About . . .

When my own kids were growing up I would tell them stories from my youth. I would draw funny little characters of what my brothers, my friends and I looked like. I would also draw pictures of the clubhouse that my father built us in the backyard. For years my wife, who is a children's librarian, has encouraged me to turn these ideas into a series.

Taking this advice, I have started "The Clubhouse Books." It is about the adventures we had running around our north Berkeley neighborhood. With our imaginations going a million miles an hour, all of our activities were always centered around that magical clubhouse. Over our wonder years it became many things. When we read "Treasure Island," it was a pirate ship. When we read "Last of the Mohicans," it became an Iroquois long house. At one time or another it was a cabin in the gold country, a terrarium for snakes and reptiles, a space station to contact aliens, headquarters for ghost detectives and even a publishing company to make our own books.

I hope that you enjoy reading the "Clubhouse Books." And I hope they will inspire you to always use your imaginations and maybe even inspire you to start your own clubs.

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