When my sister’s boys were just little guys, we’d go on summer camping trips. With three nephews and three uncles, it was a great bonding time. And one of the things we bonded over was telling and making up jokes. On of my faves: Q: What do you do if you get swallowed by an elephant?… Continue reading Jokes and Jingles
Category: Misc Stuff
Tower of London
Most everyone likes a scary ghost story. Now you can experience one in a choose-your-path book. With its 1,000-year history, the Tower of London is considered to be one of the most haunted places in the world. Queen Anne Boylen was beheaded on the Tower Green, a lawn within the fortress’s walls. Hundreds of years later, visitors claim to have… Continue reading Tower of London
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!
Thud & Blunder
Friends and family know that while I was growing up, I loved fantasy stories—still do! I read tons of stories about dragons and knights, heroes and monsters. Reading those types of books actually inspired me to start writing my own stories. So I was more than excited to team up with fellow author and friend Sean Tulien… Continue reading Thud & Blunder
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
Monster Heroes
Last fall was a busy, busy time for me, and so it’s looking like August and September are the months that all my hard work will come to fruition. I have many, many books being released, starting with my Monster Heroes series. These books are a mashup of two of my favorite things to write about: monsters… Continue reading Monster Heroes
Magic E
Recently, I’ve been working on a series of books involving Magic E, an owlish wizard who knows a little word trickery. With a wave of his wand and a flick of his wrist, he changes the vowels sounds of words like pin, tub, can, and cap by adding an E to the end of them.… Continue reading Magic E
Can You Survive a Supervolcano Eruption?
Taking a trip to Yellowstone National Park? Well, here’s a must read. Not because a supervolcano is ever likely to happen there again, but because it’s my newest title to hit the bookshelves. Summary: A supervolcano has erupted! Its eruption is thousands of times larger than a normal volcano. Huge amounts of lava and ash… Continue reading Can You Survive a Supervolcano Eruption?
Ballpark Eats: Recipes Inspired by America’s Baseball Stadiums
Baseball is just around the corner, and that means ballpark food: hot dogs, nachos, and cheese curds. The recipes in this new cookbook aren’t mine, though, I plan to try several of them. But I provided the write ups on each of the ballparks. Summary: Forget peanuts and Cracker Jacks! Americas Ballparks now offer a… Continue reading Ballpark Eats: Recipes Inspired by America’s Baseball Stadiums
The Adventures of Big Blue and the Capt’n
A project I had been working on this summer has finally come to fruition, and just in time for Christmas! The Adventures of Big Blue and the Capt’n, with Hari the Tiger, is a picture book I cowrote with Ben Young, a worldwide adventurer who has a deep desire to help educate people about the… Continue reading The Adventures of Big Blue and the Capt’n