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Stories of Kansas and the Great Plains
About Ravenstone Press
History Ravenstone Press was founded in the summer of 1997 to publish children's books focused on or set in Kansas and the Great Plains.  It debuted with Johnny Kaw - The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas, the first retelling of Johnny's Kansas tall tale for children, that September. 

For nine years, Ravenstone Press operated in Manhattan, Kansas.  In 2006, the business was relocated to Sun City Center, Florida in the greater Tampa bay area.

Ravenstone is a small independent publisher building a gradual list of no more than one or two paperbound originals per year.   See "Ordering Information" below for distributors that carry our books.

Submissions 
Policy
Ravenstone Press is not able to consider publishing new authors and does not accept submissions due to the small size of its list and projects already in progess.

Ravenstone Press does not accept submissions for "vanity" publishing or payment for publishing manuscripts for authors.

Please do not send unsolicited manuscripts.

Authors seeking publishers and those writing for children may find useful links here:

Resources for Children's Authors

Parents of children who write may find this link useful in addition to the above:
Aaron's Young Author Page

Contact Us

Mailing Address:

Ravenstone Press
P.O. Box 6382
Sun City Center FL 33571-6382

TEL: (813) 633-5759

Please don't forget to include your name, address, email address (and telephone number if you wish) if you would like a reply.

FAX: If you need fax information, please email or call.  Ravenstone does have fax service available but due to the prevalence of junk faxes, we choose not to provide the number online here.

General Business Email Address:   info@ravenstonepress.com

Ordering Information for Libraries, Schools, Museums, Bookstores, and retailers Ravenstone Press will fill orders directly, or you may order through any of these suppliers:

Baker & Taylor
Brodart
BWI
Follett

Our books are also available through: 

Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble online
Book Kansas!
Kansas Originals

To order through this website, please click here.
Contact us at:  orders@ravenstonepress.com

Copyright All rights reserved.  For permission to reproduce material from this website for other than fair use personal and educational purposes, please contact Ravenstone Press.  See our contact information above.

Text on this website is copyright ©2000, ©2001, ©2002,  ©2003, ©2004©2005, ©2006, ©2007 and ©2008 by Geraldine A. Garretson and Ravenstone Press
Imagicat illustrations ©2000 Diane A. Dollar
Original Izzie watercolors ©Marion S. Kundiger
Izzie black & white drawings 
         ©1998 Marion S. Kundiger & Geraldine A. Garretson
Izzie's Album photos - originals in the possession of Jerri Garretson -
          electronic images ©1999
Johnny Kaw - The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas illustrations ©1997 Diane A. Dollar
Johnny Kaw statue photo ©1997 Geraldine A. Garretson
Kansas Katie doll & other doll designs ©1999 Gayla Brown
Kansas Katie text & illustrations © 2000 Geraldine A.  Garretson
Kansas Tall Tales cover design
©2008 by Geraldine A. Garretson
Ravenstone web logo design ©1999 Geraldine A. Garretson
Konza Prairie Nature Trail, Cottonwood, & Sunflower photos ©1999, 2000,  2003 and 2005 by Geraldine A. Garretson
The Secret of Whispering Springs cover design ©2002 Geraldine A. Garretson
Trespassing Time cover design
©2005 Geraldine A. Garretson
Twister Twyla - The Kansas Cowgirl illustrations ©2003 by Diane A. Dollar

CafePress Shops
Ravenstone Press operates several shops on CafePress selling items related to our publishing business.  Items such as t-shirts, tote bags, magnets, hats, and more are featured.
Ravenstone Press Shop offers items with book illustrations and covers.
Izzie Shop offers items with Marion Kundiger's Izzie watercolors.
Kansas Trails offers items with Kansas scenery and wildflowers.
Got Bamboo? offers items featuring bamboo photos.
Worriers Anonymous offers amusing products for chronic worrywarts.
Writer at Work offers gifts for writers.
Privacy 
Statement
Privacy Statement: Our Ravenstone Press website does not collect and store information about individual web site visitors. If you send email to Ravenstone Press, we will need your mailing or email address to answer you.  If you order from us by mail after printing out our order form, we will need your shipping address to fill your order.  However, we will not share those sources of contact with any other company nor use them ourselves for anything other than answering your email, filling your orders, or other contacts you request.   We do not use "cookies."
 
Where in the world is Manhattan, Kansas, the original home of Ravenstone Press?
Manhattan location map Manhattan, home of Kansas State University and the KSU Wildcats, is about 115 miles west of Kansas City.  The rolling terrain of the Flint Hills offers beautiful prairie vistas.  Please check out our Manhattan and Kansas web links.
Our Web Links
Kansas State University     |     Manhattan, Kansas Links
Kansas Links
Take a walk with us on the Konza Prairie in June or October

Home     |  About Ravenstone Press     |    Authors  & Illustrators
Teacher/Librarian Resources    |    Fun for Kids
Our Books     | Izzie     |  Johnny Kaw    | Imagicat     |     Kansas Katie
Kansas Tall Tales     |     The Secret of Whispering Springs     |     Trespassing Time
 Twister Twyla
Books Set in Kansas     |   Links
Mail order forms for our books     |     Order our books online

Last Updated February 20, 2008