My stories, articles, and poems have appeared in these children’s magazines:

 

 

Stories

 

Cricket

            “Mistletoe Madness” – Dec ‘01

 

GP4K.com

            “Here a Cluck, There a Cluck” – Animals, Animals!/Stories & Poems archives

           

Pockets

            “Wrestle the Wind” – May ‘02

 

Teen

            “I Was a Teenage Beauty Queen” – May ‘01

            Jun ‘03 (reprinted in Summer Fun issue)

 

	"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures." H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Nonfiction

The Goldfinch

            “Spring into the Past” – Winter ‘98

            “Finding the Future in the Past” – Spring ‘99

           “Bix Beiderbecke – Boy with a Horn” – Sum ‘99

            “A Different Kind of Coupon” – Fall ‘99

Guideposts for Kids

            “Wake Up, Son. You’re the President!” –                                                                                Jan/Feb ‘01

Highlights for Children

            “Tackling the Trash” – Apr ‘02 – Awarded Author of the Month

            “Morris & Buddy” – forthcoming
            "To Wake Up a President" - forthcoming

Jack & Jill

            “A Scale of One to Ten” – Mar ‘01

Poems

Babybug

            “Dancing with Daddy” – Jan ’03

            “At Storm’s End” – Mar ’03

            “Down at the Pond” – Apr ‘03
            “Pool Party” – Jul/Aug ‘03

            “My Face” – Oct ’03

Ladybug

            “My Brother Loves to Waltz with Mama” – Dec ‘01

            “On a Rainy Night” – Jun ‘03

            “Shhh…” – Sep ‘03

            “Crunchy Leaves” – Oct ‘03

            "Nightslide" - Jan '06 

Spider

            “Southside Lullaby” - Oct '06

Cricket

            “The Horn I Scorn” – Jun ‘00

            “Strawbale Ballet” – Nov ‘02

            “Monterey Sunset” – Aug '05

            “The Best Summer Night Is…” – Jul '04
            "John Falls for a Flamingo" - May '05

Cicada

            “The Pigeon & the Peacock” – Mar/Apr ‘03

            “Rhinestone Dreams” – Sep/Oct ‘03

Highlights

               "Squealy Scholar" - Sep '06

Turtle

            “Winter Wheelies” – Dec ‘00

Humpty Dumpty’s

            “Headstand” – Jul/Aug ‘00