by Joanne | Feb 3, 2012 | Picture Book
“And while you may think this is a tale of impossible scope and scale, he soon returned home with a whale!” Livingstone Columbus Magellan Crouse is an explorer. In his travels, he brings home a variety of creatures to keep as potential pets but is always met with the...
by Joanne | Feb 2, 2012 | Picture Book
“Here is the hand that knocked on the door and startled the spider that dropped to the floor…” In a style like This is the House that Jack Built, this cute beginning reader takes us through the events of a Halloween night when someone knocks on the door of a haunted...
by Joanne | Jan 30, 2012 | Historical Fiction
This is an open letter to Stephen King: Dear Stephen (I use your first name since you have been in my head for at least 25 years. I hope you don’t mind): I now forgive you for Tommyknockers. I devoted three days of my time back in 1988 devouring The Tommyknocker...
by Joanne | Jan 30, 2012 | Picture Book
“Ella Kate started out small…but then she grew and grew and grew until she was eight feet tall!” This fictionalized account is of the life of Ella Kate Ewing, 1872-1913, who was eight feet tall by the age of seventeen. Ella Kate became financially independent by...
by Joanne | Jan 29, 2012 | Humor
“Today was like any other day. The dish ran away with the spoon.” Little Boy Blue is all grown up and a detective trying to find Little Miss Muffet in this alternative view of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. Younger readers will like the story line while older readers...
