Tag: School & Library Visits

  • How to draw a Treasure Map

    How to draw a Treasure Map

    Learn how to draw a treasure map with all the olde, ancient wrinkled parchment scroll effects in the corners. Then, decide where to bury the treasure and put an X to mark the spot. Have fun coming up with names for places on the map. If you need to draw the Anchor and the Compass…

  • Little Horrors!

    I was childishly pleased when I came up with the series title, Little Horrors. They’re horror stories for small children, whom we often call little horrors themselves. Actually there’s no horror in them at all, just the suggestion. They are meant to be funny with moments of doubt… Shiver with fear.. shake with laughter, as…

  • The Open Dyslexic Font

    I recently came across the Open Dyslexic Font, which was created by by Abelardo Gonzalez. The font is weighted at the bottom so the gravity allows the letters to stay put on the line. When I found it, I’d just finished making my first Little Horrors book, The Swamp Man, available as an iBook on the…