Testimonials

“It's been a delightfully creative experience working with Blue Elephant Books and Dorothea DePrisco Wang. Dorothea continues her wonderful sensibility with Blue Elephant Books to create terrific children's books. I feel one of my Artists who recently completed some wonderful new samples for Blue Elephant did so with Dorothea's vision and gentle guidance. We look forward to future opportunities with Blue Elephant Books!”
Maggie Byer Sprinzeles, Representing Children's Book Illustration

"Dorothea knows how to get the best work out of illustrators."
David Austin Clar, Illustrator, Clar Studio

"Dorothea DePrisco Wang creates beautiful, innovative and successful juvenile books for today's parents to purchase and today's children to enjoy."
Marty Miliefsky, Vice President, Transglobal Communications Group, Inc.

"Dorothea DePrisco Wang is genius at creating, unique, interesting and fun books that are easy to sell."
Sandra Balin, Sales Director, Special Markets & Subsidiary Rights, Chronicle Books

"Dorothea DePrisco Wang is very easy and fun person to work with, giving complete thouroughness to the projects she's working on. She's clear with her directions and very organized. She will do her best to make everything go as smoothly as possible."
Claudine Gevry, Illustrator and Designer

“Dorothea is extremely knowledgeable and connected within the publishing industry. She provides a level of business acumen that is superior to most. If you are looking for someone who is creative, savvy, efficient and strategic, I highly recommend Dottie DePrisco Wang's services.”
Alise Robinson, Independent Professional, Mind Candy

“Dorothea DePrisco Wang is passionate about children's books which makes working with her a complete pleasure. She is creative as well as detail-oriented. Having worked in the industry for such a long time, she is knowledgeable about the entire book-making process.”
Treesha Runnells, Designer/Illustrator

“Dorothea is great to work with, professional, creative and experienced- she is committed to what she does and a great asset to the children’s publishing world!”
Vicki Willden-Lebrecht, Agent, Creative Professional

“Working with Dorothea is always a pleasure. She is a true professional with smart, innovative ideas and constantly works to create the best children's books possible. Her work ethic and vision are easy to get behind!”
Jane Smith, Freelance Illustrator & Book Designer

“Dorothea has worked with me both as an editor and an agent. She has a broad knowledge of the world of children's novelty books and is extremely skilled at making the novelty work with the story so they two function as a cohesive unit. She is an innovative thinker and problem solver who can readily execute changes based on budgetary, scheduling or packaging constraints. She has an excellent ear for language and is keenly in tune with the needs and wants of young readers. I highly recommend Dorothea as a writer, editor or agent.”
Beth Engelman, Author and Writer

“Dorothea DePrisco Wang is the consummate professional. She knows the children's book business inside and out--and she is a delight to work with! I would highly recommend her for any children's book development needs: from concept through manufacturing!"
Lisa Rojany Buccieri, Editorial Services of Los Angeles

"Dorothea DePrisco Wang is the ultimate professional. Not only is she an out-of-the box creative thinker and writer, she also has a keen eye for the children's marketplace. Her writing and editorial expertise are a major cut-above the competition."
Debra Mostow Zakarin, Publisher/Director of Creative, Intervisual Books/Piggy Toes Press

"I'd want Dorothea to be on my team -- ANY team that pertains to publishing: writing/editorial, conceptual development, analyzing/targeting markets, projecting/hitting budgets. She is keenly on the mark as far as trends go within the industry. She is fiercely adherent to deadlines and delivers within budget. She's responsive and flexible and creative. All of this ... and a pleasure to work with, as well!"
Deborah Warren, East West Literary Agency

“Blue Elephant Books is one of the best companies we have ever dealt with. They created several books for us on a very tight time-frame. They bring ingenuity, thoughtfulness and integrity to each project.

Throughout the creative process, they maintained close communication us and always asked for our feedback, which was extremely comforting. It was a true partnership.

In addition, Dorothea DePrisco Wang has always been open about new ideas, new ways of approaching obstacles and always comes to us with a positive attitude. She is solution-oriented and always has her customer’s needs in mind. I feel proud and pleased to have her creativity and the creativity of her staff associated with KIDZUP/Tormont.

The end result is just what we hoped for –high quality children’s books. The interactivity and creativity is perfect for our publishing program.

Based on my experience with Blue Elephant Books, any publishing company should be very pleased and proud to work with Blue Elephant Books.”
Sherry Segal, Publisher, KIDZUP/Tormont