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,…
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…