Whitefish
Young Author
Taps Into Kids Creativity
Where do you go for inspiration? Katrin
Frye introduces us to a Whitefish author who finds his muse when he gets in
trouble.
Baxter Graham
/ Author: "My dad actually yelled at me for this, I dropped an egg."
The yolk
splattered in the kitchen ended up as a comic. One of many scenes from his life
Baxter translated into story.
Graham:
"I based a cartoon on him because I just love chickens."
Bawks the
Rooster inspires many stories. These cartoons add to Baxters portfolio. The 12-year-old and his dad Bob
Graham published "Old King Stinky Toes" last year. The book emerged
from a story Baxter made up for his dad 5-years-ago. Both encourage tapping
into kids creativity and imagination, and putting it
to paper.
Graham:
"We can do stuff like adults, we're just not the same size."
Baxter's book
made quite a splash. One call came in from a man in
Graham:
"Instead of just putting your work on the fridge, and like, taking a
magnet and putting it on there, and it either gets lost, falls off, or you throw
it away. We want people to just save those in a folder, or on the computer,
and, one day, it'll maybe happen that they get a book published. They hope to
involve more kids - possibly by starting a newsletter published by kids, of
kids work."
Baxter wants
other kids to get the satisfaction of seeing their work in print. If you'd like
to meet this young author, and see if he can give you any tips - Baxter has a
book signing on Saturday at 3, in the Kalispell Borders.
Reporter: Katrin Frye