RED BLUFF After getting the idea for a unique kids' coloring book six years ago, a Red Bluff man is finally seeing his idea take flight, as the activity book, "Monster Truck Adventure" is now complete.
Jay Nelson, owner and founder of Big Ideas, Inc., said after searching for people to help with the coloring book, he was lucky with the perfect skills to get his book idea where he wanted it to be.
Through the help of computer graphic specialist Donna Setterlund and artist Jim Hill, both of Red Bluff, the book project has reached completion just in time for the 10th annual Major League of Monster Trucks West Coast Championships.
The book will debut this weekend at the popular event.
Nelson said when he attended the event each year, he noticed hundreds of children taking home with them checkered flags, posters, toys and event T-shirts.
"I want them to be able to take something home that they can interact with and learn from," Nelson said. "With the coloring book, kids can re-live the fun memories from the monster truck event."
The coloring book contains drawings that Hill has hand-drawn from the ground up.
The activity book also contains dot-to-dot puzzles and word searches, that Nelson said kids can learn while they color the books the way they see the event in their own imaginations.
Nelson said the characters in the book depict the fact that girls and boys alike, love monster trucks. Nelson's daughter Emyleigh and her cousin Wyatt Froome were the original inspiration for the story in the book.
Nelson is the brother-in-law of Joe and Kellie Froome, who are owners of the Major League of Monster Trucks.
Because Red Bluff is where the event started 10 years ago, Nelson said he is happy that the book will make its first appearance to the hometown fans.
With the combination of his creative children's story in the book, Hill's realistic artistry and Setterlund's bright and innovative layout ideas, Nelson said he thinks the book will be a hit with children.
The books will come with a pack of crayons and will be sold at the Monster Truck Parade on Thursday at 6 p.m. and at the Major League of Monster Trucks event at the Tehama District Fairground throughout the weekend.
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Staff writer Stevie Ipsen can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or sipsen@redbluffdailynews.com
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