Breaking News!

Hooray for the skateboarding dog! Stanley's Wild Ride won the California Young Reader's Medal for 2008/9. Approximately half a million California students participated in this fine program. Dog, author and illustrator are all thrilled.

And hooray for those hockey-playing farm animals too! The Farm Team was chosen by the Vancouver Public Library as the first children's book in the "One Book, One Vancouver" program — a city-wide, award-winning book club.

Stanley's Beauty Contest is a nominee for the 2010 Ontario Blue Spruce Award. That means the Contest is in a contest! I’m excited about going to the ceremony in Toronto in May, 2010.

Stanley's Beauty Contest is also a nominee for the 2010 Saskatchewan Shining Willow Award. Stanley gets to be a “prairie dog” this year, and he’s raring to go.

Are you going to be in New York in late April or in May of 2010? If so, look for Stanley on Broadway! Well, maybe not actually ON Broadway, but definitely just “off.” The Manhattan Children’s Theatre Company is producing Stanley's Party (together with Stanley's Wild Ride) as a musical play. Can you imagine Stanley and his friends singing and dancing? I can’t! That’s why I’m going to take a quick trip to see it for myself. Check out the website at www.mctny.org.

Appearances

I am now booking for 2010/2011. If you'd like to invite me to speak at your school, library or conference, please see Talks.

Look for me in:

MEDICINE HAT, Alberta - April 26 & 27, school visits
BROOKS, Alberta - April 28 & 29, school visits
TORONTO & AREA - May 6 to 14, school visits
BURLINGTON, Ontario - May 6, Burlington Public Library
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - May 7, Mississauga Public Library (South Common Branch)
NEW YORK - May 15 to 22
PRINCE GEORGE & AREA - May 24 to 28, public libraries