what's new | coming attractions | school visits | author appearances
What's New
Last Modified: January 16, 2010
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Never Say Boo!, illustrated by Deb Lucke - September 2009 from Holiday House. "'EEEEEEEEK!' It's Gordon. It isn't easy being the only ghost in all of Booniesville Elementary School. Poor Gordon looks a fright, and even his lunch box is haunted. Students and teachers alike are petrified of him. The last thing Gordon should do is say 'boo.' Will anyone be brave enough to make friends with ghastly Gordon?" |
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"Such Foolishness!" SPIDER magazine, April 2009, about family love and celebration, especially in difficult economic times. Art by Colin Bootman. |
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Also in SPIDER (July/August 2008): "Gran Fran's Garter" grandmother and granddaughter discover and deepen their connections with each other and with nature. Art by Amy Wummer |
For winter:
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"Sure to be a seasonal hit." - School Library Journal |
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"a sublimely silly offering" |
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"The tale is so warm and the art so sweet that the book will immediately put everyone in a holiday mood" - Booklist |
Coming Attractions
Happy Endings (a book about suffixes), to be illustrated by Lynn Rowe Reed and published by Holiday House. Date TBA.
Thank You, Miss Doover - Note the change! Fall 2010 from Holiday House. Illustrated by Stephanie Roth. This story involves a thank you note, the revision process, a boy named Jake, and a very busy puppy. Funny!
Christmas Kitten Home At Last - Fall 2010 from Albert Whitman & Co. The sequel to Christmas for a Kitten will come sooner than we think!
Saturday is Dadurday, - date and illustrator TBA from a new-to-me publisher: Walker. Maybe you can guess from the title what this is about?
School Visits
2010:
January 6: Canandaigua Academy, Canandaigua, NY.
February 9: Plank Road South School, Webster, NY
March 18: Pavilion Elementary School, Pavilian, NY.
(Day assemblies and evening presentation for
second-graders and their families).
March 23: Klem Road South School, Webster, NY
March 25: Perkins Elementary School, Newark, NY
March 30: Plank Road North School, Webster, NY
April 15: Charlotte Sidway School, Grand Island, NY
April 16: Lewiston-Porter Primary Education Center, Youngstown, NY
Author Appearances, Talks, and Signings
Sept. ll, 2009: 7-8 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Pittsford, NY: Reading and signing to benefit United Way of Rochester. This will be my first public reading of Never Say Boo!, my new book that is appropriate both for the beginning of school AND for Halloween.
October 14, 2009: 7:00 - ? , Barnes & Noble, Greece, NY: Booksigning for Educators' Night. Never Say Boo! in time for Halloween
October 17, 2009: 10:30-3:30, SYRACUSE BOOK FESTIVAL at Belleview Elementary School. Author appearance, booksigning to benefit United Way of Central New York.
October 24, 2009: 10 a.m. Book Launch Party for Never Say Boo! For Robin's new book, at the Pieters Family Life Center, 1025 Commons Way (between Jefferson Rd. and East Henrietta Road). Robin will speak about and read Never Say Boo! as well as other stories. Fun for the whole family. Free. (If you haven't been to the Pieters Family Life Center yet, you're in for a treat.)
November 7, 2009: Rochester Children's Book Festival at the Brighton Campus of Monroe Community College. 40+ authors and illustrators will be on hand to speak about and sign their books. A family can spend the whole day here, enjoying activities such as literacy-related arts and crafts, author readings, meeting animals from the Rochester Zoo, lunch at the on-site food court. Plentiful, free parking and free admission.
December 12 (Saturday) 2009: 1:00-3:00 p.m., Children's Authors Holiday Booksigning, Barnes & Noble, Pittsford, NY
