A member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Boring has produced works such as Incredible Constructions and the People Who Built Them; Caterpillars, Bugs, and Butterflies; and Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine (coauthored with Leslie Dendy).
Boring also travels the world to speak to students about book writing and publishing while he wears a Cat-in-the-Hat costume.
from Sterling College, Kansas, in 1961, and attended Princeton Theological Seminary, where he received his Master of Divinity (M.
[1] He married his second wife, Carol Lynne Trettin, a registered nurse, on June 21, 1975; the couple has two children: Zachery and Katrina.
[citation needed] Boring has published twelve books and over twenty-five stories in such magazines as Highlights for Children and Cricket.