Picture Books

ALICE IN THE PALACE

When Princess Alice is in the palace, she’s a pirate, an acrobat or the wind, which causes quite a ruckus.
That’s until the King and Queen announce, “There shall be NO MORE PRETENDING!”
But then Alice is not Alice and the palace is not the same.

Summer 2022
Hurn Publications
Illustrator Ashleigh Heyns

O'WIN & THE MOON


When an lunar eclipse covers Moon, O’win fears Moon will disappear forever.
So he calls upon Bear, Lion & Swan to help him reach her but O’win soon finds that it depends on him, if he can get to her in time.

Coming 2024
Hurn Publications
Illustrator Friederik Ablang

Publishers & Agents

With my Early Childhood educational background,
all of my stories include educational elements that support curriculum in the classroom and libraries.

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            I write a variety of genre:
    traditional - sweet, supportive, inclusive
humorous 

fiction with educational elements 
(STEM, common core)
Even Dark Humor
(think The Hungry Lion because dark can be funny, too)

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Please contact me and let's talk!

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What I Love

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Aaron Reynolds: Creepy Carrots, Buffalo Wings 

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Madeline Valentine: I  Want That Nut

Matt De La Pena: Last Stop on Market Street, Love

Kevin Henkes: Sheila Rae, The Brave,  Owen

Bruce Degan: Jamberry

Lucy Cousins: Maisy Series

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Kate DiCamillo: Mercy Watson Series

Richard Torrey: Almost, My Dog Bob, Ally-Saurus

Anything by Patricia Pollaco, Tomie DePaolo or Maurice Sendak

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And classic Pooh Bear 

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