Published Books

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  Alleyside Press, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. 1997. Paperback, ISBN:0917846826

A resource book of theme-related chapters for teachers and librarians to use with children. Each chapter includes an original felt board story, characters to photocopy, related activities, and a bibliography of picture books to complete a story time. My favorite stories in this book are "Moonlight Mice;" a story of two mice who explore the forbidden Hall; "Just Plain Horace," a tale about a cat whose wishes turn him into a Supercat; and "Teddy Bear," the story of how Theodore Roosevelt's nickname became the name for stuffed toy bears. 

 As the Regional Children's Librarian at Wheaton Library in Maryland, I told stories and taught others how to put together story programs. I wrote Felt Board Story Times to help teachers and librarians save time planning theme-related story times, circle times, or week-long units. This is the first book I both wrote and illustrated.

  Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, 1987. Hardback, ISBN: 082250488X,  ISBN: 0822595168

Listed by the American Society for the Advancement of Science as a 1987 Best Science Books for Children. This biography tells about Anne Morrow Lindbergh, a poet, essayist, and pilot who flew with her husband, Charles Lindbergh, around the world charting new routes for airlines. She braved pea-soup fog, floods, freezing temperatures, and the kidnapping of her son. She felt that an experience was not complete until it was written down and shared. 

This book is for grades 3-6.

While living in Oklahoma, I learned to fly and became interested in women pilots. Anne Morrow Lindbergh fascinated me, so I wrote a biography about her aimed at ages 8-12.

Anne was a writer, aviator, conservationist, wife, and mother--a truly remarkable woman. Although she lived most of her life in her husband’s shadow, her work as radio operator on many of Charles Lindbergh’s intercontinental flights was vital to charting new routes for the airlines. She braved pea-soup fog, floods, freezing temperatures, and the kidnapping of her son. For her, an experience was not complete until it was written down and shared. Her many books are fascinating insights into her adventures and life.

This biography was written before her death on February 7, 2001.

For additional information on her see the 

Lindbergh Foundation.

Fun Fact:   

The Lockheed Sirius, Tingmissartoq, Eskimo for “the one who flies like a big bird” that she and Charles flew is in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

  Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, 1987. Hardback, ISBN:0822504847, ISBN:082259515X

Listed by the American Society for the Advancement of Science as a 1987 Best Science Book for Children. This biography is about the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. It is a story of daring and adventure. From her childhood in Kansas to her last, ill-fated journey, Amelia Earhart stood for women taking risks and meeting challenges. Thrilled by an airshow when she was eighteen, she became determined to fly and in four years, she had her pilot's license. Six years later she was the most famous woman pilot in the world. When asked why she flew, she answered,

 "For the fun of it." 

The book is for grades 3-6.

First Woman to Fly the Atlantic as passenger, 1928

First Woman to Fly the Atlantic solo, 1932

First person to fly solo from Hawaii to California, 1935

First person to fly solo from Mexico City to Newark, NJ, 1935

 Braille edition by  

  Good Apple, Carthage, Illinois, 1986. Paperback, ISBN: 0866533389

This collection of original felt board stories, activities, and resources is for teachers to use with children between kindergarten and third grade. It is a  collection of my felt board stories that I enjoyed telling.  My favorite stories are "Bungling Prince Botchit and the Dangerous Dragon," in which the second son of the King saves the kingdom and tames a dragon; "Gus Groundhog," a Groundhog's Day story; and "Jingle Bunny," a story about a gift-giving bunny who is stalked by a fox.  

  Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, 1978.

 While the Head of Children's Services in Anchorage, Alaska, I was inspired to write my first book, Don't Shoot. This is a high interest, low-reading-level adventure about polar bear hunting in Alaska. Although this book is out of print, you can borrow it from your local library. If your library does not have it, your librarian can borrow it from another library system through Inter-library Loan. This book is for grades 2 through 6.

Baseball Zapper

(Book 1 in a series of 6)

This is a story about a group of seven kids

growing up in a small town in upstate New York. They have lots of adventures together. The series looks at these adventures through the different kid's point of view.

The first book is Justine  Chase and the Baseball Zapper. Justine looses the All-Star Ball that she was entrusted to keep. Can she find it. And who took it?