Children's Book Week!

This was my first time celebrating Children's Book Week as an author, so it was a special treat for me.

I've got a great slideshow of what happened with ONE CAME HOME and where it happened on my 'Photos' page, so please check it out. 

Thank you to Random House, Greendale Middle School, Pilgrim Park Middle School, Morgendale School, Kluge Elementary, Boswell Book Company, St. Francis Public Library, and Books & Co. I had an absolutely wonderful time. 

See more HERE. 

Wow -- I won't forget that any time soon. Cool!

Amy

I'm in Milwaukee and Oconomowoc!

First things first -- the pigeon's name is "Luke." A boy at my talk and signing in Books and Co knew his name and who I am to argue? See photo below -- it's obvious they were old friends. I clearly have been underestimated the relational depth of my pigeon. Luke -- yes, there I said it -- didn't want to get in the car after he'd found such a good companion. But he MUST come with me. How else will anyone know the size of passenger pigeons compared to the basic city pigeon (Luke). I wrestled him into my bag and zipped it tight.

At Kluge Elementary I have an assignment: What did a passenger pigeon weigh? I've got to look this up when I get home. Anybody know? Remind me to look this up and post this on the blog when I get home. Please. Do not want to forget...

Kluge Elementary kids were great -- they listened and were enthusiastic. Yay! I've got photos of Kluge below too!

Got a really nice bar of chocolate from Books & Co. See? YUM.

Also, I can never go into a bookstore without coming out with some books. My stack is shown below. One of them is a guidebook to the Milwaukee/Madison area. After being here I truly want to explore it more on my own, so must read up!

Okay, now I must get to bed. So photos now, stories later.

Children's Book Week is fun!

Thank you Random House for sending me! Thank you Books & Co and thank you Boswell Books!

What food do you bring on the road? Packing up for Children's Book Week Road Trip

I'm packing up for a three days of book stores and school events. I'm driving up to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin where I'll be at Books and Company this afternoon (Wednesday) at 4:30P. Tomorrow (Thursday) I'll be at St. Francis Library in Milwaukee at 6:00P (book event sponsored by Boswell Books). Then on Saturday, I'll be in Oak Park at Magic Tree Bookstore.

For more detailed information go to my events page HERE.

I'm really excited about all of these events. If I'm coming to your school know I cannot wait to meet you!

Above is a photo of food I'm taking over this weekend. I'm taking 2 bananas, homemade granola and muffins (peanut butter chocolate chip), dried fruit, nuts, and good dark chocolate. All of this is guaranteed to make me comfortable and homey. I love to travel, but foraging for food on the road is one of the things that detracts from traveling pleasure, so I always have my own food handy. Plus, I like my own granola for breakfast.  

What kinds of things do you take on the road? What are the things you simply cannot do without?  

ONE CAME HOME in The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel -- YAY!

That Jim Higgins from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is being good to me and One Came Home. He wanted to make sure everyone knew about my book events in the Milwaukee area this week, so he put this in the newspaper: 

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/one-came-home-author-connects-with-wisconsins-wild-past-b49u8fn-207304171.html

Awesome!

It's also one of the best descriptions of ONE CAME HOME I've seen, and -- a side note -- I love that he used that laying-in-the-grass photo of me. Though it doesn't work for everything, I'm partial to that one. 

YAY!