would you recommend it for? The books are ages 4-5 but anyone can enjoy the YouTube storybooks.
What is your next project? I plan to release more children’s books on our YouTube channel.
Also, we’re working on a welsh version.
I’m also really interested in filming and production. I’m hoping to work more on that this year.
A Butterfly Adventure Game
A fun game in preparation of the book launch.
You’ll now be able to join lotan and Matteo on the Butteryfly house adventure!
This was Lotans idea and he’s been busy making a plan of how he wanted the game to be.
You have to collect as many butterflies as you can. But don’t run into any of the snails! (You can only land directly on top of them) this game can be enjoyed by ages 4+
@Lotanmatteoadventures on Instagram
@miss.sj.xo
