Rhinelander: The Heart of Wisconsin’s Northwoods
In my last post I touched on my bucolic upbringing just outside Rhinelander. Now, let’s dive into the heart of Rhinelander itself, where the rural roads and small-town roots of my childhood...
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Up Here, It's the Northwoods
I grew up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Specifically, I grew up about 15 miles North of the city of Rhinelander, in the township of Stella, just outside the unincorporated...
First Books For Kids
Way back in May of 2007, the year I released my second Happy The Hodag book, A Monster Misunderstanding, I donated 2 cases of books to the local chapter of...
Meet Happy The Hodag and his pal, Buddy the Bulldog –2006
Meet Happy the Hodag and his pal, Buddy the Bulldog By Sarah Juon, editor, The Northstar Journal If you grew up in Rhinelander, no doubt you can recite the story...
A Hodag Unlike Any Other —2006
Below is a Rhinelander Daily News article from Friday, May 19, 2006 announcing the release of my book Tales From The Trees. I don't remember saying a lot of the things...
Hodag History
A hodag history compilation from a recent quiz we did on Facebook! QUESTION:🌲What year did Eugene Shepard first discover the Hodag? 1822 / 1893 / 1900 / 1991🌲 ANSWER:...
J.K. Rowling adds the Hodag to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
It's official, the Hodag is now listed as a Fantastic Beast, compliments of J.K. Rowling and her newest edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them!The abbreviated description of...
Author offers sweet spin on Hodag story
"Never judge a book by its cover. That doubly goes for author and designer Jill Kuczmarski's hodag Happy — an all-teeth-and-no-bite take on a local legend. In fact, Kuczmarski has spent the last...