Children's Books

How The Elephant Got Its Trunk retelling of Kipling’s story (Henry Holt & Co. 2001) Korean translation 2004

A Fruit Is A Suitcase for Seeds (The Millbrook Press, 2001, now Lerner Publishing) Korean translation 2007

The First Olympic Games: A Gruesome Tale With A Happy Ending, Based On A Greek Myth (The Millbrook Press, 2001, now Lerner Publishing, 2000) Received a Children’s Book Council Award as a “notable social studies trade book for 2002”

God’s Gift (Bantam, Doubleday Dell, 1993, illustrations by Norman Gorbaty) retelling of the Adam and Eve story—a Children’s Book-Of-The-Month Club Main Selection

Scripts for Children’s Audio Books

Including games, dramatizations, songs, and activities. Age ranges 4-9.

A Story of Ping (Viking)

Blueberries for Sal (Viking)

Bringing The Rain to Kapiti Plain (Viking - Puffin)

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, with Ray Charles (Simon & Schuster – script consultant)

Five Little Monkeys (Bantam Doubleday Dell, The Trumpet Club)

Follow The Drinking Gourd (Viking-Doubleday)

Madeline (Viking)

Madeline’s Christmas (Viking)

Madeline’s Rescue (Viking)

Miss Rumphius (Penguin Books)

Velveteen Rabbit (Grosset & Dunlap)

Willoughby-Wallaby (Bantam)

Adaptations for Audio

The Magic School Bus Inside A Bee Hive(Scholastic)

The Magic School Bus Inside The Human Body(Scholastic)

The Magic School Bus On The Ocean Floor(Scholastic)

The Magic School Bus At The Water Works(Scholastic)

The Magic School Bus Inside The Earth(Scholastic)

The Magic School Bus in The Age of The Dinosaurs (Scholastic)

The Magic School Bus in The Eye of The Hurricane (Scholastic)

The Magic School Bus in The Solar System(Scholastic)

The Magic School Bus and The Electric Field Trip(Scholastic)

The Magic School Bus Explores The Senses(Scholastic)

Song Lyrics

Lyrics for A Story of Ping (Viking; composer Bruce Coughlin)

Lyrics for Miss Rumphius (Penguin Books; composer Mike Lobel)

Lyrics and melodies for Macmillan Educational Records Series

Dramatizations

Sixty One-Minute Mysteries for children aged 5 to 7. (Phone Programs, Inc.)

33 One-Minute Dramatizations – (Phone Programs, Inc.) including time-machine trips to different periods in history

Quiz Questions (for teens)

“Elvis Quiz” Interactive quiz with 150 multiple choice questions about Elvis (Phone Programs Inc.)

150 multiple choice, humorous trivia questions for interactive game show (Phone Programs Inc.)

Articles for Adults

“TV or Not TV,” Family Fun Magazine

“Etiquette of India,” Orientations