CHRIS RUMBLE
Author-Artist-Musician


ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A FUN, EXCITING AND INSPIRING EVENT FOR YOUR SCHOOL?

READ ON...




*************** Click on "AUTHOR VISIT" above to HEAR THE SONGS Chris does in schools! ***************
WHAT EDUCATORS ARE SAYING ABOUT "THE READING GUITAR MAN"...
Click on the link above to read what these teachers and principals had to say. Read carefully, too, or they might make you stay at the web site after every else has returned to their home page. Or maybe they might have to give your mother a phone call. You wouldn't want THAT would you?
But the best critics are the children!
WHAT KIDS SAID AFTER THE SHOW!
Click on the link above to read their sometimes hilarious comments.
CHRIS WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU!
APPEARANCE SCHEDULE - CLICK HERE TO SEE WHERE CHRIS HAS BEEN AND WHERE HE IS GOING TO BE...
Extra Bonus! If you are the first one to approach Chris after an event and give the secret password, you'll get a signed copy of a portrait of Uncle Stinky! Click on the link above to get the password. DO NOT SHARE THIS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE, CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WITH ANYONE, YA HEAR?
Introducing...UNCLE STINKY!
THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE STINKY! BOOK ONE: The Good, the Bad and the Smelly!
Uncle Stinky's NOSTRIL-FLARING AVENTURES are brought to life by Chris' innovative DRAWING technique! He has developed a ground-breaking method for creating cartoons that aren't zipping around all over the place! That's right, he has eliminated all that nausea-causing movement that you find in most animated features! This way, you get to look at the pictures as long as you want! And, as an extra bonus, he's done away with those irritating sound effects, too! THIS GIVES YOU, dear reader, THE FREEDOM TO MAKE YOUR OWN SMELLY NOISES!
Looky here he comes again... UNCLE STINKY, BOOK TWO!
THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE STINKY! BOOK TWO: STINK TREK!
In Uncle Stinky’s second adventure arch nemesis Theo Durzindapance (say it out loud) wants to seize control of Hootenholler and send Uncle Stinky away forever! And our stinky superhero must face a tiny car packed with intergalactic clowns who turn out to be more sinister than silly. An out-of-this-world adventure with laugh-out-loud hijinks and comic book–style illustrations, this book will have kids rolling in the aisles.
READING GUITAR MAN
Reading Guitar Man SONG LYRICS!
Remember when the Reading Guitar Man rocked the house at Social Circle Primary School? How about when the fifth graders at Atha Road Elementary stormed the stage? Then there was the incident at Miss Wanda's Day Care when the groupies got so excited they wet their pants...Oh, wait a minute, they always do that! Now you, too, can sing the songs made legendary at Readapalooza and Bookstock!

APPEARANCE SCHEDULE
2008-2009

CHRIS IS CELEBRATING
SEVEN YEARS OF ENCOURAGING
KIDS TO READ!
(Scroll down to bottom of page to view past events.)


2008

January 10, Rose Garden Elementary: Reading PEP Rallies (Cibolo, TX)

January 11, Wiederstein Elementary: Reading PEP Rallies (Cibolo, TX)

January 15, South Columbus Elementary (Columbus, GA) One Reading PEP RALLY and Three Writing Workshops

January 17, St. Mary's Magnet School: Two Reading PEP Rallies, One Writing Workshop (Columbus, GA)

January 18, Muscogee Elementary: Two Reading PEP Rallies, One Writing Workshop (Columbus, GA)

January 24, Walker Elementary (Northport, AL) Reading PEP RALLIES

January 28-30, Rock Springs Elementary School: Author in Residence (Lawrenceville, GA)

February 1, Settles Bridge Elementary: Three Writing Workshops, Two Peading PEP Rallies (Suwannee, GA)

February 7, Wellton Elementary: Reading PEP Rallies (Wellton, AZ)

February 8, Lemon Crest Elementary (San Diego, CA) Daytime PEP RALLIES, Writing Workshop and Literacy Night

February 13, Murdock Elementary (Marietta, GA) Reading PEP RALLIES

February 21, Greensboro Elementary (Greensboro, GA) Reading PEP RALLIES

February 25, Waverly Elementary: Family Reading Night (Waverly, TN)

February 28, Elizondo Elementary (North Las Vegas, NV) Reading PEP RALLIES

February 28, Hayes Elementary (Las Vegas, NV) Reading PEP RALLIES

March 4, Hayes Elementary: Three Reading PEP Rallies (Marietta, GA)

March 6, Eakin Elementary: Author-Illustrator in Residence and Family Night (Nashville, TN)

March 7, Marion Primary: Reading PEP Rallies (Marion, VA)

March 7, Marion Intermediate School (Marion, VA)

March 18, Unioto Elementary (Chillicothe, OH) Daytime Assemblies and Family Literacy Night

March 21, Varner Elementary (Powder Springs, GA) Three Reading PEP RALLIES

March 25-26, Harmon Elementary: Author in Residence (Columbus, OH)

March 27-28, West Franklin Elementary: Author in Residence (Columbus, OH)

April 4, Simonton Elementary: AR Celebration! (Lawrenceville, GA)

April 15, Hillside Academy (Hillside, IL)

April 16, North Knox West Elementary: Author/Illustrator-in-Residence and Family Night (Brucevillle, IN)

April 17, Perry School (Belvidere, IL) Two Reading PEP RALLIES and a Family Night

April 18, Kishwaukee Elementary (Rockford, IL) Reading PEP Rallies

April 18, Goudy Elementary (Chicago, IL) Reading PEP RALLIES

April 22, Roosevelt Elementary School (Hoisington, KS)

April 23, Claflin Elementary School (Claflin, KS)

April 24, Gaines Elementary School (Athens, GA)

April 25, The Morris Museum: Children's Program (Augusta, GA)

April 29, Minor Elementary: AR Celebration (Lilburn, GA)

April 30, Summit Hill Elementary: Children's Book Convention (Alpharetta, GA)

May 1, Wheeler High School: Cobb County K-12 Writing Fair Celebration, Keynote Speaker (Marietta, GA) 6:00pm

May 7, Silver City Elementary (Dahlonega, GA)

May 8, Baldwin Elementary: Family Literacy Night (Baldwin, GA)

May 13-15, Princeton Elementary School (Princeton, ME) Author-in-Residence

May 20, W.J. Cooper Elementary (Loganville, GA)

May 20, Meadowcreek Elementary (Lilburn, GA)

May 22, Seven Oaks Elementary (Wesley Chapel, FL) Reading PEP Rallies

May 23, Mableton Elementary (Marietta, GA)

July 7-11, Sunshine Camp: A Special Camp for Special Kids (Jasper, GA)

July 15, Lumpkin County Library (Dahlonega, GA)11:00am and 2:00pm

July 16, Dawson County Library (Dawsonville, GA)11:00am and 2:00pm

July 17, Emmie Nelson Library (Euharlee, GA)10:30am

July 17, Cartersville Public Library (Cartersville, GA) 1:30pm

July 17, Adairsville Public Library (Adairsville, GA) 4:00pm

August 2, Gwinnett County Library: Lilburn Branch (Lilburn, GA)

August 15, Harmony Leland Elementary (Mableton, GA)

August 26, Rabun County Elementary (Tiger, GA)

August 29, Mayfield Elementary (Cleveland, TN)

August 30, Decatur Book Fest (Decatur, GA)

September 11, Upson-Lee South Elementary (Thomaston, GA)

September 22-26, Great Oaks Academy (Warren, MI)

September 29-Oct 3, Liberty Elementary (Canton, GA)

October 11-18, Dominican Republic Orphanages (Santa Domingo, DR)

2009

February 13, Martin Elementary (Flowery Branch, GA)

April 3, Summit Hill Elementary (Alpharetta, GA)


PAST EVENTS
(By State, Alphabetically)


ALABAMA
Central Elementary (Lanett, AL)
Daphne Elementary North (Daphne, AL)
Elberta Elementary (Elberta, AL)
Fairhope Elementary (Fairhope, AL)
Jones Chapel School (Cullman, AL)
North Highland Elementary (Hueytown, AL)
Pinson Elementary (Pinson, AL)
Pleasant Grove Elementary (Pleasant Grove, AL)
Rosinton Elementary (Robertsdale, AL)

FLORIDA
Gemini Elementary (Melbourne Beach, FL)
Indian Harbor Beach Montessori School (Indian Harbor Beach, FL)

GEORGIA
Addison Elementary (Marietta, GA)
Alcova Elementary School (Dacula, GA)
Atha Road Elementary (Monroe, GA) (Three visits)
Barksdale Elementary (Conyers, GA)
Barnes & Noble: Teacher Appreciation (Morrow, GA)
Barrow Elementary (Athens, GA)
Battlefield Primary School (Ft. Oglethorpe, GA)
Beaverbrook Elementary (Griffin, GA)
Benefield Elementary (Snellville, GA)
Bent Tree Book Club at the 19th Hole (Jasper, GA)
Bent Tree Youth Week (Jasper, GA) (2 visits)
Berrien County Collaborative (Nashville, GA)
Bethesda Elementary (Lawrenceville, GA)
Blackburn Elementary (Dawsonville, GA) (Two visits)
Braselton Library (Braselton, GA)
Bright Horizons Child Development Center (Two visits)
Butts County Library (Jackson, GA)
Cheatham Hill Elementary (Marietta, GA)
Cherokee Ridge Elementary (Chickamauga, GA)
Chicopee Woods Elementary (Flowery Branch, GA)
Clarkdale Elementary (Austell, GA)
Argyle Elementary (Smyrna, GA)
Black's Mill Elementaryl (Dawsonville, GA)
Blackwell Elementary (Marietta, GA)
Cheatham Hill Elementary (Marietta, GA)
Chestnut Mountain Elementary (Gainesville, GA)
Clarksville Public Library (Clarksville, GA)
Clayton Elementary (Canton, GA)
Coastal Plain Regional Library (Tifton, GA)
Cotton Indian Elementary (Stockbridge, GA)
Crabapple Lane Elementary (Peachtree City, GA)
Crawford County Elem (Roberta, GA)
Crescent Elementary (Griffin, GA)
Dahlonega Baptist Church (Dahlonega, GA)
Douglas County Public Library (Douglasville, GA)
Douglas/Coffee County Public Library (Douglas, GA)
Dowell Elementary (Marietta, GA)
Dug Gap Elementary (Dalton, GA)
East Lake Elementary (McDonough, GA) (Four visits)
East Newton Elementary (Covington, GA)
Education Station (Tate, GA)
Ellijay Primary School (Ellijay, GA)
Fairview Elementary (Newton County, GA)
Family Connections of Pickens County (Jasper, GA)
Fannin County Public Library (Blue Ridge, GA)
Fayette County Public Library (Fayetteville, GA)
Festival of Trees (Atlanta, GA)
Fitzgerald Public Library (Fitzgerald, GA)
Flat Shoals Elementary (Conyers, GA) (Two visits)
Forest Park Public Library (Forest Park, GA)
Frey Elementary (Acworth, GA) (Two visits)
Friendship Elementary (Buford, GA)
Gaines Elementary (Athens, GA)
Grayson Elementary (Grayson, GA)
Gwin Oaks Elementary School (Lawrenceville, GA)
Gwinnett County Public Library, Lilburn Branch (Lilburn, GA) (two visits)
Gilbert Elementary (LaFayette, GA)
Heard-Mixon Elementary (Covington, GA)
Hiseville Elementary (Hiseville, KY)
J.G. Dyer Elementary (Lawrenceville, GA)
Jasper Elementary (Jasper, GA) (Two visits)
Jasper Middle School (Jasper, GA)
Jefferson Davis Public Library (Hazlehurst, GA) (Two visits)
Johnson County/Harlie Fulford Library (Wrightsville, GA)
Jones Elementary (Gainesville, GA)
Kendall Vally School, (New London, NC)
Kentucky Public Library Association Annual Conference (Bowling Green, KY)
Kilough Elementary (Dawsonville, GA)
LaFayette-Walker County Public Library (LaFayette, GA)
Laurens County Public Library (Dublin, GA)
Lawrenceville Elementary (Lawrenceville, GA)
Liberty Elementary (Canton, GA)
Lithia Springs Public Library (Lithia Springs, GA)
Little River Elementary (Woodstock, GA)
Liveoak Public Library System (Savannah, GA)
Locust Grove Elementary (Locust Grove, GA)
Long Branch Elementary (Dahlonega, GA) (Three visits)
Lumpkin Elementary (Dahlonega, GA)
Mabry Middle School (Maritetta, GA)
Macedonia Elementary (Canton, GA)
Manning Oaks Elementary (Alpharetta, GA)
Mansfield Elementary School (Mansfield, GA)
Matt Elementary (Cumming, GA) (Two visits)
McKendree Elementary (Lawrenceville, GA)
Meadowcreek Elementary (Norcross, GA) (Two Visits)
Middle Ridge Elementary (Covington, GA) (Three visits)
Minor Elementary (Lilburn, GA)
Monroe Elementary School (Monroe, GA) (Two visits)
Moreland Elementary (Moreland, GA)
Mount Bethel Elementary (Alpharetta, GA)
Mountain Park Elementary (Lilburn, GA)
Mountain Regional Public Library (Young Harris, GA)
North Jackson Elementary (Talmo, GA)
Oak Hill Elementary (Covington, GA) (Two Visits)
Oglethorpe Library (Lexington, GA)
Parsons Elementary (Suwanee, GA)
Pate’s Creek Elementary (Stockbridge, GA)
Peachtree City Public Library (Fayetteville, GA)
Pearson Public Library (Pearson, GA) (Two visits)
Peek’s Chapel Elementary (Conyers, GA) (Two visits)
Perdue Elementary School (Warner Robins, GA)
Pharr Elementary (Snellville, GA)
Pickens County AARP (Jasper, GA)
Pickens County Middle School (Jasper , GA)
Pickens County Public Library (Jasper, GA)
Porterdale Elementary (Newton County, GA)
R.M. Moore Elementary (Waleska, GA)
Robert E. Fulton Regional Library at Ocee (Alpharetta, GA)
Rockdale County Parks and Recreation: Johnson Park (Conyers, GA)
Rocky Plains Elementary (Covington, GA) (Three visits)
Satilla Regional Library (Two visits)
Southern Breeze Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (Three appearances)
Sequoyah Library System (North Georgia)
Simonton Elementary (Lawrenceville, GA) (Five Visits)
Sims Elementary (Conyers, GA) (Two Visits)
Social Circle Primary (Social Circle, GA) (Two visits)
South Jackson Elementary (Athens, GA)
Sunshine Camp: A Special Camp for Very Special Kids (Jasper, GA) (Two appearances)
Sycamore Elementary (Sugar Hill, GA)
Tadmore Elementary (Gainesville, GA)
Tate Elementary (Tate, GA) (Four visits)
The Joy House (Jasper, GA)
Tiger Creek Elementary (Tunnel Hill, GA)
Treutlin County Library (Soperton, GA) (Two visits)
Tyrone Public Library (Tyrone, GA)
Union County Public Library (Blairsville, GA)
Whit Davis Elementary (Athens, GA)
Wildwood Christian Academy (Jasper, GA) (Two visits)
Hollis Hand Elementary (LaGrange, GA)
Macedonia Elementary (Canton, GA)
Pickens County Middle School (Jasper, GA)
Rosinton Elementary (Robertsdale, AL)
Simonton Elementary (Lawrenceville, GA)
Valley Point Elementary (Dalton, GA)
Woodstock Elementary (Woodstock, GA)

KENTUCKY
Allen County Public Library (Scottsville, KY)
Austin Tracy Elementary (Lucas, KY)
Bowling Green Public Library (Bowling Green, KY) (Two visits)
Bowling Green Public Library/Depot Branch (Bowling Green, KY)
Calloway County Public Library (Murray, KY)
Crab Orchard Elementary (Crab Orchard, KY)
Crittenden County Elementary (Marion, KY)
Goodnight Public Library (Franklin, KY)
Graves County Public Library (Mayfield, KY)
Franklin Elementary (Bowling Green, KY)
Garth Elementary (Georgetown, KY)
Hancock County Public Library (Hawesville, KY)
Hiseville Elementary (Hiseville, KY)
Lincoln Elementary (Bowling Green, KY)
Mapleton Elementary (Mount Sterling, KY)
McCracken County Public Library (Paducah, KY)
Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary (Bowling Green, KY)
Program for Children's Librarians (Bowling Green, KY)
Pulaski County Public Library (Somerset, KY)
Smith's Grove Public Library (Smiths Grove, KY)
Southern Kentucky Book Fest(Bowling Green, KY) (Three appearances)
Sugar Maple Public Library (Bowling Green, KY)
Simpson Elementary (Bowling Green, KY)
Temple Hill Elementary(Glasgow, KY)

MISSISSIPPI
Pelahatchie Elementary (Pelahatchie, MS)
Richland Middle School (Richland, MS)

NORTH CAROLINA
Kendall Valley School (New London, SC)

MISSISSIPPI
Pelahatchie Elementary (Pelahatchie, MS)
Richland Middle School (Richland, MS)

SOUTH CAROLINA
Goose Creek Primary School (Goose Creek, SC)
Westview Primary School (Goose Creek, SC)

TENNESSEE
Anderson Elementary School (Bistol, TN)
Art Circle Public Library (Crossville, TN)
Avoca Elementary School (Bristol, TN)
Blythe Bower Elementary (Cleveland, TN)
Brown Academy (Chattanooga, TN)
Central Elementary School (Bristol, TN)
DeKalb West School (Liberty, TN)
Dodson Elementary (Nashville, TN)
Eakin Elementary (Nashville, TN)
Fairmount Elementary School (Bristol, TN)
Haynesfield Elementary School (Bristol, TN)
Holston View Elementary School (Bristol, TN)
Johnson City Public Library (Johnson City, TN)
Lakeside Academy (Chattanooga, TN)
Little Milligan Elementary (Butler, TN)
McBrien Elementary School (Chattanooga, TN)
Northside Elementary (Smithville, TN)
Red Clay Reading Association (Cleveland, TN)
Rush Strong Elementary (Strawberry Plains, TN)
Smithville Elementary (Smithville, TN)
Southern Festival of Books (Nashville, TN)
Tennessee Association of School Librarians (Chattanooga, TN)
Tennessee High School (Bristol, TN)
Valley Forge Elementary (Elizabethton, TN)
West Side Elementary (Elizabethton, TN)
White County Public Library (Sparta, TN)
Volunteer State Community College (Gallatin, TN)

The secret password is:
"LOVE ONE ANOTHER."


WARNING: ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANTS MAY BE OVERCOME WITH UNCONTROLLABLE BOUTS OF LAUGHTER.

No, really. I'm serious. One kid started laughing during "Story Time with Uncle Stinky" on October 17, 2003. At last report, he was STILL chucklin'. They've called in every expert and specialist in laughter cessation. So far, no one's been able to help him. The KID doesn't care, but his parents and siblings are starting to get a bit irritated.






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