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Author/Illustrator
Mark Dye is an artist and illustrator who hides words and images into the intricate detailing of his ink drawings. He has found that children especially love to search through his pieces, and so he is currently engaged in adapting his art style to Picture Book Illustrations.
The Treasure in the Forest
A young girl has learned that the trick to solving problems is to try and see things differently, and when her little brother grows sick, she ventures into the forest to find a way to help him and comes back with more than just a cure.
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The Dot and the Circle
Meet Dot.
Dot is a dot.
She likes doing things other dots do. Mostly rolling. But when she rolls all they over a mountain, she discovers a much more complicated world, and a circle who could use a little help.
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this chameleon is definitely not a jewel thief.
(unfinished concept art)
Even though Jack the chameleon can blend in with any background and use his tongue to steal treasures from a distance DOES NOT mean he’s a jewel thief. And he DEFINITELY isn’t hiding somewhere on every page, as he makes his way through the science and history museum that’s having an exhibit of the world’s most precious jewels!
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the boring butterfly
When a young butterfly emerges from his cocoon only to discover how terribly boring and gray he is, he goes on a quest to become colorful! In the end though he learns that we all just need a good friend to show us the parts of ourselves that were interesting all along.
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The through the year
Lighthearted, concise and whimsical, "Through the Year" is a collection of fourteen drawings, paired with poems about the different seasons and holidays.
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Fiction/chapter books
Mark Dye is a novelist from Fort Worth, Texas. He is a founding member of the WHAM writers’ group (11 years running) and a member of the DFW Writers' Workshop. He has two full-length novels for which he is currently seeking representation:
Alibi High
And the Case of the Bloodhound Ruby
High Concept YA Cozy
It’s Ms. Frizzle meets Sherlock Holmes at Alibi High, where Fred’s new teacher loves turning violent crimes into school projects, but keeping pace with Mr. Verdigris and the straight-A student Fred’s got a crush on proves harder than he thinks, and at Alibi High, lives are always on the line.
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Schoolhouse : Madhouse
Upmarket Satire
Schoolhouse : Madhouse is the tale of Mr. Greene, a first-year teacher gallantly armed with his idealism and work ethic, who blunders into Daledell Delldale Delldale ISD where the laws of logic and reason hold no sway and threaten to destroy his spirit.
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