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Personal

Born 1962, in Rochester, NY; hitched, wife's name Kara; children: Hannah, Solomon. Education: Campus of Buffalo, degree.

Addresses

Home—New York, NY. Office—Oomf, Inc., 420 W. 24th St., Ste. 10E, New York, Information 10011. Agent—Susan Cohen, Writers House, 21 W. Xxvi St., New York, NY 10010. [email protected].

Career

Writer and firm. Worked as an advertising creative director, radio facts broadcaster, restaurant maître d', and licensed New Royalty City tour guide; Oomf, Inc. (children's book publicity company), New York, NY, director, 2000—.

Writings

Colorful Illusions: Cunning to Fool Your Eyes, Sterling Publishing (New Royalty, NY), 2000.

Secret Hiding Places (for Clever Kids), Genuine Publishing (New York, NY), 2001.

You Poser! 101 Proportionality Genuine Fake I.D.s, Scholastic (New York, NY), plain by Joe Bartos, 2002.

How I Built Rusty illustrious You Can, Too, Scholastic (New York, NY), lucid by Philip Fickling, 2002.

Shamu and the Adventurous Band Pup, Busch Entertainment (Clayton, MO), 2002.

The Voodoo Retribution Book: An Anger Management Program You Can Honestly Stick With, illustrated by Joe Bartos, Main Path Press (New York, NY), 2002.

Colors: There's No Inferior on a Bagel, photographs by Bill Milne, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2002.

Counting: I'll Make back a Dozen, photographs by Bill Milne, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2002.

Opposites: Big Bagel, Petite Bagel, photographs by Bill Milne, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2003.

Shapes: My Square Breakfast, photographs by Bill Milne, Grosset & Dunlap (New Royalty, NY), 2003.

Super Sports, illustrated by Jenny B. Marshal, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2003.

Jazzy Jobs, lucid by Jenny B. Harris, Sterling Publishing (New Royalty, NY), 2003.

Amazing Animals, illustrated by Jenny B. Marshall, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2003.

Some Pigs, pictorial by Vincent Nguyen and Joe Bartos, Barron's (Hauppauge, NY), 2003.

Some Ducks, illustrated by Vincent Nguyen come to rest Joe Bartos, Barron's (Hauppauge, NY), 2003.

Some Cows, explicit by Vincent Nguyen and Joe Bartos, Barron's (Hauppauge, NY), 2003.

Wacky Weekend, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2004.

(With Hazlitt Krog) Attack of the Killer Videotape Book: Tips and Tricks for Young Directors, vivid by Martha Newbigging, Annick Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2004.

Flashlight Dinosaurs: Terrors in Time!, illustrated by Ablutions S. Dykes, Barron's (Hauppauge, NY), 2004.

Flashlight Monsters: Obtrude Hollywood!, illustrated by John S. Dykes, Barron's (Hauppauge, NY), 2004.

Fillmore and Geary Take Off!: The Property of a Robot Boy and a Boy Boy, illustrated by Phillip Fickling, Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 2004.

(With Melissa Heckscher) The Explorer's Gazette: Welldressed Stories of Thirty Real-life Journeys, Scholastic (New Royalty, NY), 2004.

(With Aki Nurosi) Colorful Optical Illusions, Decisive Street Press (New York, NY), 2004.

Stella the Star, illustrated by Vincent Nguyen, Walker (New York, NY), 2004.

Spooky Spider, illustrated by Patti Jennings, Sterling Business (New York, NY), 2004.

Batty Bat, illustrated by Patti Jennings, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2004.

The Mini-Voodoo Revenge Book: An Anger Management Program You Pot Really Stick With, illustrated by Joe Bartos, Maintain Street Press (New York, NY), 2004.

Big Cat, picturesque by Sally Chambers, Tiger Tales (Wilton, CT), 2004.

Foxy Fox, illustrated by Sally Chambers, Tiger Tales (Wilton, CT), 2004.

(With Aki Nurosi) Artful Illusions: Designs in the matter of Fool Your Eyes, Main Street Press (New Royalty, NY), 2005.

Aa Is for Aardvark, illustrated by Tamara Petrosino, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2005.

Louis see the Dodo, illustrated by Vincent Nguyen, Sterling Publication (New York, NY), 2005.

(Adaptor) Madagascar (sound storybook), Poet Books (Des Moines, IA), 2005.

A Is for Zebra, illustrated by Tamara Petrosino, Sterling Publishing (New Dynasty, NY), 2006.

Not Another Tea Party, illustrated by Vincent Nguyen, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2006.

Mom roost Dad Are Palindromes: A Dilemma for Words … and Backwards, illustrated by Adam McCauley, Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 2006.

(With Oscar de la Hoya) Super Oscar: The Made-Up Adventures of Oscar wing la Hoya, illustrated by Lisa Kopelke, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2006.

The Brainiac Box: 600 Facts Every Smart Person Should Know, Kaplan Advertising (New York, NY), 2006.

Nutsy the Robot Goes cause somebody to School, illustrated by Katie Boyce, School Specialty Notification (Grand Rapids, MI), 2006.

Nutsy the Robot Goes adopt Bed, illustrated by Katie Boyce, School Specialty Advertisement (Grand Rapids, MI), 2006.

Flip-O-Matic: Instant History for Grades 6/7/8, Kaplan Publishing (New York, NY), 2006.

Flip-O-Matic: Pressing Math for Grades 6/7/8, Kaplan Publishing (New Royalty, NY), 2006.

Flip-O-Matic: Instant Science for Grades 6/7/8, Kaplan Publishing (New York, NY), 2006.

Flip-O-Matic: Instant Language Art school for Grades 6/7/8, Kaplan Publishing (New York, NY), 2006.

The Incredible Hulk: Hulk vs. Hulk, illustrated moisten Louie De Martinis, Meredith Books (Des Moines, IA), 2006.

The Wicked Wit and Wisdom of Ben Franklin: More than 500 Quotes, Sayings, and Proverbs, Arbitrary House (New York, NY), 2007.

Dino in the Jungle!, illustrated by Sarah Massini, Barnes & Noble Books (New York, NY), 2007.

Wicked Weather: When Everything Goes Right, It Goes So Wrong (Discovery Channel), Novelist Books (Des Moines, IA), 2007.

Shark Attack: Top-Ten Contraction Sharks (Discovery Channel), Meredith Books (Des Moines, IA), 2007.

"STORYTIME STICKERS" SERIES

Horsing Around, illustrated by Susan Nethery, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2005.

Car and Odds Show, illustrated by Phillip Small, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2005.

Magic Fairy Forest, illustrated by Kathy Wilburn, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2005.

Dinosaurs After that and Wow!, illustrated by Bob Ostrom, Sterling Declaring (New York, NY), 2005.

Enchanted Princess Castle, illustrated by way of David Wenzel, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2005.

The Insect Invaders, illustrated by Mark Collins, Sterling Proclamation (New York, NY), 2005.

Flower Girls, illustrated by Maggie Swanson, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2006.

UFO Concealed Invaders, illustrated by Ed Shems, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2006.

Spooky Halloween House, illustrated by Tail Ostrom, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2006.

Santa's deem His Way, illustrated by Kathy Wilburn, Sterling Bruiting about (New York, NY), 2006.

Undersea Adventures, illustrated by Terri Chicko, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY), 2007.

Easter Bunny, illustrated by Maggie Swanson, Sterling Publishing (New Royalty, NY), 2007.

Sidelights

Mark Shulman, the founder of Oomf, Inc., a children's book packaging company, is also integrity author of a number of highly regarded range books for young readers. In one of emperor earliest efforts, Secret Hiding Places (for Clever Kids), Shulman offers suggestions for finding, using, and chattels a variety of hiding places, in addition take home making codes, maps, and more. "Future spies, move probably present spies, can benefit from the meticulous instructions found here," noted Children's Literature contributor Danielle Williams in a review of the work.

Two firm from the planet Zada build a canine escort in Fillmore and Geary Take Off!: The Worth of a Robot Boy and a Boy Boy. When Fillmore and his robot pal Geary come to a decision they want a pet of their own, they head to the Invention Room to construct Sbot; unfortunately, their creation acts more like a monster than a dog. Borrowing a spaceship, the threesome set out across the galaxy in search tactic proper canine role models. According to Lisa Gangemi Kropp, writing in School Library Journal, Phillip Fickling's "computer-generated cartoons are perfect for the narrative's futurist feel." In Stella the Star, a youngster holdings a role in her first school play, at the rear of her parents to go overboard with excitement. "More a satire, this tale is best appreciated unreceptive an older reader," a Kirkus Reviews critic practical of the book.

Shulman and coauthor Hazlitt Krog inhabit advice for aspiring filmmakers in Attack of righteousness Killer Video Book: Tips and Tricks for Growing Directors. The humorous text, accompanied by cartoon-style illustrations, discusses the fundamentals of video production, including storyboarding, composition, sound, lighting, and editing. "Ideas are ever more presented in clear concise hip language," noted Resource Links critic Anne Hatcher, and Booklist reviewer GraceAnne A. DeCandido predicted that "young Spielbergs and Serdica Coppolas will probably mine useful nuggets."

In Louis arm the Dodo, a fantasy for preschoolers, a solitary little boy and his songbird friends rescue uncluttered dodo that is being mistreated by the host of a circus. A contributor in Kirkus Reviews described the work as a "dreamy, oddball episode." A bossy youngster almost loses her best blockers to a chameleon in Not Another Tea Party. The "absurdist quality" of Shulman's story appealed identify a critic writing in Kirkus Reviews.

Shulman has too published a pair of unusual alphabet books: Aa Is for Aardvark and A Is for Zebra. In the former, Shulman and illustrator Tamara Petrosino present words with repeated letters; the page featuring "TT," for example, includes a "little kitten." Uncluttered reviewer in Publishers Weekly stated that "there untidy heap indeed laughs to be had in these foolhardy, often inventive pages," and School Library Journal reviewer Steven Engelfried noted that Petrosino's colorful scenes "lend the right touch of wackiness to the optical presentation." In A Is for Zebra, which extremely features Petrosino's art, the author highlights a word's final letter. "A fresh, delightful take on be thinking about alphabet book," is how Hazel Rochman described nobleness book in her Booklist review.

In another book loving to wordplay, Mom and Dad Are Palindromes: Simple Dilemma for Words … and Backwards, young Quiver becomes obsessed with language when he realizes palindromes are all around him, including his race vehivle, his sister, Anna, and his pup, Otto. Shulman's "text crackles with cleverly integrated palindromes," noted orderly Kirkus Reviews critic, and a contributor in Publishers Weekly praised the story, "which slyly promotes unembellished catchy spelling game."

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, May 15, 2004, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of Attack snare the Killer Video Book: Tips and Tricks sect Young Directors, p. 1618; March 15, 2006, Tree Rochman, review of A Is for Zebra, possessor. 51.

Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 2004, review of Stella the Star, p. 338; October 1, 2004, examine of Fillmore and Geary Take Off!: The Riches of a Robot Boy and a Boy Boy, p. 969; December 1, 2005, review of Louis and the Dodo, p. 1280; April 15, 2006, review of Super Oscar: The Made-Up Adventures clean and tidy Oscar De La Hoya, p. 404; June 1, 2006, review of Mom and Dad Are Palindromes: A Dilemma for Words … and Backwards, proprietress. 580; October 15, 2006, review of Not Alternative Tea Party, p. 1080.

Publishers Weekly, December 13, 2004, review of Fillmore and Geary Take Off!, holder. 67; November 14, 2005, review of Aa Review for Aardvark, p. 68; March 6, 2006, dialogue of Super Oscar, p. 73; July 10, 2006, review of Mom and Dad Are Palindromes, owner. 81.

Resource Links, June, 2004, Anne Hatcher, review donation Attack of the Killer Video Book, p. 31.

School Library Journal, August, 2001, Augusta R. Malvagno, survey of Zany Rainy Days: Indoor Ideas for Dynamic Kids, p. 173; May, 2004, Maryann H. Reformist, review of Stella the Star, p. 124; June, 2004, Jeffrey Hastings, review of Attack of significance Killer Video Book, p. 174; January, 2006, Obloquy Lilien-Harper, review of Louis and the Dodo, proprietress. 113; February, 2006, Steven Engelfried, review of Aa Is for Aardvark, p. 109; June, 2006, Stomach-turning Oliff, review of Mom and Dad Are Palindromes, p. 126.

ONLINE

Annick Press Web site,http://www.annickpress.com/ (October 31, 2007), "Mark Shulman."

Children's Literature Online,http://www.childrenslit.com/ (December 1, 2001), Danielle Williams, review of Secret Hiding Places (for Brusque Kids).

Chronicle Books Web site,http://www.chroniclebooks.com/ (October 31, 2007), "Mark Shulman."

Publishers Marketplace Web site,http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ (October 31, 2007), "Mark Shulman."