Caroline B Cook Wholesale

The collection

Four volumes in the Virtue Series, each a picture book built around a single virtue, every cover hand-painted watercolor by Trisha, every page written first as a read-aloud. Plus Church Kitty, the plush companion to Vol. 4.

Joy Is… (Vol. 1). The quieter, steadier kind of joy, not the loud kind. Toddler through elementary read-aloud. A nice starter for a new customer.

Kind Is… (Vol. 2). Everyday kindness moments a young child will recognize. The book a customer reaches for when they need a gift that teaches without preaching.

Still Is… (Vol. 3). An invitation to stillness and peace written for small children in the noisiest season of their lives.

Church Kitty (Vol. 4). The story of a tabby cat finding her place in the pew, the playground, and everywhere in between. Pairs with the plush Church Kitty companion, soft, tabby, and small enough for a little hand.

The Church Kitty plush sells paired with the book and on its own. She’s the kind of stuffed animal a child takes to church, to the grocery store, and to bed, and she comes back for a sibling’s set when the first one has been loved to pieces.

What makes Caroline B Cook, Caroline B Cook

Mother and daughter, writer and illustrator. Caroline writes every word; Trisha paints every cover. It’s a small, personal imprint, not a publishing house, not a committee. That closeness is what keeps the voice consistent across the line.

Hand-painted watercolor covers. Trisha paints in watercolor. The covers don’t look like anything else in the children’s category, they feel like something a family might have painted, not something a studio rendered.

Read-aloud first. Every book is written to be read out loud. Lines short enough to land, rhythms that invite a second read, and open enough that a parent and child can talk about what they just heard.

Faith as foundation, not label. Caroline is rooted in faith and teaches Bible study. The books carry that foundation, but they’re built to work on a general children’s shelf, not only a church one. That dual fit is rare in the category.

Handed down, not shelved. The design brief for the whole line. The books are meant to be given, re-read, passed from one child to the next, and the Church Kitty plush is the same: small, soft, loved, carried.

How it moves off the shelf

There’s a cat hidden on every page. In Church Kitty, children hunt for the cat: a paw on one page, a little tail on the next. Caroline reads it aloud in classrooms and watches them lean in. It’s the kind of book a child won’t put down, which is the kind a parent buys.

It works on any shelf. “I wrote these so you could give them to anyone,” Caroline says. The faith is gentle and the through-line is kindness, so the Virtue Series sells in Christian gift shops and secular boutiques alike: to grandparents, godparents, and the friend who needs a baby gift that means something.

The author shows up. Caroline loves a signing, and when she’s in a store, books move. She’ll sign copies for your shelf and, where it works, come meet your customers. Ask about author appearances when you place an order.

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Other lines I represent that share Caroline B Cook’s shelf neighborhood:

Compendium, gift books, journals, and ThoughtFulls pop-open cards. The natural neighbor to the Virtue Series on a thoughtful-gift shelf.
EvaBelle, hand-torn recycled paper art in acrylic frames with gold leaf. Shares the “quiet, meaningful, giftable” sensibility, often the same customer picks up both.
True South Puzzles, also Nashville, also hand-illustrated. Kids and grandparents puzzle together; a Virtue Series book is the gift that comes with the puzzle.

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