Safari Adventures: Khalid, The Secondary Character, Takes Center Stage
“He [Chris] watched as Khalid moved from the cool shade of the welcome center to stand under an acacia tree. Chris noticed…
Safari Adventures: The Largest Land Mammal
I have done so much research on African elephants over the years that I found the easiest way to keep track of all the…
Safari Adventures: The Making of Elephant-Dung Paper
“After lunch, Chris met up with Stephan to make journals out of elephant-dung paper. This homemade slightly thick paper…
Safari Adventures: Kipepeo Tented Camps
If you’ve read past page 5 in BECAUSE OF KHALID, you know that the tented camp in Tanzania, Africa, where Chris and his…
Safari Adventures: X Marks The Spot
Have you ever tried throwing a spear? What about a dart toward a dart board? Ever try sending a paper airplane out of a…
Safari Adventures: Soaring to New Heights
Before dawn, the trucks headed out. We knew we were going on a hot air balloon ride over the Serengeti National Park, but I…
When Dreams and Reality Are In Sync
Long before it became a reality, Tiger Stripe Publishing, a small indie press based out of Chicago and Phoenix, Joy E.…
Small but Mighty
Middle Grade novels seem to be getting bigger. I don’t mean getting bigger as in popularity. I mean bigger and longer in…
Have you "herd"?
Have you "herd"? There are some great middle grade novels about elephants! I’ve compiled a list of MG fiction that have…