June 18th, 2009
Creating a whiteboard activity, powerpoint, storytime, or display to celebrate birds, families? Or celebrating my newest book, Honk, Honk, Goose: Canada Geese Start a Family (Illustrated by Huy Vuon Lee and published by Henry Holt, 2009)? Here are some photos I took of geese this year. Click for a larger version. Use how you like. Read more »
Tags: Canada Geese, free photos
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June 16th, 2009
I am now offering online author chats via ichat on my mac!
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Tags: author chats
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June 3rd, 2009
I’ll be at ALA in Chicago. 10:30 am. on Sunday morning is Nonfiction Book Blast: Booktalks for Reluctant Readers. Expand your nonfiction repertoire as 18 authors booktalk their latest work. You’ll leave with postcards with all the booktalks you can use in your library. I’ll be presenting a brief booktalk on bird storytimes, featuring Honk, Honk, Goose and Vulture View.
My signings: Sunday Henry Holt 2-3 pm
Sunday Charlesbridge 4-5 pm Stop by and say hello!
Can’t come? Check out the booktalks wiki for booktalk texts.
Tags: Nonfiction
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May 26th, 2009
Just when I thought the school year couldn’t get any better, it did. Jeff and I drove to the U.P. of Michigan so I could speak at the Marquette-Alger Young Authors Conference.

Wow. This is the largest young author event I have seen. Over the course of 4 days, about 3,000 students from surrounding school districts were brought to Northern Michigan University. Read more »
Tags: Michigan, school visits, writing, young authors
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May 12th, 2009
Wyoming Reads! Thanks to the Sue Jorgensen Library Foundation, approximately 7,000 Wyoming 1st Graders will receive a free hardback book. They can choose from six books and one of them is Vulture View! They will receive the books at one of 35 celebrations on May 19th.
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Tags: Honk Honk Goose, Vulture View
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