What’s better than arriving at a school for a visit and finding a breakfast cupcake party? Absolutely nothing, that’s what. Let me repeat: breakfast + cupcakes + party. It doesn’t get better than that.
How could the rest of the day measure up, you ask? Well, it did. It was a great day all around with a bunch of amazing readers. Thanks, Cayuga Heights!
Continue reading →Visiting the Episcopal Lower School in Little Rock, AK, I got to present in the room below. It’s a former mega-church purchased by the school some years ago and now used as their auditorium. (It was a little bigger than the libraries where I usually present.) Great fun!
Continue reading →One of the best parts of being an author is when a foreign edition of one of my books arrives. I feel like it’s a glimpse into an alternate universe where things are almost – but not quite – the same. When the book is set in a supercool Korean typeface, the effect is magnified all the more.
(Plus, I just love the thought that children in Korea – who I will never meet – will be reading this book I wrote one long winter far away in upstate New York.)
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I’m proud to announce that Even Monsters Need Haircuts has just won the Nebraska Golden Sower Award (primary division), the state award for children’s literature. My thanks to the thousands of Nebraska readers who voted for the book! More information here.
Continue reading →A whole wall of Backbeard outfits spotted at a recent visit to Coles Elementary in New Jersey!
Continue reading →Inspired by my books Even Monsters Need Haircuts and Even Aliens Need Snacks, the students at Hubbard Elementary in New Jersey took it upon themselves to create some even better sequels:
Continue reading →A library full of floating aliens and crazy pirate costumes awaited me at Richard E. Byrd Elementary in Glen Rock, NJ today…
Continue reading →Check out these two cool Benjamin Franklinstein posters made by talented artists at Harrison Avenue Elementary…
Continue reading →A really fun visit to J.D. George Elementary today, where I was blown away by the amazing preparations. These kids were ready for the visit! Just a few of the terrific projects below…
Mrs. Collins’ dessert is better than the illustration!
A real live Ben Franklinstein “Are Dogs From Mars?” science fair entry
A life-sized alien snack stand made by the 6th graders
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