Imagine if you couldn’t hear your heartbeat… …and that’s the predicament young Henry Hippo found himself in. He couldn’t hear his heartbeat, and he was pretty sure it was pretty important to have a heartbeat. So, he decided to do something about it. Back when I was attending the Institute of Children’s Literature, I had an assignment to write a story using an … Read the rest…
Six illustrated ebooks for kids by a writer I know personally… OK…I know it’s shameless self-promotion, but since I’m the writer, singer, illustrator, publisher, publicist, promotion team, and blogger for the TonyFunderburk.com empire I can’t delegate it to anyone else. Please forgive me and read on… What’s the greatest source for a vivid imagination? Kids of course. Have you ever talked to a kid, … Read the rest…
Izzy is the star of the next one of my ebooks for kids… Imagine you’re not sure if you’re awake or asleep. Suddenly you see a yellow fireball coming right at you. You look to your left and right and there’s nothing but a deep, dark abyss to fall into. What do you do? That’s Izzy’s dilemma. And he finds his only help coming … Read the rest…
With ebooks for kids gaining popularity… are we looking at the beginning of the end for traditional publishing? I don’t think so. Not very soon anyway. Why? A little thing called electricity. If you use an eReader or tablet or mobile or laptop to read ebooks for kids or any other ebooks, you need electricity to read ’em. And if there was an extended … Read the rest…
What would you do if you couldn’t hear your heartbeat? I’m guessing you don’t think about that much because you just sort of take it for granted that it must be beating if you’re awake. Right? Well, one of the books for kids I wrote was about a young hippo who couldn’t hear his heartbeat. As you may already know…hippo’s are really big. And … Read the rest…
If you like the Amazon Kindle platform for reading ebooks for kids, then you’ll probably really like the new Kindle Paperwhite. (watch the video review) I’ve already published two ebooks for kids on the Kindle publishing platform, and I’m in the middle of illustrating my third, “Music Pajamas“. If you already have a Kindle or if you get the new Kindle Paperwhite, please check … Read the rest…
Well, the illustrations continue for my bedtime stories Volume 1 Here’s the potential book cover… Oddly enough…I’ve never considered myself an illustrator. And I certainly wouldn’t put myself on par with other illustrators for kids books like Peter Reynolds…or Shannon Parrish. But I’m having a really good time coming up with my own characters and then drawing them. I’ve just finished the main character … Read the rest…
