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NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
This t-shirt has been one of the workhorses of my collection ever since I picked it up on an amazing visit through My Very Own Library, sponsored by Scholastic Book Fairs. South Seventeenth Street School in Newark, NJ. Go Beavers!
NICE NEWS FROM BOTHS SIDES OF THE 49TH PARALLEL
Some amazing mentions came out today. First, ALA’s Association of Library Services for Children chose MASTERMINDS for their 2017 Summer Reading List. CLICK HERE FOR THE DETAILS. And on the Canadian side of things, Chapters Indigo just named my first book, THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING AT MACDONALD HALL, one of the top ten Canadian kids’ books of all […]
LONG ISLAND GETS ON THE SCOREBOARD!
Home sweet home – finally, a shirt from Long Island. After an awesome visit to Babylon Upper Grade School and an autographing at the Junior High, here I am rocking my Babylon Panthers gear!
KNICKERBOCKER AWARD!!!
So thrilled to accept the Knickerbocker Award at the SSL banquet of the New York Library Association conference in Buffalo. I had to appear via Skype, after 3 flight cancellations to Buffalo and 1 to Rochester. But the welcome I received was 100% up close & personal, The NYLA/SSL crew are WONDERFUL! #FlatGordon covered for me at the […]
ROCKY RIVER PIRATES
And the second state to join the prestigious 2-school-t-shirt club is … OHIO! Here I’m rocking my awesome Rocky River gear – after a fantastic mini-tour that took me across the entire district. Go Pirates!
LATEST AWARD NEWS
A lot has been happening in the award/nomination department lately, so let’s get caught up. First of all, SLACKER has been nominated for the Maine Student Book Award, and MASTERMINDS has snagged a nod for the Sasquatch Award, chosen by the readers of Washington State. MASTERMINDS has also WON the Diamond Willow Award, selected by […]
TEXAS TAKES THE LEAD
And the first state to appear twice on my school t-shirts is … drumroll please… TEXAS! This is Lopez Middle School in San Antonio.
CHECK OUT MY INTERVIEW IN SLJ!
My interview in School Library Journal just went LIVE on their website. CLICK HERE to read it.
MEANWHILE, IN THE MAIL …
This latest school t-shirt just came in the mail last week – Kirn Middle School in Council Bluffs, IA, where the media center book club just read SON OF THE MOB. Thanks, you guys!
HAPPY SPRING!
Spring has sprung on my legendary collection of school t-shirts. This one – okay, it’s not technically a tee since it has a collar, but what the hey – is from an amazing visit a few years back to Ridgeview Elementary in Gray, Tennessee. Go Raptors!