“Th at was a very interesting book, not only to write, but to
illustrate,” he said.

Aft er 12 years, he joined a new practice with two other
doctors located on Roosevelt Boulevard. He went on to write
more books, including a book for older children called “Th e
Bubble Trip to Israel,” which he created with Al Weisner. Most of
them are available on Amazon.

He also compiled the “Norman Rockwell and the Saturday
Evening Post,” series, which analyzes every cover painting artist
Norman Rockwell did for the Saturday Evening Post.

He started the project aft er he received a book of Rockwell
artwork as a gift from his wife. His brother, Marshall Stoltz,
tracked down Rockwell’s phone number in the hopes of getting
it autographed.

To everyone’s surprise, Rockwell answered the phone. When
he heard that Donald Stoltz was a big fan, a doctor and a fellow
artist, he invited the family up to his studio in Stockbridge,
Massachusetts. For Stoltz, who saved every issue of the Saturday Evening Post
when his father had it delivered to his childhood home, it was a
dream come true. He became friendly with Rockwell and visited
him several times. During one of the visits, he asked Rockwell
if anyone had ever created a compilation of all his Saturday
Evening Post covers. When Rockwell said no, Stoltz off ered to
use his experience in writing and publishing to do it himself.

Over the course of a year, the Stoltz brothers organized and
wrote descriptions of every cover Rockwell ever illustrated.

The initial print run was 10,000 books. Stoltz said Simon &
Schuster later acquired the rights and ran a second printing of
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