You may remember the story of Jackie, a Rooftop tenant from Wychavon who has sadly been diagnosed with terminal cancer and is a single parent to Owen, her profoundly disabled son?
A picture book, “Who’s Going to Pick My Nose?”, has been written by me with Jackie’s inspiration, and beautifully illustrated by Vanessa Bizzell. A Just Giving Page, supported by friends of Jackie’s and many kind strangers, has raised enough money for the book to be published. So now all that’s needed is a distributor so that the book can be bought and any proceeds can be used to help fund Owen’s future care needs.
Jackie’s dream was to have a story book that would explain to Owen that his mum wouldn’t always be with him, but there would be other people in his life to love and support him. Jackie’s dream has come true with the help of Rooftop.
We’ve been in touch with WH Smith,Waterstones and wholesale distributors so we’re awaiting the results of that. The money raised in the Just Giving account has been enough to print 1200 copies of the book. If it can be successfully sold through a retailer, more might be printed. The story in the book is written in rhyme and has a child asking who is going to help him with a particular task when his mum is not there. Each request is based on something Owen needs help with, for example, meals, bath time, story time, dressing up and picking
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