Press Release for Two Snowflakes!

Just thought I'd post a copy of the press release I'm distributing today :-)

A World of Twins - Are books like "Two Snowflakes" the Future of Children's Books?

Multiple births are on the rise. Is the children's book industry keeping up?
Twin parents write books for their children... and their "singleton" peers.

Baltimore, MD - March 9, 2009 –
With the help of popular self-publishing websites like Lulu.com, Jennifer Miller of Cockeysville, MD, along with others, speak to a new generation of children, seemingly ignored by the commercial children's book publishing industry: Twins and Higher-Order Multiples. And, it may not only benefit the twins themselves, but those they will come in contact with throughout their life, as well.

While searching the children's section of her local library with her new identical twin daughters, Miller found many books exploring the issues relating to all youngsters, such as sharing, potty-training, and early reading skills. However, after several exhaustive searches, she came up relatively empty-handed, when it came to books that would speak to her own children's unique, however more commonplace, experience of growing up "twin."

So, she decided to write her own: "Two Snowflakes." It is a story that speaks to the dilemma of identical twins in particular, who can struggle with the extra childhood challenge of establishing their own unique identities, in the face of a society that, frankly, may only see one face.

And, if a search on the word "twin" in the children's book sections of sites like Lulu.com is any indication, she's not alone.

While reality shows may be featuring an ever-increasing concentration of stories about multiple births (especially unusually high orders of multiples), the children's bookshelves are relatively bare on the subject. And with a new generation of children that will include more sets of twins than ever before, many parents wonder how to explain a concept which, even to many adults, may be a mystery: What is it like to have a twin?

There are a few twin books on the commercial market today, but they usually speak directly to twins and their families. However, Miller believes it is also important to address their "singleton" peers (as they are referred to in the twin world), with whom they will be sharing classrooms and more, in the future.

Available as both a free e-book, and for sale in print form at twosnowflakes.net, Jennifer Miller's story of identical twin snowflakes, asks the question, "Is it true that no two snowflakes are exactly alike?" The answer is summed up best by the last page of the book:

"So, the next time you see two snowflakes, that look exactly alike,
Just look closer, and don't be fooled by first sight."