"I've
learned my best tips from others...
and
so can you!"
.........................Vicki Lansky
Feed Me I'm
Yours, my first book, began as a local fund
raising cookbook in 1974 and turned me into an author.
I thought it was the only book I'd ever write and then
for a while, I thought that each new book would be my
last. Was I wrong!
When you write parenting books,
everyone glances critically at your children. Thank
goodness mine had the good grace to turn out well. Despite
my mistakes (and they'll be the first to point them
out) my thirty-something twosome have survived and thrived
in spite of having had a "professional" mother. Lucky
me!
I think my mother would be astonished to know that I
give out cleaning and household advice to millions of
people as a columnist for Family Circle magazine. After
all, she—not I—had made a career of homemaking.
In 1988, when Family Circle
asked me to be a contributing editor to their "Help"
column, I was delighted. This would be a place for me
to share "grown-up" tips. I was now moving beyond the
days of needing to know that peanut butter removes gum
from children's hair!
Writing about household hints
has been more of an education than I ever dreamt. I'm
often asked what my favorite tip is. Usually it's the
one I've not heard before, which is what keeps my work
so interesting.
Along the way I also became
a publisher. Feed Me I'm Yours was first
published from my husband's and my home on Meadowbrook
Lane (i.e., Meadowbrook Press). Our company grew very
fast as we learned the publishing business. After our
divorce 8 years later, I left Meadowbook Press with
no plans of being a publisher again. However, as the
books I wrote for others went out of print, I established
my own imprint, Book
Peddlers, which now publishes over half of my 30
titles.
In 1996 I published my first non-VL title: The
Littlest Christmas Tree by Janie Jasin which
turned into a wonderful success story selling over 300,000
copies. Book Peddlers
publishes other new titles by others now. I plan to
keep my publishing company small, but it does seem to
keep growing.
Through my Practical Parentingª
mail order catalog here electronically, (all that remains
of a parenting newsletter I published between 1979 and
1987), I make sure that all my titles are always available.
When you can't find them elsewhere or you prefer to
order by mail, you'll find them here. If you'd rather
have a hard copy of the catalog send me your request
with your snail-mail address to DearVicki@aol.com
These books can be ordered from Practical Parenting
by calling 1-800-255-3379. Or just click on the "shopping
cart" words near the title you'd like and it will
take you directly to our shopping site and we will ship
you your request.
—Vicki
Lansky
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