Lois Wickstrom
Lois Wickstrom earned her BA in biology with Chemistry and English minors. She is the creator of the Imagenie videos on YouTube and “Starting With Safety” available from the American Chemical Society. She also co-authored the Nessie’s Grotto Books with Jean Lorrah. She is the creator of the Science Folktales series, which also .... more
Lois Wickstrom earned her BA in biology with Chemistry and English minors. She is the creator of the Imagenie videos on YouTube and “Starting With Safety” available from the American Chemical Society. She also co-authored the Nessie’s Grotto Books with Jean Lorrah. She is the creator of the Science Folktales series, which also includes Chicken Little Investigates and Huff...Puff...Grind! The 3 Little Pigs Get Smart.
Lois Wickstrom's Projects
Can I Keep Her?
While out walking her sheep, Wynnie finds a mysterious egg. It shakes. It glitters. It hatches. A ba... more
Carrie's Flight
The Sky is Ready
Carrie fulfills a childhood dream of both the author and artist of Carrie’s Flight... more
Chicken Little Investigates
The Sky Isn’t Falling
Many of the mishaps in folktales could be remedied if the protagonists knew h... more
Dinopotamus Goes to School
Dinopotamus watches the children. He tries to do what they do. He follows them to school. He doesn't... more
Dinopotamus Solves a Mystery
When it's naptime, Dinopotamus always gets the warm spot in the room. He decides to let the children... more
Fee, Fi, Fo, Grow!: The Real Magic of the Beans
Jacqueline may be foolish enough to swap the family cow for a magic bean. But, it would never occur ... more
Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (hardcover)
Goldilocks, the curious explorer, is a homewrecker no more. She has learned to use the six simple ... more
Holding Up the Sky
Colleen's dad is a giant. He walks around town with his hands in the air.
He says he's holding up t... more
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them (8x10 paper)
Jack and the Beanstalk, from the Giant’s point of view.
The Giant is just trying to get delicious l... more
How to Make a Flying Carpet
The frog magnet on the refrigerator fell and broke. Alex likes to make fun stuff from old broken thi... more
Huff...Puff...Grind!: The 3 Little Pigs Get Smart
The wolf huffed and he puffed.
But the pigs had built wolf-proof houses.
The pigs couldn’t go out.... more
I Am An Outer Space Alien
Shirl is sure she's not from Earth.
She's not like other people.
She likes to spend her time worki... more
Invisible Magic Wand to the Rescue
Caspian and his cousin Belinda are visiting Grandpa's house. Belinda wants an Invisible Magic Wand, ... more
Invisible Magic Wand to the Rescue
Caspian and his cousin Belinda are visiting Grandpa's house. Belinda wants an Invisible Magic Wand, ... more
Invisible Magic Wand®: Sequel to Hot Chocolate Underpants (Caspian's Unbirthday Book 2)
This year, when Grandpa puts Caspian’s special Unbirthday box under his bed, it’s empty.
Grandpa in... more
Loretta's Pet Caterpillar
Loretta finds a caterpillar egg on a milkweed plant. She breaks off the leaf and brings it home. Mom... more
Magic Wanda
Magic runs in the women of Carrie's family. Her grandmother, her father's mother, was the last magic... more
Maia's Mermaid Friend
Maia is going to the race, but it's early. She stops to look at her reflection in the pond. The re... more
My Big Red Monster (paper)
A modern adaptation of the Hindu Teaching Tale by the same name. What do you do when there's a monst... more
Oliver, A Story About Adoption - Updated (Updated)
Oliver is stuck in his room. His father sent him there for playing in a tree that was too young to b... more
Opposite Day for Dinopotamus Coloring Book
It's opposite day at Dinopotamus' school. The other kids get easy puzzles, like fill the glass and o... more
Rocketship Made of Stars
Shirl takes Eee-ahh to school. The kids figure out that Eee-ahh is an alien, because she is green an... more
Stop That Lion
The Kingdom of Sher and the Kingdom of Mir were good neighbors. But the Kingdom of Sher had a lion. ... more
The Round Box
When Carrie's Grandma moved across town, she left 4 boxes in a closet marked KEEP. Fascinator, Wanda... more
Treasure Hunt
When Grandma moved across town, she left four mysterious boxes in the hall closet: Feathers, Wandas,... more
Unicorn Don't Do That!
Stega picks a bowl of berries as a gift for Benny, but eats them on the way to his house and gets th... more
What Do the Plants Say?
Alex hears balloon flower buds popping. She is sure the plants are talking to her. She invents a pl... more
Xenia Navarro and the Magic Ants
Xenia and the Magic Ants could have been ripped from this week's headlines. American sixth grader, X... more
Zibs for Sale
A retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Shirl visits an alien bakery and tastes a Zib. That Zib was NOT... more
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