Three reasons I had a fun school visit yesterday at Boulder Hill Elementary...

A common question from students at author visits is, "Does your snowman character have a name?" When I tell them the snowman's name is Snowman, they are quite unimpressed. They say, "You need to come up with a better name." Which is exactly what I've done...

After my school visit yesterday at Lincoln Elementary School in Oglesby, IL, I received an email with some very important questions from a kindergarten class...

November is my busiest month with 14 schools to visit for my author presentations. I traveled back to my hometown of St. James, MO and presented in the area last week...

I had a great time with K-2nd graders yesterday at Jefferson Elementary School! Here  are a few pics I was sent from a fun day of talking about Snowman.

I've been refining a few author visit activities for schools to use before and/or after my visits...

I spent some time this morning organizing my school visit travel information for the upcoming school year and ended up plotting all of my destinations on a regional map...

I'm a little behind on my writing tasks because I've been too busy watching the critters in my backyard. I'd accomplish much more if they weren't so photogenic.  Here are a few of my favorite shots...