Rick Walton is the author of over 70 books for children, including Around the House the Fox Chased the Mouse and The Bear Came Over to My House. His works include joke books, picture books, a collection of poetry, activity books, mini-mysteries, and educational software.
Rick Walton became a children's writer because, after trying almost every other career in the book, he finally realized that writing for kids was one of the few things that he both enjoyed and was good at. His books have been featured on the IRA Children's Choice list, on Reading Rainbow, and on CBS This Morning.
Rick lives in Provo, Utah, with his wife, Ann, the brains of the household, who also writes for kids, programs computers, masters Rick's website, and does all the home repair that Rick never learned how to do. It was Ann, who grew up in a computer family and who has eight siblings and a father in the computer industry, who dragged Rick kicking and screaming into the computer age. Now Rick doesn't understand how anyone can survive without word-processing programs, e-mail, and their own website.
Rick and Ann have five children, all of whom are learning to love reading, writing, and computers.

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