I was in Janesville, Wisconsin today with Frank Loose and the Scholastic Book Fair gang visiting Harmony Elementary, the winner of the Scholastic Book Fair Fall 2009 National Elementary contest. In addition to an author visit (with me) they won $2000 in credit for books etc. I spoke to K-3 […]
I have the pleasure of bragging about another dear friend’s book… Henry Cole’s first novel “A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home.” You may know Henry by the numerous picture books he’s illustrated, including our book “Z is for Zookeeper.” I had the […]
CONTEST! Here’s how it’s going to work. I am going to randomly pick 10 fans when this Fan Page gets to 5,000 people. I will mail the 10 winners a “signed” hardback copy of my novel CRYPTID HINTERS because I just happen to have a stack of them in my […]
Last day of my “Alaska Spirit of Reading” tour. I really had a lot of fun. I’m in Bethel as I make this post after speaking to a wonderful group of kids. Woke up this morning to light snow coming. Cleared up this afternoon…a bit. But I have a long […]
Stumbled into the hotel in Fairbanks very early yesterday morning. Slept late without at alarm, but I was up early today write before I headed out to speak. Beautiful two days here. Blue skies with just a few clouds. Mid-50’s during the day. And it stays light until after 9pm. […]
Last day in Sitka. This morning I did a call in show on “Talk of Alaska Statewide Radio.” Then I had lunch with an interesting group of High School stundents. This was followed by presentations at Sitka High School and Mount Edgecumbe High School. Sitka High has a beautiful auditorium. […]
Got into Sitka late last night. Spoke to 6th an 7th grade at Blatchley Middle School. Two groups of great kids. In the afternoon I did a Rural District Audio Conference. Kids called in with questions from l over the state, which was very cool. After this I did a […]
I’m headed up to Ketchikan this morning to speak tomorrow, then I head to Sitka, Fairbanks, and Bethel. A lot of little flights in a very big state over the next week for “Alaska Spirit of Reading.” I’ve been to Alaska many times as a biologist and an author, and […]
My good friend Pam Ryan has an astounding new novel out…The Dreamer… I read it in manuscript form and now it is a beautiful book illustrated by Peter Sis. The novel is about poet Pablo Neruda youth in his native Chile. Here’s the blurb, but it doesn’t do this outstanding […]
Spent the day reading over and revising I,Q2 yet one more time. So, I was holed up in my office for about eight hours. The book may be out in a couple of months, but don’t hold me to this. The exact publication date is out of my hands. I […]
