Children's Videos

I've always thought that my tunes sound like background music for the cartoons I watched as a kid. This is the next best thing--music videos of the children's books I've written over the years. Click the images to watch the videos on YouTube.

Shambo

All three of my grandsons went through a phase where they wanted to become superheroes when they grew up. I used their ideas about superhero names and superpowers, plus some ideas of my own about superpowers, to come up with this story. I was happy that my youngest grandson agreed to be the voice of Johnny.

A Bear's Dream

This children's book explores what a bear might dream about when it hibernates. It's written as a series of questions, in order to encourage children to come up with their own answers.

Mose, the Cat

Mose is a cat who is always getting into trouble. What do you do with a cat like that?

I wrote this book right after my niece was born. The background music is a tune I wrote many years ago for another orange cat, who we called Mowee. When I decided to create this video, the tune popped back into my memory just in time to use in the video.

Sledding

Here's a short video I put together for a children’s book I wrote years ago. It’s based on some nice memories from when I was a kid, and I think it sums up my approach to life:

Just get up the hill and gravity will do the rest!