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I've
long wanted to write about my childhood growing up in Texas in
the early 1960s, and I finally did in a new book, Dragonfly: A Childhood Memoir
(Gyroscope Books, 2010).
It was not a particularly positive time in my life, but it
was one that left a deep
impression on me. As such, Dragonfly is not a book for young
readers as its content, although not explicitly graphic, is
provocative. Available as a paperback and as a Kindle ebook from Amazon.
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Storytelling Blog for Teachers
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A performer at heart, I've developed a unique style of telling
stories. I often enhance the "reading" of a book with a simple
prop. I read Leo Lionni's Inch by Inch using a small glove. I read Arnold Lobel's The Book of Pigericks using a pig disguise. I cut loose on Bill Martin, Jr.'s Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? accompanied by a blues harmonica. If you'd like to learn more, visit my storytelling blog and archive. Just click HERE and you'll go there.
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Audio Recordings of My Books
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Another project of mine involves making audio recordings of my published work. This project was motivated by the many teachers who've told me that I should record my stories, especially since I sing most of them. This got me to thinking and earlier this year I did just that, I recorded a dozen of my stories using a digital audio program both to record the story and to build an underlying sound scape to accompany it. If you're interested in obtaining a CD, please email me for details. Meanwhile, click one of the links below to listen to an audio sample.
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Shake Dem Halloween Bones
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| Below you'll find an audio recording of one of my most popular books, Shake Dem Halloween Bones. Actually, you'll find two recordings: the first one is a response to the book by a father and his two kids (performing under the name Big Sweetie and the Kittens); the second one is by me.
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Below you'll find a link to a pdf. file for a downloadable bookmark. Whether or not I'll be coming to your school as a visiting author, feel free to download this bookmark for your students' use. For best results, print the page on a heavier card stock. If you have any problems downloading the pdf. file, please don't hesitate to email me.
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