Marmalade Sky Publishing

CFO, Carole Symonds
Phone: 781.648.2499

VP of Sales, Heidi Whitten
Phone: 207.939.2638

V.P., Creative Services: Johayne Yaeger
Phone: 207.885.5054

Production Consultant/Producer/Engineer: John A. Stuart
Phone:  207.892.0960

Marmalade Sky Publishing was established in Portland, Maine, in 1991, for the purpose of creating quality children's books and multi media entertainment to raise money for hungry children worldwide.

Marmalade Sky Productions was also established in 1991 (MSP) as an arm of the publishing company, creating music and videos to accompany the children's books as well as other projects.

MSP is a creative team including Jim Symonds, Johayne Yaeger, and John A. Stuart. Together, with the help of many other talented actors, singers and artists, they created "The Legend of The Toothfairy", a children's story, now available in book, video, and audio formats.

A lesson teaching self esteem, this magical tale encompasses over 13 minutes of pure entertainment, comprised of an animatic (moving shots of still pictures) video, narration, character actors, orchestral underscore and sound effects. Many of the character actors also sing the six songs which complete the collection. This work has received rave reviews from teachers, librarians, parents, psychologists and children.

Inspired by the positive public response to the work, Johayne went on to create an entire series of Toothfairy adventures for children, including "The Toothfairy & The Molar Monster", and "The Toothfairy Shares Santa's North Pole Secret", with more tales on the way.

President: Jim Symonds

Jim sparked the idea for "The Legend of The Toothfairy", to his mother (Johayne), when at five years of age he asked "What does the toothfairy do with my teeth?". The story was soon written, and some twenty years later, Jim produced the audio soundtrack and video to complete the story.

A composer and producer, Jim has scored for radio, television, home video, film treatments, infomercials, and produced and engineered for numerous bands and performers. His work has received critical acclaim from the industry.

Jim is also a successful software developer, supplying some of the largest online companies with his affiliate program management software. 

Johayne studied the craft of screen writing at the BBC in London. She is also an award winning screenwriter (Santa Barbara Writer's Conference), and a graduate of  the Vassar College Summer Institute of Publishing & Writing.

In l979, Johayne saw a need to discuss child abuse on television.  It was through her efforts and those of Jim Duffy, former President of ABC Network, that the first docu-drama on child abuse was aired.

Johayne has been actively involved in advocating for children's rights and fundraising for children for more than thirty years.

A seasoned session musician, singer, composer, producer/engineer, and consultant, John complements MSP's creative services with his unique talents on various levels.

John's first involvement with MSP came with "The Legend of The Toothfairy".

Johayne's relationship with John goes all the way back to l974 when we began to work in the studio on the Toothfairy story – in song and narration.  John had written and worked on some early song demos for Johayne with Karla Thibodeau and Michael McGinnis  ("Grandpa Moon","Never Give Up" and "Does It Hurt To Loose A Tooth?"). Life got in the way and the project was postponed. But John was there to come onboard for the final production of the “Legend of the Toothfairy” album in 1992 through 1994 as associate producer and he has been with helping us with many other stories, giving his talent as singer and narrator as well.

John's diverse vocal talents bring to life the narrated stories of  "The Toothfairy and the Molar Monster", and "Santa's North Pole Secret".

His credits include engineering a grammy-nominated album for Noel Paul Stookey, and other works with Schooner Fare, Jim Newton and Friends - awarded a "Parent's Choice Gold Award", Captain Kangaroo, Rick Charette, and countless radio, tv ads and industrial films.

John maintains his own studio "Houndog Recording", and is available for a wide variety of audio projects at StuartAudio.com

A terrific partner to have in all our projects, John is a solid family man whose wit and intelligence is a joy to experience.  If you are working in a studio – you have to work with John. He’s the best!

Heidi joined the Marmalade Sky team in 2007 and brings a wealth of sales and marketing experience.  Previously she was involved in the sales and publishing aspects of Maine Invites You, the state of Maine’s Travel Planner. Through this experience, she has built relationships with companies large and small, selling print and multi-media advertising, on behalf of the state of Maine. Prior to her work in tourism, Heidi was a social worker, working with at risk children and families. She is very passionate about helping children around the world, develop strong self-esteem and self-confidence.

Carole is a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Boston Office. She carries the responsibility of assuring that the net, after tax profits from our efforts are donated to charities involved in feeding hungry children.

Marmalade Sky Publishing is pleased to showcase the talents of many wonderful artists who have helped create the magic of  "The Legend of the Toothfairy" works.

Joel Ferris, Portland, Me

Joel created all the magical characters for "The Legend of the Toothfairy" video and book. Characters so rich and full they offer a special magic of wonderment to children. It was Joel's hand that brought eight year old Tilli-Ani from the Kingdom of Sironius into the hearts of us all. We thank Joel for his marvelous gift.

Patrick created the delightful Molar Monster that is capturing the imaginations of children around the world. Patrick's sense of humor pervades each and every picture - and absolutely no one will ever forget this silly, ridiculous monster who irritates the toothfairy beyond her ken. Patrick is working on yet another monster sequel which is certain to delight fans everywhere. Patrick is the father of twins whose work is widely recognized around the world. Patrick's portfolio can be found at hotspotgraphics.com

Based in Argentina, Santiago Cornejo, art director makes positively sure that we are given marvelous books and the most charming of illustrations for our "I Can Do It Too, All By Myself" children's series.   No child can deny the delightful antics of the characters as they dance across the pages of our books.  We thank Santiago for his wonderful generous talent.  Santiago is an award winning cartoonist - whose works can be found at enroc.com.

We turned to Gesture Graphics in India, for our flash work on the children's series, and found a wonder in Kanika.  Kanika is fast, always willing to please, and her work is a delight for all to view.  Many blessings came our way in meeting Kanika.  We will be working with her for years to come.  Portfolios of Kanika's work can be found at gesturegraphics.com

We turned to Bob D'Amico  to do our layout work for the "I Can Do It Too, All By Myself" children's series.  Bob and his wife Carol have been a joy to work with.  Always ready with a suggestion, Bob not only did a superb job on the layouts of The Molar Monster & Santa's North Pole Secret books, he got us ready for Book Expo and gave us insights we had never imagined.  Through his efforts, many magical things have happened.  Just to know Bob is there at the end of the day is one of the nicest rewards on this project.  You can find  Bob's portfolio at  millworldwide.com