Children's Book Author
COWBOY CAMP (Sterling, 2005)
Illustrated by Mike Reed
Synopsis:
Giddyup, kids, and gallop right over to read this rootin’, tootin’ tale of an unlikely hero. Avery’s at camp, trying hard to saddle up and master his lasso, but he’s just not like the other cowboys. He’s allergic to horses and can’t stand the grub. But when a bully threatens all the campers, Avery proves his mettle in his own unique way.
Available at www.barnesandnoble.com, www.amazon.com, and fine bookstores.
Additional Information:
* 2006 finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award
* Second place finish in the 2004 SmartWriters.com Write It Now! Competition’s
picture book division
* Barnes & Noble 2005 “
* Selected for
* Selected by the
the 2007 National Book Festival
* Featured title at the 2009 Read Across Oklahoma Event
* Nominated for the 2009-2010 Buckaroo Book Award
CHICKEN DANCE (
Illustrated by Dan Santat Tammi Sauer and Dan Santat have whipped up a giddy, goofy romp where cows fly over the moon, ducks surf in a water trough, and one very familiar-looking rooster gets all shook up! Additional Information: COMING SOON: PRINCESS-IN-TRAINING (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Forthcoming) BAWK AND ROLL (Sterling, Fall 2011) ME WANT PET! (Paula Wiseman/S&S, 2012)
Synopsis:
Meet Marge and Lola, chickens on a mission: to win tickets for the Elvis Poultry Show! But their toughest competition—a pack of menacing ducks—sneers that “all a chicken can do is bawk, flap, and shake.” Can our two feisty chicks show those quackers how to rock ’n’ roll the barnyard?
* Accepted into the 2009 Original Art Show in New York
* 2009 NAPPA Gold Award
* 2010 Winner of the Oklahoma Book Award
* 2009 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best book
* 2010 Book Choice for Read Across
* 2009/2010 Book Choice for Oklahoma Celebration of
* 2011 Nominee for the Grand Canyon Reader Award
* 2010/2011 Nominee for the Buckaroo Book Award
MOSTLY MONSTERLY (Paula Wiseman/S&S, August 2010)
Illustrated by Scott Magoon
Synopsis:
On the outside, Bernadette is an ordinary monster. But underneath the fangs and fur, she has a deep, dark secret. She has a sweet side and feels it's time to unveil it to her classmates.
Synopsis:
Viola Louise Hassenfeffer is a princess who is anything but prim and proper--she karate chops, dives into the moat, and skateboards up and down the drawbridge. Princess Academy is a total bust--until a surprise dragon arrives and only Viola can save the day.
MR. DUCK MEANS BUSINESS (Paula Wiseman/S&S, January 2011)
Illustrated by Jeff Mack
Synopsis:
An uppity duck goes a little haywire when the barnyard animals show up for a surprise swim in his otherwise peaceful pond.
OH, NUTS! (Bloomsbury, Forthcoming)
Synopsis:
Three chipmunks with attitude feel like they're just not getting the attention they deserve at the zoo, so they go to great lengths to compete with the elephants, tigers, and zebras.
Illustrated by Dan Santat
Synopsis:
Marge and Lola hit the road with Elvis Poultry and soon discover the tour gives them stage fright. They try all sorts of things to cure it, but nothing works. Can Marge and Lola prove that chickens bawk and roll?
Illustrated by Bob Shea
Synopsis:
Cave Boy has rocks, sticks, and a club, but he is desperate for a pet.
