About the dashing Oliver Bug, adventure spider, detective, picture book star!

Ollie is a five-legged spider who lives in a faraway place called Moonwater Meadow.

There are hills and fields, oceans and beaches and all sorts of creatures great and small. There’s a clubhouse in a tree, castles in the mountains and a fire-sneezing dragon who makes an occasional appearance. 

The Meadow is home to Moonwater Pizza and Calzone.  It’s a place where friends gather under the lights of a stout old tree for pizza, fun and companionship.  It’s that place you go where there’s always a light on and friends are always around. 

Ollie and his friends dream of (and carry out) daring adventures, inventing impossible things and just enjoying a beautiful day with friends. 

Actually, Ollie is an extension of me.  He’s the part of my mind that dwells on the magic of an ideal childhood.  A childhood filled with hope, happiness and adventure without all the strife and pressure of adulthood. 

Ollie is not just a children’s book character nor is he simply for children.  He’s the piece of you that may have been forgotten or just hidden away on the journey to adulthood.  He and his world are for everyone who long for those magical days when everything seemed so much simpler and hopefully happier. 

With Ollie’s posts and stories it is my hope that you find something of the childhood you miss or always wanted. For more Ollie, visit the Gallery page and enjoy his posts.

News and Announcements

My new picture book, Ollie Bug and The icky Sticky Thing From Space is now available in both a hardcover deluxe edition with bonus art pages and a standard soft cover edition.

Click here to order your hardcover edition!

Or click here your softcover edition!

About Ollie Bug and the Icky Sticky Thing from Space!

A heartwarming tale of friendship, hope and adventure…

A strange visitor crashes on our little planet. Lost, lonely and late for dinner, he looks for help to fix his stranded ship. Ollie Bug, Spider of Adventure, comes to the rescue!  Can Ollie repair the alien craft?  Can he help his new friend get home in time for dinner? 

Find all the answers in the heartwarming adventure, Ollie Bug and the Icky Sticky Thing From Space!