Some puppet shows make you laugh. The puppets are so funny. They even seem to be alive, and you just can’t stop watching. When it’s over, you still want more! Other puppet shows are boring. The puppets flop around, or stand there, talking, and you know they’re just being moved by the people behind the…
There I was, 9 years old, eating a sandwich and writing my first story. I remember it so clearly. My mom and I sat in a booth at Kaplan’s Delicatessen on Van Nuys Blvd. in Sherman Oaks, California, around 1964. She was working a crossword puzzle, I was writing with a pencil in a spiral-bound…
Poetry is about words becoming friends. When you have a friend, you have things in common. Things you both enjoy; things you like to do together. When words become friends, they have a similar sound. When words have a similar sound, we say the words rhyme. Here are a few rhyming words: cat and hat,…
My friend Tommy is a professional football player. His name, Tommy Maxwell, is in the Football Hall of Fame at Texas A&M University, where he went to college. Many years ago, he played for the Baltimore Colts, the team that won the Super Bowl on January 17, 1971. The Colts were playing the Dallas Cowboys,…
He’s bold! He’s brilliant! He’s bumbling. And what other superhero do you know that eats doggie snacks? No wonder a reader told me, “Captain FlashLight is hilarious!” With such a good response to the first book, I knew there had to be another. And another! So here’s a website-exclusive sneak peek at Captain FlashLight adventures…
One of the easiest puppets you’ll ever make is a Tube Dude. As you can see, I’ve made a lot of Tube Dudes! Now it’s your turn. You can make your Tube Dude however you’d like, but here’s how I do it, in five easy steps. FIRST: Get the tube. It can be a paper…