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Hardy Elementary School
Wellesley MA
January 3, 2007
What a great way to start the new year! The fifth graders in Mr. Levin's and Ms. Sjostedt's classes are writing and illustrating picture books! I went in to get some advice from them :-) I know that all of their books will be great.

The Knight Children's Center
New England Home for Little Wanderers
Lots of thoughtful questions from the students at the Knight Center! I thoroughly enjoyed my visit.
Jamaica Plain, MA
February 1, 2007

MA School Library Association
Bookmark Contest
State House, Boston MA
March 8, 2007
As a judge, I saw all of the bookmarks entered in the contest, and each student had their own unique and wonderful way of communicating the theme: Adventures in Information. Read my brief remarks about libraries and librarians here. To see the winners and learn more about MSLA, click this link to MSLA.

Schofield School Book Fair
Wellesley, MA
March 20, 2007
I met lots of students interested in reading, and several who are also writing and illustrating their own books! Here is a photo of the lovely bouquet they presented to me, beside the drafting table where I paint. It is a beautiful inspiration for the first day of spring!

Beethoven School
Roslindale MA
April 23, 2007
I was invited to the Beethoven School by the librarian, Mrs. Mourkakos. I live in Roslindale too, so the students are my neighbors. I see them in the grocery store and everywhere!
I talked to many, many classes and they were all interested and asked lots of questions. It was fun!

Mozart School
Roslindale MA
April 25, 2007
Mrs. Mourkakos invited me to another school where I met more neighbors! These students have their own website for their school. You can see it here: The Mozart School Website Yesterday, they all met the Mayor because they were the best Boston Public School Recyclers! Congratulations!!

Here's an interesting fact about Mrs. Mourkakos--she also has a flower shop! So here is a photo of a beautiful bouquet she gave me as a thank-you for visiting her school:

Newburyport Literary Festival
Newburyport, MA
April 28, 2007
After storytime, we made some beautiful art with tissue paper and water just like I did for the illustrations of The Grand Old Tree. It is messy and lots of fun. Did you know that if you wet most tissue paper it 'leaks' it's color onto the paper behind it? Try it sometime!

ReadBoston Storymobile
Monday, August 13, 11:00am
Wang YMCA, Boston
I'll be celebrating the environment by reading my book A Grand Old Tree!