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What's New

Last Modified: June 22, 2008 - (remember to sign up for the mailing list to get news when it's even newer!)

"Gran Fran's Garter" is in the July/August issue of SPIDER magazine. It just came out.

Silent Letters Loud and Clear is not technically released yet, but is available at Amazon.
Starred review from Kirkus: "a book so clever and fun that teachers and students alike will be enthralled."

In Fun Stuff, an Axle Annie Fan Club Badge and a video trailer of Christmas for a Kitten!

READ! PERFORM! LEARN! Volume 2 (Upstart Books): Readers' Theater scripts and author interviews from Toni Buzzeo, including a script for Axle Annie and the Speed Grump and a Robin Pulver interview.

TeachingBooks.net has a new audio offering, "Author Name and Pronunciation Guide," the "first-ever" collection of authors and illustrators pronouncing and sharing anecdotes about their own names, including mine!

Don't forget!

TEACHER'S GUIDES that span the curriculum!!!
Author Day for Room 3T illustrated by Chuck Richards. (Clarion Books) To help you prepare for an author visit (any author!) or undertake an author study (any author!). "A surefire hit! A great springboard for any author visit!"- School Library Journal
If your school plans a spring field day, Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day. would be a great way to connect it with what happens in the classroom. "The creators of Punctuation Takes a Vacation sentence readers to a good time with this follow-up..." "...high-energy scenes... playful introduction to words..." -- Kirkus
If Spring brings new concerns with school bus safety, Axle Annie and the Speed Grump is a good discussion-starter and a great read-aloud. ".....lives up to the high standard of its predecessor, Axle Annie....The exuberant cartoons conspire with the outrageous prose to present a lesson in road safety that's both goofy and memorable....all the requisite qualities of a big hit." - School Library Journal See author notes and more reviews in Books.

Coming Attractions

Fall 2008: Silent Letters Loud and Clear , illustrated by Lynn Rowe Reed, published by Holiday House. "Wretched... dumb... a pain! Mr. Wright's class is through with silent letters. The students can't hear silent letters. They make spelling too tricky. Should silent letters be banned forever?"

May 7, 2008: Speaking at International Reading Association, Atlanta, Georgia. "Punctuation, Nouns and Verbs, Silent Letters: What a colorful cast of characters! Robin Pulver and Lynn Rowe Reed reveal how they breathe life into language arts." Note: the new book, Silent Letters Loud and Clear will be available.

July/August 2008: SPIDER Magazine: "Gran Fran's Garter" (a story inspired by my love of garter snakes).

New book under contract with Holiday House, title and publication still TBA. This story involves a thank you note, the revision process, a boy named Jake, and a very busy puppy. Illustrated by Stephanie Roth.

Never Say Boo!, picture book under contract, Holiday House. Date TBA.

School Visits

2007-2008:
August 29: Strive for 5 for School Bus Safety (reading and signing): Webster Central School, Webster, NY
October 24: Otego Elementary School, Otego, NY
October 25: Unadilla Elementary School, Unadilla, NY
November 29: Palmyra Elementary School author visit. Also Family Literacy Night presentations.
January 17: Leo Bernabi Elementary School, Spencerport, NY
February 14: West School, New Canaan, Connecticut
February 27: Holy Cross Elementary School, Rochester, NY
March 26: Waterloo Primary School, Waterloo, NY. Also Family Night presentation.
March 28: Port Byron Elementary School, Port Byron, NY
April 10: Walt Disney Elementary School, Gates-Chili, Rochester, NY
April 25: Elmira Elementary School, Elmira, NY
May 1: Donlin Drive Elementary School, Liverpool, NY
May 13: Jefferson Ave. Elementary School, Fairport, NY
May 20: Emma E. Sherman Elementary School, Henrietta, NY

Author Appearances, Talks, and Signings

November 3: Niagara Frontier Reading Council, Fall Conference Author Speaker (8:30-9:30), McKinley's Banquet and Conference Center, Blasdell, NY. Information and directions.
November 3: noon-4 p.m. Rochester Book Festival, MCC, Rochester NY. (Please note: the Book Festival begins at 10:00; I'm just getting there late! My books will be there on time, however)
November 18: Hobart and William Smith Colleges 3rd Annual Book and Craft Fair, ll-4 p.m., Bristol Field House,
Hamilton Street, Geneva, NY
December l: Barnes & Noble, Pittsford, NY: Holiday book signing by many children's book authors, 10:30-2:30
December 2: Signing books at Rundel Library Holiday Book Fair, Rochester, NY, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
December ll: Rochester Assn. for Women in Communications: holiday dinner speaker
January 3: Panel (with Marsha Hayles, Linda Sue Park, Vivian VandeVelde, Stu Smith, Mary Jane Auch, Rafe Martin) about author visits to schools. For Rochester Area Children's Writers and Illustrators.
April 24 (2008): Southern Tier Reading Council, speaker for annual banquet, Elmira, NY
May 7: International Reading Association (IRA), Atlanta, Georgia. "Punctuation, Nouns and Verbs, Silent Letters: What a colorful cast of characters! Robin Pulver and Lynn Rowe Reed reveal how they breathe life into language arts."
July 16: Attica Public Library, Attica, NY, 1:30 p.m.