Hello and welcome to our first blog! Baobab Tree Books are the indie publishing duo of sisters Rachel Ann Walmsley and Helen McKnockiter. What is indie publishing? It is the process of bringing a book together and publishing it without the aid of a traditional agent or publisher – going it alone so to …
Beavers Visit
Last night I got the chance to share Dotty with some local Beavers. This is the part of being an indie author that I love. We played some games with rhyming words and chatted through all things ‘dotty’ and all things ‘doggy’.
Library Visit
During the Summer holidays, I had the pleasure of sharing my new book Dotty the Dogwalker at my local library. Lots of children turned up and I got some great feedback. We shared an activity afterwards drawing Dotty with either a dog that you knew or your dream dog and I was super impressed with …
Meet the team
Hello, I’m Rachel Walmsley, the Author and here I am with my sister Helen McKnockiter, the Illustrator and together we are Baobab Tree Books. Our debut book Christmas Cabaret raised £2,450 for The Children’s Appeal as part of the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity and we were thrilled with the response. Having just started out on …