Illustration Friday: sail

I sure hope that her arms don't get tired of holding on to the hat.

Illustration Friday: poof!

Illustration Friday: canned

The soundtrack of my youth began everyday after school. I would get home and watch Gilligan's Island, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie.

It was a simple and good life back in the olden days. We only had a black and white TV and the canned laughter always helped me know when something was funny.

Illustration Friday: foggy

Why does Froggy like it foggy in his little bog?

An UnBook by Scott E. Franson.

Colandar Girl

MISSING: Baby girl wearing a diaper and a t-shirt with a colander on her head. You heard me correctly, a colander on her head.

Based on a true story that has nothing to do with my sister:)

After a frantic search through the neighborhood the police were called in to solve the mystery of the missing toddler with a colander on her head. She was found about a mile away from her home near a busy street picking thorns out of her feet. She was on her way to the store to get some candy. The thorns stopped her from attempting to cross the busy road.

And though she was crying, she returned safely home to us with the colander still on her head.

Illustration Friday: Scale

Scale is the smallest dragon in the world. His favorite thing to eat is dandelion blossoms. Life as Scale knows it is about to change. One of his scales can bring wealth beyond dreams to the one who possesses it. Scale is helped by some new friends along the way. The end as you know will never be reveled because this is an UnBook by Scott E. Franson.

Illustration Friday: Emergency

Many things are Emergencies in out lives. Saving rare species should be one of them. An UnBook of rare Species. This one is so rare I don't even know what to call it.

Illustration Friday: Missing

Missing is a book to challenge the reader to discover what is missing in the image. It is an Un Book by Scott E. Franson.

Illustration Friday: Moon

RaMoona the Brave: Going where no cow has gone before, is the newest addition to the UnBook collection. Now I know that Mother Goose claims that the cow jumped over the moon, but we all know that the incident in question was faked by the government.

Illustration Friday: geeky

It is official and everyone knows it! You want your child to grow up to be a geek because the geeks make all the money! This is your step by step guide to raising your child to be a geek.

DISCLAIMER: The author of this book feels that in order to be "responsible" he should inform his readers that he has no intent of raising his children to be geeks. He is raising his children to be "responsible" celebrities. The odds of raising a "responsible" celebrity are very small and not recommend for the general public.

This is an UnBook and will never be at a bookstore near you.

Illustration Friday: twist

Have you ever noticed that it is always the pickle jar lid that gets stuck? There is a reason! Don't Twist is a book about the evils of pickles. I hate pickles to put it mildly. I would love to tell you about the new book but I am good at following directions and have no plans to "twist". This UnBook will never be at a bookstore near you.

Illustration Friday: camouflage

Candy is bound and determined to find out the answer to the mystery. With the help of her camouflage dress and quick thinking she is sure to find the answer. As for the rest of us we will never know because this is an UnBook that will never be at a store near you.

Illustration Friday: snap

The cold snap came in the evening freezing the duck into the pond. "I should have started flying south sooner" said the duck. But he didn't and so now we have a story. We all want to know that there are others out there that procrastinate because, then we don't feel so bad about our own self.

Hello to all of the faithful Illustration Friday participants. I am glad to be back I missed you!

Will the duck die? Who knows, because as you know this is an Un-Book! Have a great week.

Illustration Friday: communication

Confidential, is the story of a young man sending a love letter in smoke signals. The only problem is that the wrong person received his communication. Will he live happily ever after with his true love? The world will never know because this is the newest Un-Book by Scott E. Franson.

Illustration Friday: gravity

What if? These are the questions that all children ask and want to know the answers to. This Un-Book explores "What if" questions about gravity.

Illustration Friday: crash

My newest un-book was inspired by my son trying to make a paper airplane. Just when he thought he had the perfect airplane the first test flight resulted in a spectacular crash.

(I actually think he was trying to crash them. He was having a great time and the crashes were always followed by a gleeful giggle.)

Illustration Friday: Sprout

Thump. What was that? I thought to myself.

It was a bird, there are feathers on the window. Is the bird dead? I wonder, but I don’t see it and so it must be OK.

A bit later in the day my daughter says to me, "Dad, it is kind of sad, but that is the way it is sometimes." I follow her through the yard and she directs my attention to the motionless body of a young robin laying dead under a pile of fresh picked pasies. So it had died after all.

As the evening was beginning to cool off and I opened the window for a breeze. A robin lands on the lawn and cautiously begins walking towards the location where the other bird died. I move silently at the window to get a good look. The body of the other bird is missing. Slowly zigzagging the robin approached the location of the dead bird. There is something in its beak. It is a small butterfly. It gets to the location and finds that the bird is gone. Momentarily it walks off beginning a soft hollow chirp or tweet. It leaves with the butterfly offering saved for a hopeful reunion.

The bird received funeral services from three girls 9-7-7 and one boy 6 complete with flowers and a new rock to mark the grave in the flower garden under the cherry bush.

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Sprouting Wings is the newest Un-Book from Scott E. Franson. It is based on my journal entry from July 25, 2004. It was sad and amazing to see the robin approach the location of the other robin's death and hear the sad sounds of mourning. It was a chance of a lifetime to witness such an event.

Illustration Friday: red

The newest Un-Book by Scott E Franson is called Red River, and is the story of blood. Other than that, I don't know what the story is about. You tell me.

Illustration Friday: Super Hero

Ben gets stung by a bee and becomes BeeBoy! The story explores his new found powers. Find out how he uses his unusual powers in the newest Un-Book by Scott E Franson, that will never be at a bookstore near you. It may be on ebay, but then that would be a scam.

Illustration Friday: 80s

School Bus: Memoir of a Bus Driver.

. . . 89 Bottles of beer on the wall!! 89 bottles of beer . . .

The field trip has just begun and the students are only in the 80s. What will the bus driver do? How will he survive? The world may never know, because this is the newest Un-Book from Scott E Franson.

Have a great day!