Jason Tharp wants to write books for weird kids — because he was one. Growing up in Ohio, the 45-year-old children’s author, illustrator and inspirational speaker sometimes felt invisible. But as he ...

Concerned parents in the Buckeye Valley School District in Ohio can rest assured this week. District officials recently intervened to prevent their children from hearing author Jason Tharp read his ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2011 — Dora and Boots invite kids into a magical land of dragons, elves and fairies to help a unicorn king in the epic three-part event, Dora’s Enchanted Forest Adventures, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jason Tharp said he was a child who just didn’t fit in with many of his fellow students. He says a guidance counselor once told him he’d never amount to anything because all he did ...

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A children's author says he wasn't allowed to read his book about a proud, colourful unicorn to a group of students in Ohio because the school board thought it would "recruit kids to become gay." ...