
Stanley
is BACK, and he has a brand new sibling!
Well, sort of. His people bring
home a cat. Nobody asks Stanley what he thinks. They come
home with the cat, and that is that. What’s a dog to do?
Stanley does his best to make
friends. Unfortunately, he doesn’t speak cat, so his overtures
aren’t always understood. And having always been an “only dog,”
might he be just a wee bit jealous?
Look for Stanley's
Little Sister in a bookstore near you.
Sights
& Bites!
STANLEY ON BROADWAY? Well, he may not have been
right “on” Broadway, but he has definitely been just “off.” The
Manhattan Children’s Theatre Company in New York recently put on
a fabulous musical production of Stanley's
Party (together with Stanley's
Wild Ride). See for yourself! Check out Stanley
and his friends singing and dancing.
GOOD TIMES TRAVEL AGENCY IN SLOVENIA? Yes, indeed.
The series has been sold to a Slovenian publisher, and Slovenian
children will soon be reading about the Binkerton kids’ adventures.
How cool is that? Other places the series has traveled include:
Great Britain, Denmark, Korea, Taiwan and China.
Stanley’s Little Sister
is proud to be a BLUE SPRUCE AWARD nominee for 2012. Hooray for
all the Ontario Tree Awards, and the fabulous teachers and librarians
who run them! I will be traveling to Ontario for the Tree Awards
ceremonies in May, and also to visit schools and libraries.
A NEW PICTURE BOOK will come out in fall/2012 with
Kids Can Press. The title is Toads on
Toast. It has a gastronomic fox and a Mama Toad and
a lot of little toadlets and . . . oh yeah, some toast.
Appearances
I am now booking for 2012. If you'd like to invite
me to speak at your school, library or conference, please see Talks.
Look for me this spring in:
UBC, Vancouver, B.C. (Authorfest) - February 2, 2012
EDMONTON, Alberta
(libraries & Roundtable) – February 7 & 8, 2012
SHANGHAI, CHINA (international
schools) – March 12 to 28, 2012
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan
(Literacy for Life Conference) – April 30 – May 2, 2012
ONTARIO (Blue Spruce
Awards & school/library visits – May 7 to 17, 2012
RICHMOND, B.C. (libraries)
- May 29 & 30, 2012