Welcome to my website!I'm a children's book author with a special love of history and of books for the very young. Come on in and take a look around! You'll find information about my books plus activities for kids, ideas and lessons for teachers, fun facts about me, and more!
art by Christine Davenier
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To enjoy some online story times, click here 📚
Media Fun for You Are a Reader!/You Are a Writer!
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👈📕#ReadThisNow booktalk by Principal Dr. Brad Gustafson and teacher Jennifer LaGarde, who said YOU ARE A READER!/YOU ARE A WRITER! has an "expansive audience"
📘Teachers Books Readers blog post by teacher and author Kate Narita, who said every single elementary classroom needs this book! 🙌 |
Recent Events
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Like many authors, I've been busy visiting schools remotely. Though it's a different experience for everyone, and we all want to be together in person, there's a special intimacy to it, too. AND, we can connect from anywhere! Thank you to schools from Nevada to Arkansas to North Carolina to New York for hosting and celebrating books with me.
If you're a middle school student or teacher, here's an ever-evolving list of book recommendations I've been sharing with classes and adding to as students recommend books to me. I take your recs seriously--email me with your faves! I recently finished (and loved) The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine, on a recommendation from fifth graders in Lincolnshire, IL, and I'm about to start A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser. What are you reading? |
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Left, empowering first grade authors at Spring Street School in Shrewsbury, MA; Above, sharing Jackie Robinson's inspiring story with third graders in Westminster, MA
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My first in-person event in 19 months was outdoors at the fabulous The Silver Unicorn book store in Acton, MA. It was The Silver Unicorn's first embodied event in all that time, too. We had a ball, making books and meeting friends new and old. What. A. Treat!
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Pre-COVID Events - Fun All Around!
A hearrrrty, interactive story time with mateys young and old at The Silver Unicorn in Acton, MA.
Such a fun crowd at the Enchanted Passage Fall Festival and Spooktacular in Sutton, MA!
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Thank you, Beal Early Childhood Center, for including me in your Fall Family Festival! You were dino-mite listeners and fact-finders! Photo credits above and below Melissa Barrett.
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Hearty thanks to Barnes & Noble Lincoln Plaza/Worcester, MA for hosting a Friday night Pirate Party, with a rollocking read aloud, activities, and a treasure hunt!
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X marks the spot of a busy day of piratical fun at the Children's Museum in Easton!
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Launching Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates at the Shewsbury Public Library - arrgh!
The Children's Museum in Easton, MA, created a Storywalk of What Do Wheels Do All Day? in their "Wild Place" outside the museum. They did a beautiful job. What a 'wheely' fun way to combine literacy, exercise, and family time!
Happy Valentine's Day! I spent part of the day celebrating at the Worcester Historical Museum with friends from the Worcester Family Partnership.
Loads of fun at our digger-themed day at the Children's Museum in Easton, MA!
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Having fun with campers at the New Marlborough, MA, library's annual summer camp. After chatting about how books are made, we created our own accordion books. Thanks to my awesome friend, photographer Susan Quinn, for taking this pic and making my visit happen!
Celebrating Black History Month and the start of spring training with a reading of Jackie Robinson: He Led the Way and a visit from Wally the Green Monster! Click the photo to read Worcester Magazine's coverage of the event.
We DIG Celebrity Readers! Filmed in Millbury, MA and airing in Millbury, Sutton, Grafton, Shrewsbury, and Worcester, MA.
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Author photo © Lora Askinazi