Books published by publisher Figment Press

Don't Poke the Bear is a fun and easy to read book about the importance of keeping your hands to yourself and not touching. Despite Rabbit's advice, Hare learns the hard way about unwanted touching and being a "noodge" while Bear is sleeping. The book features colorful illustrations and rhyming sight words. In addition to teaching a valuable lesson it is also useful for early readers and phonics lessons.

Don't Poke the Bear is a fun and easy to read book about the importance of keeping your hands to yourself and not touching. Hare can’t resist poking his friend Bear while he sleeps. Rabbit warns him to take care, he should not poke at Bear. Despite Rabbit's advice, Hare learns the hard way about unwanted touching and being a noodge while Bear is sleeping.

"You have to wear pants. I don’t want to wear pants. You can wear any pants you want, but you have to wear pants. You can wear long pants. You can wear short pants. You can even wear fancy pants, but you have to wear pants." You have to wear pants! is a fun book for children and parents alike with a simple message about putting on your pants and being yourself.

Quincy, the Cat of La Mancha sets off with his sidekick Sancho the Squirrel on a quest to locate his owner Nia. This colorful and humorous re-imaging of Don Quixote is designed to introduce children to this classic literary story. Along the way, Quincy overcomes several challenges before finding and helping Nea. Similar to his literary namesake, Quincy's imagination allows him to see windmill lawn ornaments as giants and crows as rival knights. The book teaches the values of honor, loyalty and bravery.

Two Bugs on a Leaf offers a retelling of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, specifically aimed at early and young readers. It features a friendly and easy to read format while maintaining many of the original themes including diversity, freedom, honesty, integrity and thinking for one’s self. The story follows the journey of Huck and Jim as they float downstream on a leaf. Along the way they rescue a stranded beetle, encounter the dubious Duke and “Dolphin” and eventually escape from angry bees.

Watch out - Bear is Hangry! Rabbit and Hare learn quickly that their good friend Bear is not in no mood to play. They follow him around, trying to figure out what is wrong. Eventually Rabbit notices Bear looking at some honey and berries. He realizes that his friend has forgotten to eat. After a quick meal, Bear is ready to enjoy the day with his friends. The trio learns a valuable lesson about the importance of eating, especially after you've just woken up from a long nap. Bear is Hangry is a fun and easy to read book that teaches children the importance of eating before you get hungry and angry - hangry! It features colorful illustrations and vocabulary aimed at early readers.

While building a path in his garden, Tan drops one of his square tiles. It breaks into seven pieces. Tan tries to arrange the pieces back into a square but much to the delight of his family he’s only able to create swans, foxes and cats. Tan's Tile teaches the creative thinking, imagination and Tangram shapes. It also a dual reader featuring sentences for early readers on the top of each page and sentences for more advanced readers on the bottom of each page. Several Tangram puzzles are also included in the book.

Quincy, the Cat of La Mancha sets off with his sidekick Sancho the Squirrel on a quest to locate his owner Nia. This colorful and humorous re-imaging of Don Quixote is designed to introduce children to this classic literary story. Along the way, Quincy overcomes several challenges before finding and helping Nea. Similar to his literary namesake, Quincy's imagination allows him to see windmill lawn ornaments as giants and crows as rival knights. The book teaches the values of honor, loyalty and bravery.

Addie, my six year old daughter likes to make up songs and stories. A few months ago, she called me into our front room to show me something. She led me to a long piece of paper hanging on the wall that she had decorated with colorful drawings. Using her pictures, Addie told me the story of the sun and the moon. She explained that at first the sun and the moon did not like each other very much. Then one day, the moon noticed the sun helped the flowers grow and the sun noticed that the moon allowed people to see the stars. After that, the sun and the moon became best friends.I was so impressed and inspired by her story, I decided to make it the basis for my next children’s book. Sun and Moon tells the story of the way the sun and the moon became friends. Just like in Addie’s story, the sun and the moon don’t like each other much at first. They spend the day and night complaining about each other. One day the sun notices the qualities of the moon, and the moon discovers the benefits of the sun. Once they learn to appreciate each other, they become the best of friends.While writing and illustrating Sun and Moon, I wanted to maintain Addie’s original story idea and theme. I also tried to incorporate some of her personal style by designing the elements of the book to resemble the way she often rips paper into shapes and pastes it into place. After a couple of months, I surprised Addie with the finished book. She liked the story and the pictures and was excited to see her name on the cover. She also pointed out that I had embellished some of the story.Whether it’s Addie’s succinct version or the book’s more elaborate approach, the core message of Sun and Moon is the same. Once we take time to discover and appreciate the value of each other, we quickly become friends.Sun and Moon tells the story of how the Sun and Moon became the best of friends. For a long time Sun and Moon had only complaints against each. “When the Moon is out the flowers cannot grow,” the Sun declared. “It’s too hot when the Sun is out,” said the Moon. On and on these discussions went until one day the Sun began to see the qualities of the Moon and the Moon began to see the benefits of the Sun. Soon after Sun and Moon became the best of friends. Sun and Moon is a based on a story invented by my daughter, Addie. It is a story about friendship and seeing the good is each other.

"You have to wear pants.I don’t want to wear pants.You can wear any pants you want,but you have to wear pants. You can wear long pants.You can wear short pants.You can even wear fancy pants,but you have to wear pants."You have to wear pants! is a fun book for children and parents alike with a simple message about putting on your pants and being yourself.