Winning Kids Incorporated Signs Deal with Mariposa Press for Distribution in France of the Traveling Bear Children's Character Building and Literacy Products

Winning Kids incorporated has announced it has signed a deal with Mariposa Press, Inc. for French distribution on their children's book titles.

Palm Beach Gardens, FL (PRWEB) April 15, 2008 – Winning Kids Incorporated has announced it has signed a deal with Mariposa Press, Inc. for French distribution on their children's book titles.

Mariposa Press has been in existence since 1981. Prior to taking over Mariposa, company president, Laurie Blum worked in New York as both a book packager and editor with Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, and Henry Holt. She also created her own series of books with 63 titles, sold several million copies, and has been a regular guest on CNN television.

The Winning Kids with Traveling Bear™ (www.travelingbear.com) products include an innovative children’s book series that teaches positive character building and read-a-long audio CD's and video DVD's that build strong reading skills and an enjoyment of reading in a fun and easy way. A complete line of merchandise including plush toys, a backpack and coloring book are also available.

With the publication of the Mariposa Press Spring/Summer children's catalogue, they will be introducing and distributing the Winning Kids with Traveling Series to English language bookstores throughout France and Europe. Mariposa Press Inc. will also be representing all of the titles at both the Salon du Livre ( France’s main Book-Expo ) and France’s children's book fair, the Salon du Livre et de la Presse Jeunesse.

President of Winning Kids Incorporated, Christian Hainsworth, said, "We have been contacted by distributors from Canada, South America, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and numerous other countries seeking to market our wonderful English language positive character building series. As we begin our international distribution we are thrilled that Europe is where we start!"

You can visit the Winning Kids with Traveling Bear website at: www.travelingbear.com.

For additional information, or to schedule an interview with Winning Kids Incorporated, please contact us at (800) 936-5063.

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