WRITER ARTIE KNAPP

**LATEST PUBLICATIONS**                                                                         

Halife.com published Artie’s children’s poem, “A Mouse by the House,” on 5-10-08. http://halife.com/family/kids/mouse_by_the_house.html

Fort Wayne Daily News

http://www.fortwaynedailynews.com/family/features/book_reviews/knapptime_stories/

Newspapers in Education - The Cincinnati Enquirer

http://www.cincinnati.com/niecincy/onlinelessons/

PUBLISHED WORKS 

The works below are listed in the order they were originally written and published.  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

• Pluto’s Plight (2002) - Sci-fi comedy movie; starring former world boxing champ, Buster Douglas, Distributed by Indieflix.com and Cinemanow.     
• From Gettysburg to Baghdad (2005) - Short story; originally published in Issue 27 of Nuvein Magazine, Grand Prize winner of the 2007 Flash Gordon Short Science Fiction Writing Contest.       
• The Wasp and the Canary (2006) - Children's Story; a wasp comes looking for a tasty dinner and finds a friend along the way.  
• The Hummingbird Who Chewed Bubblegum (2006) - Children's Story; a little hummingbird wants gum and can blow big bubbles.
• Sprinting Spencer Still Wants to Run (2006) - Children's Story; a former star thoroughbred race horse struggles with his racing days being over.
• The Lazy Loppin Goat (2006) - Children's Story; a little goat’s unwillingness to eat grass gets her accused of being lazy.
• Ed Wood for Inspiration (2006) - Non-fiction cover story; originally published by the Piker Press Literary Journal.      
• Two Crows for an Empty Feeling (2006) - Non-fiction story; originally published in Issue 204 of Bewildering Stories.
• Take a Shot (2006) -  Short story; originally published in Issue 25 of the Indite Circle Literary Magazine.  
• Bipper and Wick (2006) - Children's Story; a young bear's youthful rebellion leads to an unlikely friendship on the night before Christmas. 
• The Rooster that Wouldn't Crow (2006) - Children's Story; a story about individuality and a rooster's right to fall in love with whomever he chooses.
• Puddles at the Pole (2006) - A Global Warming story told from the perspective of a polar bear and seal, Originally published by Ovi Magazine. 
• Where Have All the Good Drivers Gone (2006) - Essay; top-ten finalist in the 2006 National Will Rogers Writing Contest, Originally published by Globusz Publishing.         
• The Sweet Smelling Skunk (2007) - Children's Story; what does old Mrs. Donnelly do when she discovers a skunk in her garden? The answer might surprise you.
• The Shell Shocked Turtle (2007) - Children's Story; a baby turtle shells out a lot of courage in order to face his fear of thunderstorms.
• There’s a Crocodile in Our Pickle Jar (2007) - Children's Story; sometimes onions aren’t the only thing in the fridge that can make you cry.
• The Starfish that fell from the Sky (2007) - Children’s Poem
• No More Car Wash Blues (2007) - Children's Story; two elephants work at a car wash while pursuing their dreams of becoming a chef and singer.
• The Lying Lion (2007) - Children's Poem
• The Turkey and the Pumpkin (2007) - Children's Story; a young turkey escapes from his farm in the hopes of reaching a petting zoo before Thanksgiving.
• A Mouse by the House (2008) - Children's Poem
• Alligator Alley (2008) - Children's Story; a mysterious alligator participates in the Annual Belvar Bowling Championship. Coming soon!
• Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand (2008) - Children's Book; stuttering Stan is like most squirels; he loves nuts, climbing trees and playing with friends. But Stanley feels different from the other animals in his neighborhood, because he has a problem with words. Teased about his stuttering, Stanley refuses to let on that his feelings are being hurt, until one day he learns an important lesson from a new friend. Coming in the Summer of 2008!

LINKS                                                                                                                                                                                

55 Word Fiction

http://55-words.blogspot.com/2006/08/artie-knapp.html

Bewildering Stories

http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue204/two_crows.html

The California Kids Newspaper, which is distributed to more than 1,000 locations in the Sacramento Valley, is publishing Artie's children's stories as a monthly series called Knapptime Stories. In addition to the print addition of the paper, each issue will also be available online. To read the March 2008 issue featuring Artie’s children’s story, “The Rooster that Wouldn’t Crow,” click on the following link:

http://www.valcomnews.com/PDFs/Cal%20Kids/CK0803.pdf

DLTK Kids is now offering several of Artie’s children’s stories as on-line crossword puzzles, picture card games and jigsaw puzzles. The four-stage jigsaw puzzles range from super easy 12 piece puzzles, to harder 100 piece puzzles. 

DLTK Kids is a top 5,000 site that reaches over 921K U.S. monthly unique user hits.                            

http://www.dltk-teach.com/books/artie-knapp/index.htm 

Globusz Publishing - Children's E-book collection                                                                                                   http://www.globusz.com/ebooks/Artie/index.asp

Halife.com

http://halife.com/family/kids/funny_stories_for_children.html

The Kids Free Souls Newspaper in India has published several of Artie's children's stories. 

http://www.kidsfreesouls.com/stories/artieknapp.htm

Nuvein Magazine

http://nuvein.org/kspr/index2.php?  option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=180   

Ovi Magazine - Online magazine from Finland

http://www.ovimagazine.com/auth/Artie%20Knapp

The Pakistan Television Corp 

http://www.ptv.com.pk/stories1.asp

The Piker Press Literary Journal

http://www.pikerpress.com/article.cfm?form.id=1951

http://www.pikerpress.com/article.cfm?form.id=2164      

PLUTO'S PLIGHT - SCRIPT, DVD & PRESS

SCRIPT - The Cynic Online Magazine  

http://pluto.cynicmag.com/default.asp?articleid=1860

DVD - Indieflix.com

http://www.indieflix.com/FilmDetail.aspx?tid=10618&name=Pluto   

Sports Illustrated

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/richard_deitsch/08/15/douglas.qa/  

The New York Times

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/442109/Pluto-s-Plight/overview