Next day, they all have gone, to a park called Yellowstone
to see Old Faithful Geyser. Careful, you’d be wiser
to stand back and watch it squirt, fountains and some lumps of dirt.
Then Jack said “WOW, look at that enormous cow”.
Jim replied, “No, my son, what you’re seeing is a bison.
They used to roam the plains in herds, big flocks of them like birds,
until the hunters came, and killed so many, what a shame.

Wow, Fred has been busy recently! In January he published his 8th book, exploring the Central USA with his friends. Starting in Texas, they traveled to Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, Durago (for gold panning), the awesome Canyons, the Apache nation, Tucson desert...

Fred book 8 "When fred the Snake and friends explore USA-Central" will be available very soon. Sneak peak at the cover I'd like to give a loud shout-out to Bonnie, our fabulous illustrator, without whom Fred would never have come to life. My text of the original...

Reviewed by Marie-Hélène Fasquel for Readers’ Favorite When Fred the Snake and Friends Explore USA-East by Peter Cotton is an adorable children’s book, with colorful, amusing, and lovely illustrations by Bonnie Lemaire. They combine perfectly with the rhyming text. To...

Fred book 8 is almost done! Sneak peak at the cover Fred could use some publicity of the seven previous books, and would be pleased if anyone could add a review or two on Amazon. It is rather easy. Simply enter one of the links Squished  ...

Our talented designer, Cristina Young, is right now melding Bonnie's illustrations and my text into the 8th book "When Fred the Snake and friends explore USA-Central". They go from Dallas to Vegas! We could use some help with publicity in due course.  Today, I'd...

Sneak peak at Bonnie's first completed illustration for the 8th book about Fred and friends. Special to see Perdy and Jack's Dad escorting pretty Bernadette down the aisle to happy Fred, with Mama, Jack, Perdy, Coco and Kiki watching and all their jungle friends. They...