Felix The Storyteller» bass drum http://audiochildrensbooks.com Children's Stories & Audio Stories For Kids Fri, 21 Jun 2019 22:27:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 NICK MEETS KNOBBY – Book 1 http://audiochildrensbooks.com/all-stories/nick-meets-knobby/ http://audiochildrensbooks.com/all-stories/nick-meets-knobby/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:36:41 +0000 http://audiochildrensbooks.com/?p=328 In this first story of a series of eight called the “Adventures of Nick & Knobby,” Nick rescues a dog who used to be part of an animal act. Nick plays the bass drum in the school band, and Knobby, his new dog, has a tail with a knob at the end that looks like a drumstick, and he plays the bass drum, too. Knobby’s former owner causes serious problems after being released from jail.

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After I retired, I was painting the inside of my house, when I got an idea about a boy who played the bass drum in the school band. I thought he should have an animal as a pet. A talking mouse sounded good but a major movie studio had already done that. Maybe a dog, but every story had a dog. But this dog would be different. He’d have a tail that looked like a drumstick and he played the bass drum, too. His name would be Knobby. I got down from the ladder, went to my computer and wrote, “Breathing hard from riding against the wind, Nick heard a sound coming from the side of the road, and thought it must be the wind blowing through the trees.” I called the story Nick Meets Knobby. Thus my new life as a children’s author had begun

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]]> http://audiochildrensbooks.com/all-stories/nick-meets-knobby/feed/ 7 NICK & KNOBBY GO DIGITAL – Book 2 http://audiochildrensbooks.com/all-stories/nick-knobby-go-digital/ http://audiochildrensbooks.com/all-stories/nick-knobby-go-digital/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 22:29:27 +0000 http://audiochildrensbooks.com/?p=310 Nick builds his own bass drums and organizes a digital bass drum band with Knobby as an integral member. The story includes a French baker whose ultimate survival depends upon the band.

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One of the main characters in this story is based on my friend Mario Grossi, owner of MARIO’S MUSIC STORE in Lancaster, California. Mario is a jovial, loving, Italian-American, who expressively uses his hands. Besides being a fine professional drummer, he repairs and rebuilds all types of drums. Mario was also the foundation of our brass choir on tuba when we serenaded the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster with carols during Christmas season every year. It was wonderful hearing thousands of school children sing Jingle Bells and other carols. While at nursing homes, Silent Night brought back old memories and tears to the eyes of old folks.

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