Talking Elvis creators
The History of Talking Elvis
Talking Elvis is the creation of sisters Katelyn and Emily Jones. The original Talking Elvis book was a picture book Emily created in 2005 (while she was just a Kindergartner.) Emily would "read" the book to her family by telling the story by memory while showing the pictures from the book.
Katelyn was so impressed by the characters her little sister created that she offered to help in the creation by hand writing the stories. Thus the creative team behind Talking Elvis was formed. They soon got together and created Talking Elvis 1: His First Book. Two years and 5 books later they are still hard at work creating more adventures for their favorite talking cat!
A Few Questions with Katelyn and Emily
Q: Who has the ideas for the stories?
A: Katelyn: "We do it together. We come up with the main idea for the book first"
Q: What do you do first, the stories or the pictures?
A: Emily: "I draw the pictures first." Katelyn: "We decide on the story together then Emily draws it. Later I write the actual story."
Q: Do you have a favorite Talking Elvis book?
A: Emily: "I like Talking Elvis 5: His First Day of First Grade." Katelyn: "I like Talking Elvis 4: His First Cold. Especially the part when Elvis sneezes while attending the Nutcracker."
Q: How many Talking Elvis books do you think there will be?
A: Katelyn: "We have ideas for at least ten."
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