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
A Monster for Meg
Monsters are Scary. Meg doesn't understand why. She's blind. Meg's big sister tries to explain why u... more
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
Caspian's UnBirthday
Every year, for his UnBirthday, Caspian’s grandpa gives
him an unusual present. This year, it’s br... 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
Dinosaur Friends
NOTE: this is a flip book with a different story front and back.
A present for the Volcano
Spike (... more
Dream-Shifter
Dream-shifter synopsis
When 12-year-old Gwendolyn dreams, she becomes the animals she dreams abou... 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
Just One More Egg
A scientifically accurate version of The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson. This story shows ... more
Little Red, the Detective
Grandma has been teaching Little Red Riding Hood to recognize flowers. When Grandma asks Little Red ... 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
Mermaid and the Water Magnifying Glass
One of Trezzie's treasures seems to have a pattern on it. Is it art, or something else? The only way... more
Mr. Barsin's Toy Emporium
While on his birthday cruise, Jack spies a mermaid. He finds her later in the secret room at Mr. Bar... 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
Pardon Me, Please
Albert, a turkey at a turkey farm, sees the President on TV pardon his turkey and wish him a long li... more
Pulling Together
Grandma knits Lila a poncho. This poncho has not one, but three, head holes in it! Lila is sure Gra... 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
Saving the Gingerbread House
Is the Witch really going to enter the House Beautiful Contest? For that matter, is there really a w... 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
Super Enemies
Mira and Carl are enemies. They are also sister and brother. They never want to do the same thing. E... more
The Dwarves' Dilemma
The Queen is the fairest judge in the land. All her subjects bring their problems for her to decide.... more
The Know-It-All Pencil
It's Caspian's UnBirthday again. This year, Grandpa gives him a pencil and a small pad of paper. Whe... more
The Mermaid and the Ice Cube Necklace
Maia and Fig are having a picnic by the lake, when Trezzie the mermaid thinks their ice cubes are pr... more
The Mermaid and the Rainbow
Trezzie, Maia, and Fig swap science tricks using treasures from the mermaid's secret box. Best of al... more
The Messy Kids
Chester doesn't want to clean his room. He says he wants to clean the sandbox first. Four cat-faced ... more
The Messy Kids
Chester doesn't want to clean his room. He says he wants to clean the sandbox first. Four cat-faced ... more
The Mind-Reading Hat
This year, Caspian's Grandfather gives him a hat for his UnBirthday. Wearing it lets him hear what p... 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
What Loretta's Katydid Did
Grandma brings a small orange tree from Florida when she comes to visit Loretta in Colorado. But the... 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 accidentally steals a Zib. ... more
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