A few days ago in the mail, I received a t-shirt with the classic Bunnicula book cover on it. I’ll admit, I got a bit emotional. Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery was written by Deborah and James Howe and published in 1979. It is a humorous, children’s mystery novel about a family who finds a […]
Me and My Drum
“Come,” they told me. The three strangers passing through my city that night. They stopped to listen as I played my Derbekkeh, my hand drum. My only possession. It isn’t much, but it is all that I have. And it is my hope of a future. I make noise to make my living. “Come?” I […]
Me and My Drum
“Come,” they told me. The three strangers passing through my city that night. They stopped to listen as I played my Derbekkeh, my hand drum. My only possession. It isn’t much, but it is all that I have. And it is my hope of a future. I make noise to make my living. “Come?” I […]
Old Roger Ribbit
Old Roger Ribbit by Gina Sutphin, illustrated by Joe Sutphin Old Roger Ribbit, my ever sweet friend He hops up beside me to give me hand He loves this great earth as much as me too So he shares all his wisdom on what I should do He uses his thistle thorn just like a […]
Emily-1000
Emily-1000 by Glenn McCarty, illustrations by Joe Sutphin The first time Martin Flurburger discovered his left shoe floating in the fish tank, he figured it was an accident. He didn’t even take the time to consider how a brown saddle shoe could rise five feet off the ground or dunk itself into a covered […]