{"id":1599,"date":"2014-07-22T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T22:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2015-08-18T00:05:08","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T07:05:08","slug":"kickstarter-neapol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/kickstarter-neapol\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Kickstarter to Back: Neapol Goes to Ice School &#8211; a Children&#8217;s Picture Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/1yR0JUy\" target=\"_blank\">Neapol Goes to Ice School &#8211; a Children&#8217;s Picture Book by Dave and Sophie Phillips<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/556239583\/neapol-goes-to-ice-school-a-childrens-picture-book\/widget\/card.html?v=2\" width=\"220\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I went to grade school where most of the students, including myself, had a parent in the military. There was a constant rotation of students leaving and arriving, cliques never really formed. That was all I knew until my father retired from the Navy and moved our family across the country. I started seventh grade at a pre-K\u00a0through 8th grade private school where 95% of my classmates knew each other before they could write\u00a0their own name. \u00a0Needless to say, it was quite the challenge as\u00a0a preteen. However, making new friends is something I&#8217;ve had to encounter over and over again &#8211; in high school, college, the workforce, moving to L.A., dating, meeting my boyfriend&#8217;s (now husband&#8217;s) friends, and\u00a0<a title=\"Aria\u2019s first birthday \/ My Village\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/arias-first-birthday-my-village\/\">meeting other moms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a Kickstarter project that I really believe in. <a href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/1yR0JUy\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Neapol Goes to Ice School<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a\u00a0children&#8217;s picture book about difference and acceptance in the form of stylistically\u00a0drawn, yet adorable characters borrowed from\u00a0ice cream novelties. It&#8217;s a story we can all relate to &#8211; being the new kid in school, and being different.\u00a0<strong>Created\u00a0by stay-at-home dad and freelance illustrator David Phillips, with his wife Sophie, it&#8217;s a book inspired by their two adorable children, that&#8217;s been a few years in the making. <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sophie and David are an artistic couple with talents that\u00a0compliment one another. Sophie and I met about 10 years ago (wow, I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s been that long) and became friends while working together as creative\u00a0designers. I&#8217;ve always admired her vision and style, which is inspired by her French &amp; Vietnamese background. David is a very talented illustrator. A lot of his work on his site, <a href=\"http:\/\/creativematador.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">creativematador.com<\/a>, have\u00a0socioeconomic themes\u00a0which make you stop and think twice. I&#8217;m such a fan of his illustrations, I asked him to create\u00a0characters\u00a0for the logo of my online vintage clothing store, <a href=\"http:\/\/animalsnapcrackers.com\" target=\"_blank\">Animal Snapcrackers<\/a>. So\u00a0when I heard they were making a children&#8217;s book, I was ecstatic\u00a0and wanted to spread the word.<\/p>\n<p>Their goal is to self-publish and sell the book. It&#8217;s written, and complete, and just needs to get printed and marketed. I&#8217;d really love to see them reach their goal. The book&#8217;s message is relatable to\u00a0kids and adults alike, and there are some really cool rewards (I am in love with the <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ksr\/assets\/002\/130\/478\/9ae5a5b5b0684f896ddd017180f4668e_large.png?1402465864\" target=\"_blank\">mugs<\/a>) associated with the various pledge levels. <strong>I encourage you to <a href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/1yR0JUy\" target=\"_blank\">check out their campaign, pledge, and help get the word out<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kck.st\/1yR0JUy\" target=\"_blank\">Neapol Goes to Ice School on Kickstarter<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/556239583\/neapol-goes-to-ice-school-a-childrens-picture-book\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neapol Goes to Ice School &#8211; a Children&#8217;s Picture Book by Dave and Sophie Phillips I went to grade school where most of the students, including myself, had a parent in the military. There was a constant rotation of students leaving and arriving, cliques never really formed. That was all I knew until my father [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[906],"tags":[431,174,428,425,429,427,430,251,426,424],"class_list":["post-1599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements","tag-anti-bully","tag-book","tag-childrens-book","tag-david-phillips","tag-illustration","tag-illustrator","tag-kickstarter","tag-los-angeles","tag-neapol-goes-to-ice-school","tag-sophie-phillips","eq-blocks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Kickstarter.jpg?fit=340%2C160&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p46LgQ-pN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5293,"url":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/could-you-hug-a-cactus-book-giveaway-and-qa\/","url_meta":{"origin":1599,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Could You Hug A Cactus?&#8221; Book giveaway and Q&#038;A","author":"westsidemommy","date":"May 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Quirky rhymes paired with hand-painted illustrations: Could You Hug a Cactus? is the newest collaboration by Phillip Van Wagoner and Spencer Smith. 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