Happy 85th, Jack T. Stokes! ("Wiley and the Hairy Man," 19..

He lives in Belleville, Illinois.

Not to be confused with the animator of "The Water Babies" and "The
Princess & the Goblin."

"I am sure that I sometimes write to conceal what I think I am and to
project what I want others to think I am. Always I write to find out
what I am--to discover what it is like in that hairy jungle that I
peep into only when I am dreaming. I write to give voice to the person
or persons imprisoned in me that no one--including me--glimpses in my
other public acts. I write to publish--and, as a playwright, I am
happy to say, I am published every time a play of mine is enacted
before an audience large or small."

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:


Wiley and the Hairy Man (juvenile), Macrae, 1970.
"The Hairy Man had gotten Pappy and he was going to get Wiley unless
the boy could fool him three times."


(Contributor) Betty Jean Lifton, editor, Contemporary Children's
Theatre, Avon, 1974.


Let's Catch a Fish!, H. Z. Walck (New York, NY), 1974.


Let's Make a Kite!, H. Z. Walck (New York, NY), 1976.


(Illustrator) Lassor A. Blumenthal, The Hand Book: All Kinds of Jokes,
Tricks, and Games to Do with Your Hands, Doubleday (Garden City, NY),
1976.


(And illustrator) Mind Your A's and Q's: Useless Questions to Dumb
Answers, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1977.


Let's Make Stilts, H. Z. Walck (New York, NY), 1977.


Let's Be Nature's Friend!, H. Z. Walck (New York, NY), 1977.


Let's Make a Toy Sailboat, H. Z. Walck (New York, NY), 1978.


(And illustrator) Looney Limericks: From Alabama to Wyoming, Doubleday
(Garden City, NY), 1978.


Let's Make a Tent, McKay (New York, NY), 1979.


(And illustrator) 107 3/4 Elephant Jokes, Doubleday (Garden City, NY),
1979.


(Illustrator) Daniel Cohen, Everything You Need to Know about Monsters
and Still Be Able to Get to Sleep, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1981.


(And illustrator) Monster Madness: Outrageous Jokes about Some Weird
Folks, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1981.

"Has written ten full-length plays, several children's plays and
numerous drama choir pieces."

(Including (?) "The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda Maria" and
"Stackalee and Mama Medea: Eight Plays For Stage And Readers
Theatre.")


Lenona.