I’m in Addison, Texas (near Dallas) today with Nancy Breitfeller from the Greenhill Cultural Arts Committee. Nancy arrived at the hotel to pick me up this morning, then bought me a latte…gotta love that. Greenhill is a private school. Their sister school, Herbert Marcus, is a public school. I love […]
One day, three schools… Chisholm Trail, Canyon Vista and Cedar Park Middle School with librarian’s Cecilia Fuentes, Laura Stiles, and Kassie Cooper. Great time with great librarians! After the last school Megan Cooper (no relation to Kassie–except she’s her boss) zipped me to the airport for a short hop up […]
I’m at Ridgeview Middle School in Round Rock, Texas with librarian Linda Kay. They’re doing a “Read it Forward” (RIF) event with my novel “I,Q Book One: Independence Hall.” (In fact they got the ball rolling on this program. I’ve done several RIF programs in Texas with I,Q, which is […]
I had dinner last night at Glenda, Tom, and Levon’s along with our old motorcycle friends Marie and Chuck. It was great to see them. I’m at Coleman Elementary in St. Joe, MO today with my sister, 4th grade teacher Brenda Smith and librarian extraordinaire Suzanne Thomas. They could not […]
That little elephant’s luck held long enough to get me to Atlanta, but then he went out into forest to eat and took his luck with him. Without going into the all too common flying glitches, I got to the hotel in Belton, MO at 2AM with the help of […]
I’m at Buford Middle School today with Media Specialist Lisa Hallman. We had a great time. Art Teacher Scott Kendrick was instrumental in getting me to the school. Scott’s students wrote and illustrated cool alphabet books with photographs, which they are going to give to a daycare down the street. […]
Halfway through a 10 week tour… I’m at Andrew Jackson Middle School today with Media Specialist Connie Horton in Kershaw SC near Lancaster. Last night her principal Butch Dutton picked me up in Charlotte NC and drove me south to an Inn in Lancaster. (Inn in? I’ve always wondered what […]
I’ve had the good fortune to have many of my novels on state young reader’s choice lists. For me these lists and awards carry more weight than honors chosen by a committee of adults, because the winners are actually picked by the people I’m writing for. Not only this, but […]
Left Nacogdoches early this morning for Central Junior High in Pollok, Texas and the lovely librarian Carol Maples. In the afternoon I was at Hudson Middle School in Lufkin with the kind librarian Kim England. Thank you Carol and Kim for working so hard to get my way early! After […]