Book 5 to Halloween . . .

Monster Party The spooky season is full of ghosts & goblins, mummies & monsters. In this picture book, I teamed up with the amazingly talented Tim Palin to show young artists how to draw some of those ghoulish creatures using numbers. Oh, and this book was also set to music by Emily Arrow!

Magic E

Start the New Year will a little magic from Magic E. He’s a wizard who knows some word trickery. With an E, he can change a cap into a cape, a tub into a tube, a cod into a code, and send Tim the porcupine back in time. Chuck the Duck Was a Cool Dude:… Continue reading Magic E

Sound It Out!

In my writing career, I’ve been lucky. I have had the opportunity to write a lot of fun, exciting books, from graphic novels about space aliens to chapter books about monsters. I especially enjoy writing silly stories, and nothing I’ve published yet quite tops the four books in my Sound It Out! series for pure goofiness. Each of these… Continue reading Sound It Out!

STEM songs

My wife is a STEAM specialist. That’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) with an Art component. And one of my publishers, Cantata Learning, was looking for some science type songs. I thought that would be a great opportunity for me to collaborate with Katie as she also has a music degree and is a… Continue reading STEM songs

The Muffin Man—Review

From the Tangled Tunes series of Cantata Learning, “The Muffin Man” is a delightful storybook/music/CD combo package that sets the scene for the song story about “The Muffin Man,” who bakes and sells delicious muffins, and lives on Drury Lane. Bright, comical, stylized illustrations reminiscent of the 50’s and 60’s decorate each page of treasured… Continue reading The Muffin Man—Review