Who is Jimmy Vee?

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Who is Jimmy Vee?

Inspiring Kids to Laugh & Love Reading

Inspiring Kids to Laugh & Love Reading

I'm a weirdo writer, a doofy dad with the goofiness cranked to max, a magician with magic up my sleeves, a voice-slinging ventriloquist, and a trumpet-tooting laugh artist. My quest? To make kids crack up so they'll make books their BFF! πŸ“š

Hatched in the bustling vibes of New York but seasoned under the sunny skies of Florida, that's where I've set up my circus tent with my wonderful wife, our two mini-Vee's, and a pair of whippets who could easily catch a ghost faster than Pac-Man.

I'm a fan of the wonderfully weird and the blissfully bizarre. Give me myths that make you wonder (talking 'bout you, Bigfoot!), sawdust, circus and sideshows, puppets, Muppets and marionettes, and the sheer spectacle of vintage vaudeville.

Having been raised on the nostalgia of the 80s, I'm all about those iconic flicks (think Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Goonies), cartoons that defined cool (like Looney Tunes), wrestling that defied gravity (Ooh YEAH!), and comical commercials that…well, they just don't make 'em like they used to. And guess what? This love affair with all things creative, commercial and quirky led me to conjure my own advertising agency.

When I'm not writing crazy commercials, I spend my time coming up with kooky characters and silly stories that will hopefully give kids a big ol' belly laugh. ✨

Oh, and I love alliteration tooβ€”if you couldn't tell!

I also visit schools. I do magic, I make a puppet talk, and a room full of kids ends up laughing about books. If you're a teacher or a librarian, here's how that works. And if you just want the free printables, they're yours.

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THE PART I DON'T BRING UP AT PARTIES

Bryan Cranston Read My Book To 1,055,406 Kids

Jimmy Vee is a children's author and the publisher of Belly Laugh Books in Orlando, Florida. He has been a working kids magician and ventriloquist for more than 30 years and has performed in hundreds of classrooms.

Two of his books have been read aloud on Storyline Online, the Emmy-winning children's literacy program of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation:

  • Professor Nincompoop, read by Bryan Cranston. Released February 2, 2026 as the 99th read-aloud in the library. It has passed 1,055,406 views (September 12, 2026) and carries Storyline Online's Kids' Top Pick Seal of Approval, given to books that pass one million views. Illustrated by Ben Askew.
  • Petey Perfectpants and the Silly Sock Puppet Problem, read by Adam Brody. Released September 8, 2026 on International Literacy Day as the 103rd read-aloud. 216,466 views in its first four days. Illustrated by Gary Wilkinson.

Kirkus Reviews gave Petey Perfectpants a β€œGet it” verdict. Jimmy Vee's books have won the Purple Dragonfly Award, the President's Book Award and the Best Indie Book Award.

Press, librarians and school partners: the full press releases and media kit are on the press page.

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