Meet the creator
A storybook world built song by song.
Mr B is Blake Robert Mankin, an Arizona-based children’s author, songwriter and performer turning one impossible rhyme into a growing world of books, music and shared imagination.
The idea
Different was never the problem.
What Rhymes With Orange? began with a simple question and grew into a bigger belief: the thing that makes a child feel out of place can become the beginning of something original.
Blake wrote Orange as a character who does not need to change her name or shrink herself to fit. She learns to make her own kind of rhyme, then brings that confidence into friendship, music and play.
As Mr B, Blake writes the songs, shapes the creative direction and brings the story to children in classrooms and live programs. The goal is not only to entertain. It is to give kids a reason to participate, move, imagine and feel seen.
The goal is simple: help kids leave with more than a story and feel brave enough to make something of their own.
The mission
Bring Orange to your school
Plan a visit kids will remember.
Share a few details about your school, students and timing. Mr B will follow up with visit options and next steps.
Buy the bookSchool visit inquiry
Usually answered within 2 business daysPrefer email? whatrhymeswitorange@gmail.com