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Starting after the first of the year, all of the books I have written for the kids club will be available here for free reading. As time allows, artwork for each story will be added for more family fun.

The first selection below was written for my son Dallas, and his Kindergarten class. He and his siblings went to Louis Wiener Elementary in Las Vegas NV.  The school's mascot was of course a whale.  In his class one student would take the class mascot home (A stuffed animal whale) for the weekend, and then tell the class what they did for the weekend.  The weekend Dallas was supposed to have Willie for the weekend, it rained in Vegas.  To cheer him up and help him with his assignment, he and I acted out the story while we watched the rain fall.

After writing this story for my daughter's kindergarten class, Ms. Beniez asked to turn it into a play for the class to perform.  Honored, I heartily agreed and offered to make the backdrop.  She supplied me the paper, a large roll of butcher paper, 36" wide, and cut to 9' in length. Each panel was drawn one at a time, and then handed over to be colored by other parents from the class.  To be honest, a lot of luck was involved in that the panels lined up as well as they did.  The characters above the big top are goofy drawings for reference.  Ms. Beniez created one for me.  It's still in my possession.