Thank You To Everyone Who Made the Little Launchers Kickstarter Possible!

Earlier this year, 226 backers pledged $20,010 to help bring our Little Launchers Kickstarter project to life.

In just one month, you all pledged to receive more than 1,100 books, delivered to 27 U.S. states and 13 countries. Our project would not have become a reality without you, so this post is dedicated to each and every one of our supporters!

First, we want to thank the Little Launchers and their families for inspiring us and so many others with their stories: Gabrielle Goodwin and the Goodwin Family, Sebastian Martinez and the Martinez Family, Rachel Zietz and the Zietz Family, and Jason Li and the Li Family.

There are also a number of organizations that played a big role in our early story. We want to send a special thank you to Economics Arkansas, The Conductor, 1 Million Cups Little Rock, the Venture Center’s Lift the Rock, and the Highlights Foundation, for believing in our work and supporting us. In addition, thank you to the state of Arkansas and all of its people for the outpouring of local love and for developing the talents of each of our teammates! This series was written and illustrated in the Natural State, and we are proud of those roots! Arkansas holds a special place in the hearts of each of Little Launchers’s three creators.

Illustrator Li Zeng and author Erica Swallow pack rewards for the Kickstarter campaign.

Finally, we want to extend a huge bubble of gratitude to the more than 200 individuals without whom this project would not have been possible. Thank you for your encouragement and support; we hope we made you proud with the book series! We will forever be grateful to:

Though the Kickstarter campaign is officially finished and all books have been shipped, we will continue to keep our growing community up-to-date on what’s new at Little Launchers. We are passionate about sharing the stories of young innovators to inspire the next generation of creators and doers. Thank you all for being a part of this journey!