Don’t know how I missed this one before, but Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast is a really fun and inspiring blog about all things books, including a wealth of terrific illustrator interviews. Check it out!

http://blaine.org/…

Larry and I will be at two upcoming events, signing books and looking handsome. If you’d like to pick up a signed, personalized copy of Even Monsters Need Haircuts or Benjamin Franklinstein Lives in time for Halloween, here’s your chance. Plus, even if you don’t buy a book, we’ll look a lot less lonely if you swing by and pretend to talk to us. It’s win-win!

Sunday, Sept. 19
Celebrate Children’s Books Day
Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, Tarrytown, NY

Washington Irving’s Sunnyside is the storybook setting for one of HHV’s most popular events, a day-long festival for young readers, families, and friends, who can meet more than sixty of their favorite authors and illustrators including Jules Feiffer, Rebecca Stead (last year’s Newberry winner), Jerry Pinkney, and more.

More info here…

Sunday, Sept. 26, 2:00pm

The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza
1475 Western Avenue, Albany NY
(518) 489 – 4761

The Book House is a terrific independent bookstore, one of the best I know. Larry and I will be there signing from 2:00pm until the line dies down, probably around 2:02pm, maybe even later. Even if you don’t feel like buying one of our books, why not swing by and pick up something else?

More info here…

The Lion’s Share has sold foreign rights to several Asian countries, and this week I received a package in the mail containing my author’s copies from Japan, Korea, and China. My mind was seriously blown.

Just by looking at the covers, can you tell which one is which? (Answer below)

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As much as I wish I could write about every author visit I do, there just isn’t time. I did a string of great visits these past few weeks, and each had its own terrific story.

I’m going to have to pick just one. I visited Deposit Elementary for the second time in three years, and the return visit was just as great as the first one.

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This past weekend Larry and I spoke at the NY State SLMS Conference for school library media specialists. We ate a delicious lunch, then spoke for a little while about writing Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! and screened our new video.

Wow, what nice people those librarians are. Turns out I even had some food on my jacket and no one said a thing.

Also, we’ve launched a new website for the book. If you get a chance, check it out…

Benjamin Franklinstein