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Author of numerous books for children, including The Elevator Family, MVP: Magellan Voyage Project, and the Classroom Creature Trilogy: Classroom at the End of the Hall, Math Rashes, and Mouth Moths.

Monday, July 29, 2013

New Song-- I'm Leaving Grade 3 For the Sea


New song: I'm Leaving Grade 3 For the Sea

Leaving Grade 3 For the Sea
C                      F                                  G
Oh, take me along on a sailing ship,
C                                       G                  F 
And I’ll make some tales of the sea.
C                           F                                G 
I’ll trade this desk for a quarterdeck,
C                                        G                                  
When I leave grade three for the sea, boys.
C                                        G                     C
When I leave grade three for the sea.
Chorus:
C                                                                            
So good-bye forever until we meet again.
C                                                   G
I’ll never leave here until I part.
C                                                                                           
So long fair teacher and my faithful classmates.
C                     F                     G   
I can’t get going until I start.
C                                                              
There’ll be no more school for me.
C                                                          G
There’ll be no more school for me.
C                                                      G             
I’ve had enough of this classroom stuff,
C                                                 G                                  
Cause I’m leaving grade three for the sea, boys.
C                                     G                   C  
I’m leaving grade three for the sea.
C                                                                         
Chorus
I’ll read the breeze, chart my ABC’s.
Count the stars in the galaxy.
Many schools of fish are my only wish.
When I leave grade three for the sea , boys.
When I leave grade three for the sea.
Chorus
I’ll sing sea shanties, paint the seven seas.
Climb the mainmast for PE.
They’ll be more white boards when I’m on board,
When I leave grade three for the sea, boys,
When I leave grade three for the sea.
Chorus

Children's Games Now in paperback!

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A lonely girl discovers the mystery of a village she discovers in the
coastal mountains of Oregon where only children live and play.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Classroom Creature Slide Show

Classroom Creatures from my books Classroom at the End of the Hall, Math Rashes, and Mouth Moths.
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Saturday, July 06, 2013

THE PIXELS! paperback, e-books, and Kindle editions


Global warming has wrecked havoc upon Upper Poyntz Colony.
The Pixel Corps of Discovery sets out to find the source of the excess CO2 in the atmosphere.
Days later, the Pixel's plane crash lands in a strange world, on the desktop of fourth-grader Faith Singer.
Being one millimeter tall, the Pixel family--Speck, Dotty, Bitty, Nano, and Grandpa Grain--
must take a long, perilous journey to escape...through the inside of the desk and out the bottom.

Thursday, July 04, 2013

Sh! Now in paperback



Socially awkward eighth-grader, Jonathan, is accused of sexual harassment by his troubled classmate, Susan. He only makes things worse when he tries to help her.
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