Books by Trudi


Swoops, Loops, and Curls,

From Print to Cursive


Add swoops, loops, and curls to printed letters and you are writing in cursive.


Based on The

Carterography Alphabet  TM  Click for sample

The tree house cover design is by Steve Mayerson. 

To view his unique artwork and hear his music -  click here.

Can Dragons and Frogs

Be Friends?

A marvelous story about loving our enemies and the forgiveness that brings a brighter tomorrow. 

And!

The delightful illustrations become coloring pages in the back of the book!

For children 6 to 8.

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Great Forest Adventures

Can Dragons and Frogs  Ever Be Friends?

Second Edition

Young people from 11 and up discover Great Forest's adventure and mysteries. Letters written by Forest Squirrel and Beach Bird tell a tale of frog-eating dragons.

Will their advice and commentary

save the frogs?

Will Dragon Mama's flames turn the forest into a pile of cinders?

With these adventures, along with the Shell Wars at Ocean Wave City,

boredom is impossible.

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True Learning:

A Renaissance in Education

Tested teaching lessons prove a teaching pattern based on students. Learning in teams, they gain the skills to learn independently.

Based on decades of education from the classroom to one-on-one tutoring, the new teacher, the substitute, and the home school parent are soon teaching

with confidence.

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                             Book is 8" by 8".

Stories In Rhyme

A Hundred Monkeys' Run Over the Roof

A young child's play hut becomes a scary place to be when monkeys come to visit

- in groups of ten - and run over the roof!

When Boss Monkey spots an anaconda , the largest snake in the jungle ,

it's time to save the child's life!

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The Author Begins Writing In 1966

Trudi Carter is an author for adults and children.

Living her childhood on Long Island, New York.

she attended college upstate. While at college, she turned a silk screen project

into the original  version of  Can Dragons and Frogs Be Friends?


Moving to Iowa, she enjoyed teaching students to write and

share their poetry and stories. Recently retired, she found her college

silk screen project and decided to publish it.

Her love of nature – the forest and the beach -

enrich the details of the story.


The 2025 Second Edition answers new and interesting questions -

How is a dragon egg made?

How do beach animals lay eggs?

How can there be enough frogs for dragons to eat?

How do you solve differing opinions?


The new illustrations by Cyril just pop!

Can Dragons and Frogs  Ever Be Friends?


Challenged to try a new approach

 led to a jungle story written  entirely in rhyme.

Stories in Rhyme

A Hundred Monkeys Run Over a Roof

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Today Miss Trudi lives in Lawrenceville, Georgia where her present book

- a unique method for learning cursive writing - 

is now available.


If you can print the letters of the alphabet,

you can learn cursive writing.


Swoops, Loops, and Curls

From Print to Cursive Writing

based on

The Carterography Alphabet  TM