Children's
Book
& Magazine Projects
Title: Pete
Caboodle
Summary: Painfully
shy Pete inadvertently invents a childhood game we’ve
all played and becomes the town hero.
Excerpt: View
an excerpt
of Pete Caboodle
Title: Rudy
Vega Loves Rutabagas
Summary: What happens when
a boy loves his vegetables a little too much?
Note: Manuscript
comes complete with up to two rutabaga recipes.
Excerpt: View an excerpt of Rudy Vega
Title: Monkey,
Airplane, Tree Trunk (Creative nonfiction)
Summary: What's more fun
than getting in the pool? Learning the Elementary
Backstroke with Monkey, Airplane, Tree Trunk!
Title: Little
Witches Cleaning Day
Summary: Catching
half cast spells, cleaning eyes of newt, and cobwebs the size
of her dresser seems like a daunting task, but in the end it’s
not so bad.
Title: What's
Under the Bed?
Summary: Josh is sure there's
a monster under his bed. His family is sure there isn't. But
Josh isn't going to move until the monster is removed!
Title: The
Incompetent Tooth Fairy
Summary: Anyone with more
than one child close in age has an incompetent tooth fairy
assigned to them. Come on, you can admit it!
Title: Squirt
Grows Up
Summary: Squirt
is the smallest of nine siblings and may never learn to feed
himself. Will he grow up in time?
Title: Baby
Goes Bump, Bump, Bump
Summary: A curious piece
that sweetly talks about a child feeling the new baby in the
womb.
Title: Bag
Yourself a Bunny
Summary: Bored
brothers invent an Easter game, but the TAIL just might
get turned.
Title: Some
Pumpkin
Summary: Gross
out book about traditional pumpkin pie. A story adapted from
my own Great-Grandmother's favorite Thanksgiving story.
Several
others...