September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. You Can Help!

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.  Your support could help save lives:

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"Things You Might Read" Now Available in Paperback! And It's on Sale!

My latest #1 International Bestseller, Things You Might Read, is now available as a full-color paperback book!  The retail price is $9.95 but as of a few minutes ago, amazon is discounting it at $8.96!  I don't know how long amazon will be offering this discount so you might want to make your move now if you want a paperback copy.

Things You Might Read is also available as an ebook for $2.99 if you'd rather go digital.  CLICK HERE if you'd like to view the ebook version on amazon.

Here's an illustration from the book:

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"Things You Might Read" Becomes a #1 International Bestseller!

THANK YOU to everyone who helped make Things You Might Read a #1 International Bestseller! Most copies sold here in the U.S., of course, but it also became a #1 Bestseller in the United Kingdom, the European Union and Asia in the week since its publication!

If you haven't seen it yet, here's the cover:

Things You Might Read is available as an ebook for $2.99 right now.  It should be available as a paperback book next week for $9.95.

I couldn't have achieved the success I've enjoyed without the fantastic help of all my loyal readers.  I can't thank you enough for your continued support!

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New Book Now Available and a Riddle Answer!

I'm delighted to announce that my new children's book, Things You MIght Read! is now available!

With a new school year upon us, some children may be apprehensive about the prospect of learning to read.  Things You Might Read! will help children become enthusiastic about learning to read whether they're anxious about the idea or can't wait to get started.

Things You Might Read! is available as an eBook through amazon right now and will be available as a paperback book in a few days.

You may remember that I showed you an illustration from the new book last week that was called, "and you might even learn where hiccups come from" and challenged you to guess what illustration might complete the rhyme.  My hints were that the other illustration is about a girl who learns to play a loud musical instrument that rhymes with 'from.'

Well, if you guessed 'drum,' you were right and should feel proud of yourself for guessing the correct answer!  Here's the illustration:

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New Book and a Riddle!

Hello everyone!  I hope you're all having a wonderful summer!

I'm delighted to announce that I'm going to release a new children's book very soon.  I can't tell you the title yet but it's a book that will encourage kids to be excited about learning to read by talking about the exciting things they'll read about, the adventures they'll have when reading and all the fun things they'll learn.  Speaking of which, here's a riddle for you:

The illustration below is called, and you might even learn where hiccups come from:

Can you guess what word completes this rhyme?  Remember, it will rhyme with 'from.'  I'll give you a hint; it's about a girl who learns how to play a loud musical instrument.  I'll give you the answer here on my blog in a few days.  Good luck guessing!

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Thank You to Bill Bourcier and "Anna and the Storm" free now through Wednesday!

My heartfelt Thank You to Bill Bourcier for his excellent five-star review of my children's book, Anna and the Storm.  Bill said that it's a, "charming and insightful story" and a "very nicely written and upbeat story about prejudice and unwillingness to be open minded."  He added that it's a good book to be read out loud.  Thank you for your outstanding review, Bill; it means more to me than you know.  Anna is a #1 Bestseller, both domestically and internationally, and amazon is offering Anna and the Storm for FREE now through Wednesday.

It's the story of a musically-talented girl named Anna who writes a piece of music on a rock.  When the music is later found, the townspeople conclude that it came about through divine intervention.  When a storm washes the music away from the face of the rock, everyone concludes that it was taken away from them because of someone's wrongdoing and blame a dark stranger who came to town an hour before the storm.  The townspeople want to punish the stranger for causing the storm to take away their song.  Anna must find a way to convince everyone that it was she who wrote the music and it would be wrong to punish the innocent stranger.

Here's the cover of the book:

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Thank You to Michael M. and A New Book for Grown-Ups!

A heartfelt and sincere THANK YOU to Michael M. who recently gave my most recent children's book, Anna and the Storm, an excellent five-star review!  Michael said that it's a terrific children's book, that it's very well written and it's a great book for children of all ages, especially up to age 12.  Thank you for your outstanding review, Michael!  I'm delighted that you enjoyed the book and your review means more to me than you know!

In other news, I've just published a book for grown-ups called The Sparrow's Dream.  It's a book of photographs with short poems called haiku.  If you're a young person who hasn't heard of haiku before, you might want to ask your parents to help you learn about them.  They're a lot of fun to write and it's also fun to read ones other people have written!  If you want to learn all about haiku and how you can write your own, you can ask you parents to CLICK HERE and help you out!  If you do, I'll bet you'll have a lot of fun!

As I said in my last post here, I've been working very hard on my grown-up book lately and that's why I haven't been writing much here lately.  Now that my grown-up book is done, though, I'll be writing more books for kids and talking about them here.

Until then, here's what the cover of my new book for grown-ups looks like:

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