CHILDREN'S AUTHOR ARTIE KNAPP
Published Children’s Stories
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
The following works have been featured in over 90 publications across the world to date. Writing children’s literature brings me more enjoyment than any other genre of writing. An underlying consistency in my work is my use of humor. I can think of no better way to enhance a child’s interest in reading than by making them laugh. I hope that I do both.
Artie Knapp
Getting to Know Ronnie: A Story About Autism (2009) – Children’s story
Where’s Winston? (2009) – Children’s story
Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand (2008) – Children’s book
Alligator Alley (2008) – Children’s story
A Mouse by the House (2008) – Children’s poem
The Turkey and the Pumpkin (2007) – Children’s story
The Lying Lion (2007) – Children’s poem
No More Car Wash Blues (2007) – Children’s story
The Starfish that fell from the Sky (2007) – Children’s poem
There’s a Crocodile in Our Pickle Jar (2007) – Children’s story
The Shell Shocked Turtle (2007) – Children’s story
The Sweet Smelling Skunk (2007) – Children’s story
The Rooster that Wouldn’t Crow (2006) – Children’s story
Bipper and Wick (2006) – Children’s story
The Lazy Loppin Goat (2006) – Children’s story
Sprinting Spencer Still Wants to Run (2006) – Children’s story
The Hummingbird Who Chewed Bubblegum (2006) – Children’s story
The Wasp and the Canary (2006) – Children’s story
The Detroit Free Press’ Yak’s Corner, an 8-page print magazine written with ages 6-12 in mind, has published several of Artie’s works.
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The Lazy Loppin Goat – a little goat’s unwillingness to eat grass gets her accused of being lazy.
The Shell Shocked Turtle – a baby turtle shells out a lot of courage in order to face his fear of thunderstorms.
No More Car Wash Blues – two elephants work at a car wash while pursuing their dreams of becoming a chef and singer.
Alligator Alley – a mysterious alligator drops by to participate in the 26th Annual Belvar Bowling Championship.
The Rooster That Wouldn’t Crow – a story about individuality and a rooster’s right to fall in love with whomever he chooses.
The California Kids Newspaper, which is distributed to more than 1,000 locations in the Sacramento Valley, publishes Artie’s children’s stories as a monthly series called Knapptime Stories.
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Getting to Know Ronnie: A Story About Autism was published in the September 2009 issue of California Kids. (Page 22)
Sprinting Spencer Still Wants to Run – a former star thoroughbred race horse struggles with his racing days being over. (Pages 16 & 17)
A Mouse by the House – a children’s poem that appeared in the same issue of California Kids as Sprinting Spencer Still Wants to Run. (Page 17)
Where’s Winston - as a flock of geese prepare to migrate south for the winter, one of their members comes up missing. (Page 25)
The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Newspapers in Education (NIE) program offers students and teachers educational resources including classroom newspapers, curriculum supplements, in-paper lessons, workshops, and much more!
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The Wasp and the Canary – a wasp comes looking for a tasty dinner and finds a friend along the way.
The Hummingbird Who Chewed Bubblegum – a little hummingbird wants gum and can blow big bubbles.
The Sweet Smelling Skunk - what does old Mrs. Donnelly do when she discovers a skunk in her garden? The answer might surprise you.
The Teachers.Net Gazette features exciting education news, insightful commentary, clever teaching tips, engaging lesson plans, pedagogy, classroom crafts, recipes, inspiration, humor, and a huge collection of free printables for the classroom! Recent issues have logged monthly teacher traffic of more than a million directory visits from over 100,000 teachers and visitors from across the globe.
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The Turkey and the Pumpkin – A young turkey escapes from his farm in the hopes of reaching a petting zoo before Thanksgiving.
Bipper and Wick - a young bear’s youthful rebellion leads to an unlikely friendship on the night before Christmas.
There’s a Crocodile in Our Pickle Jar – in this tale, little Alex learns that sometimes onions aren’t the only thing in the fridge that can make you cry, and that good eating habits can fend off all kinds of problems.
The Starfish That Fell From The Sky – children’s poem
The Lying Lion – children’s poem (page 15)
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