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I’m now scheduling cartooning workshops for the 2008-2009 school year. If you would like to set one up at your school, please contact me at the link above.

Look for the short story I wrote, “Pigtail and Duckweed,” in the September/October 2008 issue of Humpty Dumpty’s Magazine, a publication for young readers put out by the Children’s Better Health Institute.

Some other short stories I’ve recently has published include “The Silly Millers” in the May/June 2008 issue of Fun For Kidz, and “The Mystery of the Magic Lunch Bag in the March 2008 issue of Highlights For Children.

My poem “The Kiddie Pool” appeared in the June 2008 issue of Madkids, a new publication put out by the editors of Mad Magazine. You can also find my poem “Hockey Team” in the hardcover poetry book I Hope I Don’t Strike Out, edited by Bruce Lansky.

I wrote an article “Keeping Camp Unplugged” for the March 2008 issue of Metro Parent, a local parenting magazine in the Detroit area. This article examines the ways modern technology has affected the operations of traditional summer camps.

Watch for more of my work being published soon.

 

 

CARTOONING WORKSHOPS

I teach cartooning workshops to children in several school districts around metro Detroit, including Bloomfield Hills, West Bloomfield, Birmingham, Farmington, Walled Lake, Clarkston, Troy, Lake Orion, Warren, South Lyon, Plymouth-Canton, Brighton, and other areas. My workshops are usually held after school and are generally for kids in elementary school. Students with no experience can learn how to draw cool cartoons in just one day!

So far over 80,000 students have enrolled in my workshops!

For more information on my workshops, click here.
To order back issues of the cartooning booklets I use in my workshops, click here.

Have a CARTOONING BIRTHDAY PARTY at your home! For more information, click here.

 

 

CHILDREN’S POETRY

I also write humorous children’s poems. Some of my poems appear occasionally on the website gigglepoetry.com (click on: "Read and Rate" and search around).

 

You can also find some of my poems in the following anthologies: If Kids Ruled the School, edited by Bruce Lansky (Meadowbrook Press) Rolling In the Aisles, edited by Bruce Lansky (Meadowbrook Press) My Teacher’s In Detention, edited by Bruce Lansky (Meadowbrook Press) Dinner With Dracula, edited by Bruce Lansky (Meadowbrook Press) I've Been Burping In The Classroom, edited by Bruce Lansky (Meadowbrook Press) I Hope I Don't Strike Out, edited by Bruce Lansky (Meadowbrook Press) Wild World of Sports, by Adele Samuel (Rubicon Publishing) These books are available at popular bookstores like Borders and Barnes and Noble and also on amazon.com.

 

My poem, “Afterschool Snack”, was selected to be included in If I Ran the School, a booklet of poetry distributed to second and third grade classrooms across the country as part of the Scholastic Lucky Book Club – a million copies in print!

My poem, “Baby Ate a Microchip,” was purchased by the Poetry Foundation to be included in their archives.

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Some of the other work I have done and/or am currently
working on includes: short stories, games, puzzles,
feature articles for newspapers and magazines,
T-shirt designs, comic strips, spot cartoons,
and humorous writing.

 

Here is a list of some of the other places my work has appeared:
Highlights For Children Madkids Magazine Cracked Magazine Games Magazine Kid Zone Magazine Boys’ Quest Magazine Hopscotch for Girls Magazine Fun For Kidz Magazine Spellbound Magazine My Friend Magazine Wee Ones Magazine	Camping Magazine Metro Parent Magazine Livingston Parent Magazine Kids In Common The Cheboygan Daily Tribune The Royal Oak Daily Tribune The Macomb Daily The Observer and Eccentric Newspapers

I am a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and my work has
also appeared in the following professional publications:

• SCBWI Bulletin (national)
• SCBWI-MI News (Michigan)
• SCBWI-BV Scribbles (Texas)
• Once Upon a Time Magazine

 

SUMMER CAMP

During the summer I work at Camp Walden, a children’s summer camp in northern Michigan where I edit a daily newspaper, The Walden Pond. You can visit the Web site campwaldenmi .com to learn more about the camp.

 

 

 

LINKS

Read my poem "Baby Ate a Microchip"
Read my poem "Gym Class"
Read my poem "Fleas As White As Snow"
Read my poem "My Snowman"
Read my poem "Creepy Pizza"
Read my poem "My Favorite Fibs"
Read my essay "Life at Camp"

 

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