W.T. Melon

WT Melon Publishing E-books now available in Google Book Store

2012-02-09T11:03:00.000-08:00

Del & Estelle, the Story of Two Pigeons

2012-02-03T06:02:00.000-08:00

Del and Estelle perch on the streetlight at the intersection of College and Ashby. Estelle is tidy and polite. Del puts the "pig" in pigeon. Somehow these two pigeons manage to get along.
Now available on Kindle:Del & Estelle Kindle
Available as ePub for Nook and Ipad: Del & Estelle ePub

The Elevator Family Hits the Road (now available for IPad and Nook)

2012-01-24T07:36:00.000-08:00

The Elevator Family Hits the Road is now available in epub format for IPad and Nook. This time the Wilsons stay in a tollbooth crossing the Mississippi River.
The Elevator Family Hits the Road
Since its publication ten years ago, The Elevator Family has become a easy chapter-book classic. It was published in Japanese and French and the second edition paperback has recently came out. The Elevator Family play has also been produced in theaters around the country.
After numerous requests from children, I have written a series of sequels to be published as ebooks. In future books, the Wilsons stay in a tollbooth, in a fire lookout tower, in a baseball dugout, and in a New York department store display window.

The Elevator Family Hits the Road (now available for Kindle)

2012-01-23T11:39:00.000-08:00

Long awaited sequel to The Elevator Family, The Elevator Family Hits the Road, is now available in Kindle format. This time, the Wilson family stays in a tollbooth on a bridge crossing the Mississippi River. Great accommodations, so why are all the cars rushing past?

Download: The Elevator Family Hits the Road

The Elevator Family Hits the Road (coming in February)

2012-01-02T17:40:00.000-08:00

The long awaited Elevator Family sequel. This time the the close-knit Wilson family stays in a toll booth on a bridge crossing the Mississippi River. Fantabulous accommodations, so why are all the cars rushing past?

The Very Tall Teacher Series

2011-12-22T08:55:00.000-08:00

The Very Tall Teacher Book 1 and The Very Tall Teacher Winter & Spring Book 2 easy-reader chapter ebooks are now available for Kindle download.

MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Skype Talks

2011-12-14T06:17:00.000-08:00

Teachers,
If your class is reading MVP: Magellan Voyage Project as part of your social studies curriculum, let's set up an author/class Skype chat and talk about the world. E-mail me for information.

Mistletoe, a Christmas Story

2011-12-04T10:18:00.000-08:00

Download my short story Mistletoe, originally published in CRICKET magazine.
Mistletoe

Captain John Paul Jellyfish e-book

2011-11-26T10:58:00.000-08:00

My first book for children is now available for Kindle, Nook, and iPad. Follow the valorous adventures of the bravest jelly to ever sail the Seven Seas.

Captain John Paul Jellyfish

MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Skype Talks

2011-11-15T09:27:00.000-08:00

Talking with classes around the country about MVP: Magellan Voyage Project has been a lot of fun, especially when the kids dress up as Baron Von Sheepsbottom, Meredith Emerson, Adam Story, and other characters from the book. Many teacher use the book about traveling around the world as part of their social studies curriculum. Here's a brilliant class in Wichita, Kansas that knew an amazing amount about time zones, continents, and the countries that Adam traveled through.

A,B,See Spot Run! ebook now available in Kindle or epub format

2011-11-08T17:25:00.000-08:00

A,B,See Spot Run! The official Spot alphabet book now available in Kindle and epub format for Nook, Ipad, and other e-readers.
Evans Ebooksl

Bedbugs and Noe School for Nook and Ipad

2011-11-08T10:29:00.000-08:00

The e-books Bedbugs and Noe School (an ebook without a solitary e in it) are now available in e-pub format for the Nook, iPad, and other ebook readers.

Evans ebooks

Anta Claus of Antarctica now available for Nook and Ipad

2011-10-25T07:42:00.000-07:00

Oh! Oh! Oh! Meet this skinny man with the bushy black beard who lives with his two trolls Tis and Twas in a cozy cabin on the cold South Pole. Oh! Oh! Oh!

Get Anta Claus of Antarctica

Noe School ePub edition now available for Nook and Ipad

2011-10-23T07:52:00.000-07:00

An e-book without a solitary e in it!
A financial crisis! Cut costs! With dough running low and programs costing too much at his school, Principal Ouia insists that his staff and pupils must stop using that most popular non-consonant that follows d and is prior to f. That common writing symbol was also cut from this book!

Noe School epub edition for Nook and Ipad

Great Author Day!

2011-10-22T18:43:00.000-07:00

Good, fun Author Day at Bridgeway Island Elementary School in West Sacramento, CA. Wonderful children and staff!

Cozy Up to the Whiteboard

2011-09-26T10:57:00.000-07:00

Fifty funny verses from the classroom at the end of the hall.
E-poem book COZY UP TO THE WHITEBOARD now available at Amazon Kindle!
Cozy Up to the Whiteboard

Teachers comments about MVP: Magellan Voyage Project

2011-08-10T09:09:00.000-07:00

“I use it in conjunction with the world geography unit I teach to my fifth graders. They love it.”

“Students end up learning a lot about continents, oceans, countries, mean of transportation, and time zones. Plus, it’s a great story.”

“After my fifth grade read MVP: Magellan Project, my students made bucket lists about places they wanted to visit. This book sparked a lot of interest about traveling.”

“The MVP: Magellan Voyage Project multi-subject study guide that Douglas Evans supplies is very helpful and free.”

“MVP: Magellan Voyage Project was the most popular book by far that my sixth graders read last year. Hope for a sequel and a movie!”

“Adam Story, a twelve year old boy, tries to travel around the world solo in forty days. There’s been no book like this since Jules Verne.”

Elevator Family Japanese 10th Anniversary Edition

2011-08-09T09:03:00.000-07:00

E-books

2011-08-08T06:57:00.000-07:00

Check out the new e-book page.

E-books by Douglas Evans

Anta Claus of Antarctica

2011-08-07T14:42:00.000-07:00

In a small cozy cottage on the cold South Pole there lives a skinny man with a bushy black beard. You may never have heard of Mr. Anta Claus. Not many people north of the equator have. Now’s your chance to read all about Anta Claus, Tis and Twas—his two trolls, and Anta’s eight colorful yaks that pull his black sleigh through the air each Christmas Eve. Oh! Oh! Oh!

Now at Amazon Kindle

Noe School

2011-08-03T12:20:00.000-07:00

Noe School

An e-book without a solitary e in it!

A financial crisis! Cut costs! With dough running low and programs costing too much at his school, Principal Ouia insists that his staff and pupils must stop using that most popular non-consonant that follows d and is prior to f. That common writing symbol was also cut from this book!

Noe School e-book
Noe School sample

Bedbugs e-book

2011-08-02T09:18:00.000-07:00

Bedbugs is ready for download on Amazon!

“Only a bedbug knows, what goes on while you doze.”

That's the motto of the three bedbugs who live in Irene’s four-poster bed. One night, when the moon is particularly bright, Irene meets this helpful trio, who tell her about her nighttime visitors--the Sandman, the Tooth Fairy, the Nice Dream Man, Night Mare, and the Boogeyman--and how the bedbugs protect her from the mayhem, mischief, and mishaps that can happen while she sleeps.
Bedbugs e-book

MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Study Guide (PDF)

2011-08-01T11:29:00.000-07:00

Teachers/Librarians,
The 200 page MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Study Guide can now be downloaded as a PDF file at the link below. This is an excellent multi-subject guide, great if you're using MVP: Magellan Voyage Project as part of your social studies or language arts curriculum.

http://www.wtmelon.com/a13.News.html

Bedbugs (coming soon) for Kindle

2011-07-28T10:01:00.000-07:00

Bedbugs by Douglas Evans coming soon. Download it for Kindle.

"Only a bedbug knows what goes on while you doze."

MVP: Magellan Voyage Project

2011-07-22T14:41:00.000-07:00

Teachers,
If you are planning on using MVP: Magellan Voyage Project as part of your literature or social studies curriculum next school year, here are some links to resources that might be useful. Also find the Adam Story list page and the MVP interactive map here.

Magellan Voyage Project Links

Classroom Creatures Prints

2011-07-06T17:36:00.000-07:00

Download a complete set of Classroom Creature prints, the creatures lurking in the classroom at the end of the hall from my books Classroom at the End of the Hall, Math Rashes, and Mouth Moths.

Classroom Creature Prints

MVP: Magellan Voyage Project

2011-06-24T18:51:00.000-07:00

Teachers,
Adam Story, age 12, attempts to travel around the world in forty days using surface transportation only. Read in numerous fourth, fifth, and sixth grade classrooms around the country, MVP: Magellan Voyage Project is an excellent classroom read and addition to your world geography and social studies curriculum.
Buy MVP

Class Pictures

2011-06-13T08:47:00.000-07:00

In preschool I wore pigtails.

Did I ever look that young?