The guy at Logan Airport security recognized Hanni. “Didn’t you guys come through here this afternoon already?” We did. But shortly after our 5:15 flight left the jetway, the storms started in Chicago. So we sat on the runway. It wasn’t until I heard the landing gear come out near O’Hare that I found the […]

Kids – and adults –often ask if Hanni goes right on the plane with me when we travel. She does. On board, she sits with her butt under the seat in front of me, her head cradled between my feet. She’ll be doing exactly that on Sunday, when we fly home from Louisville. Before that, […]

Hanni is hip. You all know that. But did you know she is so hip that she has a tattoo on her right ear? That’s how she rolls, dude. Hanni the hip dog and I just spent three nights in New Orleans. Any of you who have spent three wild nights in New Orleans might […]

Paul Kirk, the principal at Roslyn Road elementary School, was the lucky man who got to introduce us to the student audience at our visit yesterday. During my speech to the kids, I explained the three rules to keep in mind if you happen to see a guide dog with a harness on: don’t pet […]

School Library Journal likes us! School Library Journal likes us! School Library Journal likes us! School Library Journal likes us! What? You’ve never heard of the School Library Journal??? Well, you must not be a school librarian – or a children’s librarian – then. Forty thousand librarians, teachers and children’s book lovers subscribe to the […]