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!
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To enjoy some online story times during the Coronavirus pandemic, click here 📚
Recent Events
February 27—Storytime for a Super Cause!
I was honored and delighted to read and share insider info about Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates as part of this virtual fundraiser for We the People Opportunity Farm, which helps build strong communities, provide opportunitie, and break the cycle of incarceration. The NextLevel leadership team raised more than $47,000 for WTPOF!
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February 3, 2021 - World Read Aloud Day!
I had a ball connecting with with students in grades K, 3, 4, and 5 at schools in Arkansas, Nevada, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, and Connecticut to celebrate World Read Aloud Day 2021. This year, the connections felt even more important than ever. Here's to all the reading, chatting, book recommending, and insightful question asking that transpired across the country and around the world. Many thanks to Kate Messner for helping connect schools and authors each year. Happy reading, all!
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.
Lots 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