He is also the illustrator of the graphic novels Rapunzel's Revenge, its sequel, Calamity Jack, Frankenstein: A Monstrous Parody, theDinosaur's Life Before Christmas, and many others.
His family didn't have any entertainment except for some fantasy stories, which his father would read out loud to him and his siblings.
The next books have explained of the Revolutionary War, the Alamo, exploration of the Grand Canyon, the Underground Railroad, WWI, WWII, and the Haitian Revolution in hilarious ways.
[1] Eight of the books Hale has authored, as well as two books he has solely illustrated, are Junior Library Guild selections: Rapunzel’s Revenge (2008),[4] Calamity Jack (2010),[5] Alamo All-Stars (2016),[6] One Trick Pony (2017),[7] Raid of No Return (2017),[8] Lafayette!
(2018),[9] Major Impossible (2020),[10] Blades of Freedom (2021),[11] Cold War Correspondent (2022),[12] and Above the Trenches (2023)[13] In 2011, Bank Street College of Education marked Calamity Jack as being of "outstanding merit" in its list of the best books of the year.