I also make activity sheets for books, school units, and parties. Check out my Personal Puzzle page for details.
MONTHLY CONTEST
Win one of my picture books!
The winner receives a signed paperback edition of one of my books.
Enter by sending an email to me at abcdoris@dorisfisher.com. Please put 'Book Contest' in the subject line.
Include your name, street address and email address. The last day of each month a winner will be picked from the entries. Please, only USA addresses.
I'll notify the winner by email. GOOD LUCK!
SCHEDULED AUTHOR EVENTS…I hope to see you soon!
January 26, 10 am, Pines Montessori, Kingwood, TX
February 16, 9:30, Newport Elementary, Crosby ISD, Crosby, TX
February 18, 10:00, Woodland Hills Elementary, Kingwood, TX
February 26, all day, Odom Elementary, Aldine, TX
March 4 & 5, Hidden Hollow Elementary, Kingwood, TX
My four published picture books can be purchased online, or ordered through Barnes and Noble stores. To search for independent book stores for children, please use this link www.booksense.com. For more information on my books and publisher click on www.SylvanDellPublishing.com.
Teaching guides can be printed from the Sylvan Dell website.
MY BOOKS!
Happy Birthday to Whooo? A Baby Animal Riddle Book
Guess who has just been born by reading these baby animal announcements!
Illustrated by Lisa Downey
NAPPA Gold Award Winner
National Parenting Publications Awards nappa.parenthood.com
One Odd Day
This is a wacky rhyming book about odd numbers written with Dani Sneed and illustrated by Karen Lee.
My Even Day
Another rhyming book about even numbers written with Dani Sneed. We are so grateful to have Karen Lee as our illustrator again.
One Odd Day and My Even Day are each a winner of a Learning Magazine’s 2008 Teacher’s Choice Award!
My Half Day
Don’t miss this third book in our weird and wonderful trio of wacky rhyming books. Visit Camp Fraction and discover out-of-this-world fun.
Grammar All-Stars: The Parts of Speech
This six book series details the different parts of speech at different sports events!
The titles are:
Homerun Verbs
Touchdown Nouns
Slam Dunk Pronouns
Bowling Alley Adjectives
Hole-in-One Adverbs
Tennis Court Conjunctions
The reading level is third grade. These books entertain with humor and have sidebars with grammar rules. Even adults will enjoy them!
Play with your Food
A puzzle book for all ages. Twenty different formats about food!
Does an author ever get tired of fan mail? Is the sky blue? Is the grass green?
My youngest fan, Lucas in Austin, TX is growing and what a cutie pie!
Here is a remarkable picture of Austin with My Even Day and One Odd Day. His Great Aunt proudly sent me his picture. Great Auntie is also in my critique group.
Here is my FIRST FAN LETTER
from two readers who are brother and sister. They even drew owls and
remembered to include ODD numbers!
~~ Biography ~~
I love picture book writing, author visits, crayons and dogs! One of my hobbies is solving and creating puzzles. Click the Personal Puzzles tab above and find puzzles to print at home.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma I grew up with two brothers. Storytime, finger-painting, and cooking were my favorite class activities when I taught kindergarten in the Tulsa Public Schools. When school starts every year, I want a brand new box of crayons!
Now I live in Houston with my husband Robert and our wild Maltese, Comet. Our son, Jeff, lives in Austin, Texas, and our daughter, Julie, lives nearby.
I am a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, attending conferences in Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Vermont, New York and Los Angeles. I belong to a children’s writers critique group and am a freelance editor.