Publications
Trade Books
Hugging the Rock Tricycle Press, 2006
Oliver’s Must-do List Boyds Mills Press, 2005
Jump at the Sun Treasure Hyperion, 2001
Can I Pray With My Eyes Open? Hyperion, 1999
Educational Books
The Poetry Friday Anthology, Pomelo Books, 2012
Enrique Esparza, Boy at the Alamo. Lerner Books, 2010
The Lead Detectives. Omaha Healthy Kids, 2008
Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom. Lerner Books, 2006
The Very Patient Pony. Writers Press, 1998
A Pony Named Midnight. Writers Press, 1998
When Jasper Closed His Eyes. Fairview Press, 1997
Did Not! Did Too! Wendy Pye, Ltd./The Wright Group, 1996
The Best Dog in the Whole World. Wendy Pye, Ltd./The Wright Group, 1996
Foreign Books
The World of Letters, Books 1-10. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
The Magic Caterpillar. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
Fish Are Fun. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
Vegetable Jungle. Unibooks/Korea, 2006
Friends around the World. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
Life in the Zoo. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
The Mummy. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
Why We Need Vegetables. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
The Food Chain. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
Let’s Make Ice Cream. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
How a Lever Works. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
Nature’s Surprises. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
Colors in the Sky. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
Joy’s Tomboy Island Adventure. Unibooks/Korea, 2009
Sleep Tight. Unibooks/Korea, 2005
Too Little, Too Big, Just Right. Unibooks/Korea, 2005
Who Am I? Unibooks/Korea, 2005
What Should I Wear? Unibooks/Korea, 2005
Where Should I Go? Unibooks/Korea, 2005
My Dog. Unibooks/Korea, 2005
Is That Your Cat? Unibooks/Korea, 2005
Mouse Can Help. Unibooks/Korea, 2005
The Farmer and the Corn. Unibooks/Korea, 2005
Room For One More.Unibooks/Korea, 2005
Monster Dream. Unibooks/Korea, 2005
One Smart Frog. Unibooks/Korea, 2005
The Carrot Forest. Unibooks/Korea, 2005
Listen to the Gypsy. Cora Verlag, Germany, 1991
Flirtation Waltz. Cora Verlag, Germany, 1990
Magazine Credits Non-Fiction
It’s A Natural World, Institute of Children’s Literature News (5/2010)
Families Come To Life in Fiction, Institute of Children’s Literature News (4/2010)
The World in Verse, Institute of Children’s Literature News (3/2010)
Looking Back-Writing About History, Institute of Children’s Literature News (11/2009)
Nourishing the Young Mind, Soul & Spirit, Institute of Children’s Literature News, September 2009
Characters We Love to Hate, Institute of Children’s Literature News (8/2009)
Spotlight on Shen’s, Institute of Children’s Literature News (7/2009)
Profile: Stonearch Books, Institute of Children’s Literature News (7/2009)
Keeping Up With the Times, Institute of Children’s Literature News (4/2009)
Publishing in the Recession, Institute of Children’s Literature News (4/2009)
Tis the Season, Institute of Children’s Literature News (8/2006)
Helping Young Readers Cope, Institute of Children’s Literature News (5/2005)
Reaching Reluctant Readers, Institute of Children’s Literature News (10/2005)
That Crazy Little Thing Called Teen Love, Institute of Children’s Literature News (11/ 2004)
Creative Nonfiction: A True Story Well Told, Institute of Children’s Literature News (7/2004)
First Lines in Fiction, Children’s Writers’ Guide (7/2003)
Get Your Foot in the Door and Your Fiction into Print, Best of Magazine Markets (2003)
Telling and Selling Seasonal Stories, Institute of Children’s Literature News (12/2003)
50 Ways to Think Like a Child, Institute of Children’s Literature News (6/2001)
10 Things Your Child Should Know About Prayer, Spirit (12/00), Salvation Army (12/00), Mommy Times (2/00), Wichita Chronicle (1/00)
My Son’s Best Friend is a Rat, Portland Parent (9/99), KIDS Magazine (10/98), Parenting Plus (9/98), Military Lifestyle (5/93)
Uprooted and Transplanted, Our Kids Atlanta (11/99), Parents Express (8/98), Parenting Insights (6/96)
The Chore Game, Family Times (2/99), Parenting Plus (10/98), My Village-Online (8/96), SF Peninsula Parent (9/97), Bay Area Parent (2/93), San Diego Family Press (4/93)
Back to Basic Toys, Parenting Plus (11/98), Messenger (12/92), Northwest Baby (12/92)
Family Mailbox, Northwest Baby and Child (9/98), Parenting Insights (4/95)
Whose Dream is it? Baltimore’s Child (11/92), My Village-Online (7/96) Sydney’s Child (12/93), Chicago Parent (11/93), Charlotte Parent (3/93), “Parent’s Monthly (9/92) Bay Area Parent (7/92)
Country News (12/92) Portland Parent (9/93)
Piercing the Barriers, Central Florida Family (5/96), Jacksonville Family (5/96), Tampa Bay Family (5/96), Portland Parent (9/98), Sacramento-Sierra Parent (8/96), Parenting Insights (10/95)
Entrepreneurial Spirit, Sydney’s Child (3/95), Childsplay (2/95), Carolina Parent (3/94)
Help Your Child Make Friends, San Diego Family Press (4/93), Parents Express (9/96), Central California Parent (10/94), On the Line (1/95)
10 Tips for Making Friends, Guide Magazine (1/94), Pioneer (5/93), Magazine for Christian Youth (10/94), Young Crusader (10/92)
The Paper Route, South Florida Parent (6/94), Kid Konnection (9/93), Chicago Parent (12/92), Charlotte Parent (4/93), Kidzette (9/92)
The Black Belt, Parent’s Express (3/96)
A Different Drummer, Colorado Parent (6/96)
After School Activities, Carolina Parent (8/94)
Are We Having Fun Yet? Parent and Child (8/93)
Homemade Fun, Home Education Magazine (1/93)
15 Fun Things to Do With Discards, Mothering With Imagination (12/92)
Stepping off the Activity Treadmill, Chicago Parent (11/92)
Postage Shortcut, Writer’s Digest (4/91)
Lovesong, Concepts (4/91)
Make Mine Wry, The Final Draft (4/89)
Magazine Credits Fiction
Andy and the Treehouse, Young Crusader (11/92)
To The Heights, My Friend (9/93)
Family Album, Visions (4/90)
The Strongest Animal, Highlights for Children (3/03)
Harold’s Hundred Days of School, Highlights for Children (9/03)
Additional Info
Columnist – New Orleans Times Picayune • (1995 – 1996)
Stringer – Bethel Island Beacon Gazette • Bethel Island, CA • (1988-1989 & 1992-1993)
Public Relations coordinator – Lazy R Ranch • Oakley, CA • (1993-1995)
Newsletter editor – California Writer’s Club • (1992 – 1993)
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