Scrapping with Disrespect and Trouble to Make a New Picture Book
If I had to fight some of the antagonists from my picture book series, Disrespect and Trouble would be the last ones I’d choose.
“The Nice, New Karate Kid” Children’s Picture Book
See many details about "The Nice, New Karate Kid," the fourth book in the children's picture book series of Dojo Kun Character Books.
Children’s Picture Book Promotes Respect
This fourth book in a series is about a kid who has disrespect and trouble. The main idea and purpose is that this book promotes respect.
The Show Must Go On
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…
“The Follow Through Karate Kids” T-Shirt Conundrum
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.
Book Illustration Symbolism in the Can-Do Karate Kid
The interior picture book illustration of the first Dojo Kun Charcter Book contains a lot of symbolism. Here's some of the symbolism in “The Can-Do Karate Kid.”
Dishonesty’s Garden Growing List
Learn a bit about the bad "guy" in a children's character-building picture book through her garden plans. She is called Dishonesty and is a spider. In the story, she weaves tangled webs around two karate friends, encouraging them to lie and fib. If she had her own plot for growing, here is what Dishonesty’s garden would include. You might learn a little about plants too!
Dishonesty as a Baby: A Baby Picture
Dishonesty is the name of the antagonist in my new children’s picture book, "The Two True Karate Kids." She is depicted as a yellow and green spider monster that changes sizes. Not seen in the book, here’s a picture of Dishonesty as a Baby.
Michi as a Baby: a Main Character Portrait
Here you will find a picture of Michi as a baby, but in my second picture book story, she’s nine years old. She’s a sweet American “girl next door.” Michi and her good friend Makoto both love dogs and they each yearn to have one for a pet. That's when the trouble starts.
“The Can-Do Karate Kid” Cover Liberty Bell
Someone asked me why I have the Liberty Bell as one of the symbols on the cover of my debut karate children’s picture book. It was not random or an accident. I thoughtfully and purposefully chose that symbol. It is only one aspect of “The Can-Do Karate Kid” cover symbolism. Join me as we explore this symbol on the cover and what it represents.