Dear Bob, I'm 10 and I feel like I don't belong. My family loves me, but sometimes I wonder if I'm adopted. I don't fit in anywhere. Am I normal?
Yes, more poetry! I cannot keep my inner poet down. It turns out that, with a little help from a friend, I was able to participate in the April 2021 Poem-A-Day Challenge. She supplied the daily writing prompts, and I wrote poetry while waiting at the airport for flights. (By the way, this airport-waiting was part of my children’s picture book adventure. I was on my way to and from Texas to read my books to karate seminar participants.)
You may have seen in my books that I am into traditional Okinawa. That's why I wrote this wistful, gritty poem, an ode to the Ryukyu Kingdom.
I know my last blog included poetry, but it’s never too soon for more poems. Plus, April is National Poetry Month. This is a month for poetry appreciation. We are…
I recently learned that February 26th is Tell a Fairy Tale Day. What children’s author doesn’t love fairy tales? Woven into the fabric of my childhood, fairy tales introduced me…
Note: Here's a little short story I pulled out of the archives. Enjoy! Fred wanted to be polite and well-behaved. He had learned as a kid to just go along…
Advice columnist Bob Cat tells a curious girl about himself, "Are you curious about asking me a question online, and you wanted to try it out? Thank you for doing so."
Last weekend, we celebrated the publication of my third picture book, “The Follow Through Karate Kids: A Dojo Kun Character Book on Wrestling with Quitting.” We had a small book…
Here, you can take a look inside the conundrum of too many ideas for "The Follow Through Karate Kids" book launch celebration t-shirt design.
What you need to know about the Get Book Direct fraud scheme. Be wary and careful of a website going by GetBookDirect dot com. They are trying to bait you with books they don't have.