There are currently three books in the Stinky Cecil series: Stinky Cecil in Operation Pond Rescue, Stinky Cecil in Terrarium Terror, and the latest, Stinky Cecil in Mudslide Mayhem. The whole scene is even Cecil’s signature color - bright green! I knew I’d found Cecil’s pond when I discovered this spot on my brother- and sister-in-law’s property in upstate New York. I want to know where their home is and be able to visualize it as I write and draw. For me, it’s very important to picture a specific place when I’m writing a story. I’d been thinking for a while about doing a story featuring frogs and salamanders. Or if you’re really lucky, you might see one, but that is very rare.
Now when I visit that spring there aren’t any salamanders. I spent many hours playing near that spring, flipping over rocks to find salamanders and frogs underneath. They had a large creek running through their property, fed by a fresh water spring. I’d already been thinking about climate change and how we may all be affected by it someday, but I had become even more interested about how temperature change is already affecting the least among us: amphibians.Īs a kid I would visit my grandparents in the Blue Ridge Mountains during the summer months. The whole scene is even Cecil’s signature color bright green There are currently three books in the Stinky Cecil series: Stinky Cecil in Operation Pond Rescue, Stinky Cecil in Terrarium Terror, and the latest, Stinky Cecil in Mudslide Mayhem. I was visiting extended family near Hammond, New York and became fascinated by this pond. That was definitely the case for Stinky Cecil. Many times, works of fiction begin someplace real.
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