Writing and Development

Science & Nature

  • Step Back Science (Blackbirch Press / Thomson-Gale)
  • Discovery Channel
    • Discovery Files middle-school science series (40 volumes)
    • Discovery Teachers A-Z Resource Guides (40 volumes; winner of EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award 2001)
  • The Heart: A Kids’ Question and Answer Book, with Dr. Willis Hurst, cardiologist (McGraw-Hill)
  • What Can It Be? (8 volumes; Simon & Schuster)

Sports

  • National Geographic Extreme Sports series (7 volumes)
  • Your New Powerboat (Hearst Books)
  • Your New Sailboat (Hearst Books)

Language Arts

  • Discovery Channel Online Dictionary-Plus reference site

Reference

  • Questions Kids Ask family card program (1000 cards; Scholastic/Grolier)
  • Time-Life Library of First Questions and Answers (18 volumes; Includes a Parents Choice Honor book)
  • World Almanac Library of the States (14 volumes)

Cooking & Entertaining

  • The Best of Gourmet 2002 (Condé- Nast Books/Random House)
  • Gourmet’s Casual Entertaining (Condé- Nast Books/Random House)
  • Recipes for Skillet & Wok (300+ cards; International Masters Publications)
  • Cooking for Cruising (Hearst Books)
  • Esquire Guide to Cocktails (Hearst Books)

Licensed Characters

  • Big Comfy Couch series (8 volumes; Time-Life)
  • Disney Princesses New Product (concept and 4 volumes; Scholastic/Grolier)
  • Winnie-the-Pooh Holiday Treasury (2 volumes; Scholastic/Grolier)

Reading for Fun

  • Dino School series (8 volumes; HarperCollins)
  • The Leopard Son (McGraw-Hill / Discovery Channel)

History & Biography

  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Painter of the Desert, an ALA Best Book for Reluctant Readers (Blackbirch, Press)
Consulting Clients
  • Book-of-the-Month Club
  • Discovery Channel
  • Hearst Books
  • Jim Henson Productions
  • McGraw-Hill
  • Primedia
  • Simon & Schuster
  • Scholastic/Grolier
  • Time Inc.
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