About Us
NATURAL LEARNING
(Silent Video)
Our children's book team works to raise reading rates and make healthy concern for the planet a natural part of daily life.
Editor
Award-winning Australian author Graeme Lofts deserves first-place mention for his final edits of our books. This former educator of Science and Physics penned numerous text books. He currently writes non-fiction scientific and business books. Graeme promoted adding facts to this website about the iconic animals in the children's books. Facts build on the fascinating subject matter and calm blind fears about wildlife.
Marketing Guru
Vice President Abby Quigg brings networking power to the children's book team. This founding director of the board of Little Ray Children’s Books is an experienced event hosting planner, realtor and business owner. She will help plan Waffles for Sharks charitable events to spread awareness about the missions of this organization. Abby Quigg is an alum of the University of Kentucky.
Overall Responsibility
Retired mental-health attorney Terry Verduin (pen name V. R. Duin) works to improve childhood mental health with fun characters. She was a certified SCUBA diver. Her content and trademarks are licensed to Little Ray Children’s Books. Her books are in our Bookstore. She serves as President and Director of daily operations, planning, fundraising and in the administration of this website and of the Goopy Ghost content hub.
Financial Officer
Engineer Dick Verduin serves as Treasurer and Director. This founding director is responsible for overseeing, managing, reconciling and accounting for the financial affairs of this charity. He is not related to Terry Verduin by blood or by marriage. Dick Verduin is a graduate of Northwestern University. He also performs part-time engineering work involving environmental systems and construction permits.
Volunteer Expert
Amie Holton brings 21 years of entrepreneurship in the beauty industry and 12 years of volunteer service at multiple schools and diverse sporting events to the board of Little Ray Children’s Books. Her executive skill & experience in child welfare and education are areas of interest to our nonprofit. She serves as Secretary. Amie has provided prior service to the board with the recruitment of past volunteers. Her networks and connections contribute to our nonprofit leadership and management efforts. Having observed our progress since our founding, Amie is passionate about our operations, fit to serve, and she has the integrity to avoid conflicts of interest.
Thank You, Consultants!
Small Business Development Center at UNF provides one-on-one consulting services at no charge to us. The assistance of their highly-specialized, professional staff with technology (website administration and SEO), social media, advertising, brand marketing, market research, promotional outreach, public relations and fundraising is indispensable to our small organization. We are a 100% volunteer-driven charity.
Thank You, Google.com
We are grateful to Google.com for our in-kind search Ad Grant, which gives our nonprofit access to almost $10,000 per month in advertising. The search ads shown on Google.com are currently driving about 90% of our website traffic. We also appreciate our product listings in Google Merchant Center, where shoppers discover, explore, and buy products. We also value our Google Analytics for website metrics.
Help Wanted
We seek a commission-only sales representative/broker to build a strategic alliance with an entertainment or retail organization for our Goopy Ghost brand character.
