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Children’s Book Week 2012!

.HERE’S WHERE I’LL BE CELEBRATING! Clearview Library720 Third St.Windsor, Colorado Tuesday, May 8th6:00 p.m. Get ready to blast off for some interactive fun and prizes. I’ll be featuring all my picture books including TOO PURPLEY!, TOO PICKLEY!, TOO PRINCESSY!, and Colorado Book Award finalist, LIGHT UP THE NIGHT. While we won’t have book sales at… Read more »

My Newest Pre-K Buddies!

I was really excited to visit amazing SkyView Academy yesterday (ignore the dates on the photos), and these are just a few of my newest buddies. Not only are they sweet, smart and superb beat boxers, they are masters of the monkey face!

Congratulations to the 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners …

… but in particular Craig F. Walker of THE DENVER POST for Feature Photography! 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners JOURNALISM Public Service – The Philadelphia InquirerBreaking News Reporting – The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News StaffInvestigative Reporting – Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley of the Associated PressandMichael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong of The… Read more »

Connecting with Young Kids at Your Author Visits

Whether you’re appearing at an author visit, bookstore event or festival, it makes good sense to consider your audience. If you’re a children’s author, your audience may be, in part, teachers, parents or other adults, for sure. But remember, your #1 audience is kids. So how do you connect with kids at school visits, signings… Read more »

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT is a Finalist in the Colorado Authors’ League Awards!

I’m so honored to be among so many talented writers! Colorado Authors’ League 2012 Awards Finalists Book-length Mainstream Fiction Safe Haven by Susan Dugan (Karat Publishing)The New Sons of Liberty by Tom Stohlgren (CreateSpace)River Stone by JB Winsor (BoulderDigital Publishing) Book-length Genre Fiction A Way in the Wilderness by Paula L. Silici (Moonlight Mesa Associates)Buried… Read more »