I was going to try my hand at a real ‘This I believe’ essay, but who can do that on a hot Texas Wednesday between your kid’s last day of school and a family vacation? Not this one.

This book was created as a fundraiser for my kid’s school and raise funds it did. Very exciting to make a good thing that goes on to make people happy and make money for a good cause.

Artifact Uprising is the best book maker I’ve experienced in a long time. What a superb job they did not only producing this book, but handling my frantic, deadline-is-looming needs. They literally overnighted it at no extra cost so I could be sure to deliver it to the gala committee the day of the gala mere hours before the auction. They infused me with calm confidence and no deadline shaming.

When the 5th grade parents ordered 24 more (a top seller!) they offered a significant bulk discount and delivered a day early. The color is vivid, the pages are lush and dense, the book jacket is rich to the touch. Simply beautiful.

It is 48 pages, 88 pictures plus 22 pieces of art manipulated into hundreds more. Matte book jacket over pacific blue cloth cover.

From the minds of not-quite-babes-anymore, I offer you the musings of just one 5th grade class, deep in the heart of Austin.

And – some music I know you are long over due for hearing. Please, turn it up and listen to the whole thing – sing with Ms. Whitney – you know you want to.