Did you notice all those dragons on my home page? I have a passion for dragons and have written several stories about them, but it all began when I wrote The Clumsy Dragon musical, with my talented nephew, Kirk Smith. The musical is about Mirabelle, a young dragon and her wizard friend, Alzabar. The Clumsy Dragon won the Unpublished Play Reading Project Award sponsored by the American Alliance for Theater and Education. A selection from The Clumsy Dragon was performed at t

Although Big Bird Brings Spring to Sesame Street, is no longer in print, it brought a lot of joy to children for 20 years. I still get a thrill when someone tells me how much they loved reading my book when they were a child and some are now reading it to their kids. BBBStSS was first published as a Little Golden Book in 1985 and soon became a Little Golden video as well. It was included in Storyland: 40 of the Best Little Golden Books Ever Published, a collection of 12 Favo