Friday, October 30, 2015
THREE GHOST FRIENDS AND THE BATTLE BOOS - COMING SOON!
Proof copies of my next book, THREE GHOST FRIENDS AND THE BATTLE BOOS arrived yesterday. I am so excited to share the book with you. It won't be long. Hang tight!
Saturday, October 24, 2015
A Visit to Dover Public Library
I had a really fun day at the Dover Public Library. My wife heard my presentation for the first time. I met many really nice people, three enthusiastic young readers, and a few future children's book writers, too! A huge THANK YOU to Dover Public Library staff for inviting me and making me feel so welcome.
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I am so happy she was able to hear my presentation. |
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I shared a few photographs of my children's BABY BEARDS. |
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I read the awful first draft of BABY BEARDS!. |
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I had a fantastic audience! |
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I shared many illustrations from the book. |
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I haven't met a child yet that hasn't made a bubble beard in the bathtub. |
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My favorite part of the presentation -- reading BABY BEARDS! to a new group of people. |
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I gave a copy of one of my Three Ghost Friends books to a young boy who helped me during my presentation. He did a great job and it was his debut acting gig! |
Thursday, October 22, 2015
MONSTER Story Time at Miller Elementary School Book Fair Night
Last night, I had a "monster" good time at Miller Elementary School. It was nice to see so many happy children picking out books at the book fair. I read two of my favorite books during story time in the gym -- JUMPY JACK AND GOOGILY by Meg Rosoff and Sophie Blackall and JEREMY DRAWS A MONSTER by Peter McCarty. Thank you to the PTO for inviting me to participate.
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There are so many great picture books about monsters! |
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I wore my bowler hat just like Googily. Well, almost...his is green. |
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"Draw me a hat. I'm going out!" |
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Art Tales: Baby Beards! at the Akron Art Museum
I had the most amazing day participating in ART TALES at the Akron Art Museum. Thank you so much to Amanda Crowe, Assistant Educator, for hosting and planning a great event! Your activities and ideas were amazing! Also, thank you to Gina Thomas McGee, Associate Educator, for inviting me to the museum!
I am so blessed for this opportunity to share BABY BEARDS! at the Akron Art Museum. Thank you to my mom and dad for making the trip, too!
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My youngest two children and I arrived at the art museum before it opened. The first thing I saw was this amazing story time area set up in the lobby of the museum. |
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Then, I saw all the activities on the tables. WOW! |
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There were many photographs of famous people with beards and mustaches. Amanda used these for a hands-on mustache/beard sorting game. |
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A printed copy of the bathtub from BABY BEARDS! was provided along with straws and glittery-watercolors to make a colorful scene to clean those messy beards. |
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Copies of artwork from the museum were placed within plastic bags. Pudding was provided to paint on beards with a spoon to give it a new look. |
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Edible beards! Yum! Whipped topping and brown sprinkles for whiskers! Mirrors were used to check out your beard as you licked it! |
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A Shel Silverstein poem, a beard song set to the tune of Skip to the Lou, and a poem were used during story time. |
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Lots of great books about beards and mustaches were on display. |
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BABY BEARDS! is available at the gift shop! |
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Amanda opened the Art Tales story time with a few imaginative ways for the children to pretend they had beards and mustaches. Locust seed pods for mustaches and torn black garden fabric for beards! |
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Amanda acted out a poem of an old man who had birds make a nest in his beard. |
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My introduction! |
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I am a stay-at-home dad that likes to read to his kids, do fun art projects, and take lots of pictures. |
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I shared some of my favorite messy face pictures of my children. |
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I had a brave volunteer help me reenact the day I coined the term BABY BEARDS!. |
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He didn't know he would be wearing a bib when he volunteered! |
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We needed to roll out the red carpet after his great performance! |
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After showing the paintings I did for the book, I read BABY BEARDS!. |
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I am so thankful for this experience. |
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A pudding beard. |
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A black sand beard. |
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Bubble bath art! |
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Beards-on-a-stick. |
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My son loved the edible beard station! He loves to get messy. |
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More beards-on-a-stick. |
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More edible beards! |
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He has probably made a dozen beards-on-a-stick at my events this year, but this was the first with glitter! |
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Giving a famous piece of art a new look. |
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I had to try the pudding beard station, too! |
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He did the edible beard station at least three times!! |
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