My Friday started early, with a rocky, bumpy ferry ride to Vermont for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Conference. I don’t think I’ve ever been on the lake when it was this rough.This is my windshield. There was no fog & It was not raining…just a sheet of lake water coming over the front of the [...]
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An Author Visit in Vermont
It’s been a long day, but I’ve promised some new friends that I’d post blog photos tonight, so here are some highlights of my author visit to Lothrop Elementary School in Pittsford, Vermont.A town hall full of 4th, 5th, and 6th graders greeted me as soon as I arrived. We talked about Spitfire and the [...]
The mother of all book-signings!
Meet 43 children’s authors & illustrators!Kindling Words CaravanThursday, January 24, 20084:00-5:00Phoenix BooksEssex, VTI’ll be there signing copies of Spitfire, and I’m bursting at the seams over the company I’ll be keeping. Here are some hints… Kindling Words Caravan 2008Laure Halse AndersonSarah AronsonNora Raleigh Baskin Jeannie BrettRobin Brickman Elise Broach Janet Buell Laurie CalkhovenCinda Williams ChimaJane [...]
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Robert Frost Challenge
I’m rereading great bouquets of Robert Frost poems now for a project I’m working on, and I’m rediscovering how much I love his work. So many little gems embedded in simple walks in the woods. Can any Frost fans out there identify which poems these are from? (I’ll post answers next week.)Earth’s the right place [...]