We got some very good news this month about Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound — the book is a finalist for another award! If you read my posts about winning a 2008 ASPCA/Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award, you know how much I love feeling those shiny embossed seals on copies of our book. So […]
I brought my White Sox cap with me to the conference Hanni and I went to in Austin this week. I wanted everyone there to know we were from Chicago. It’s a strange and wonderful feeling to come “out” as a proud Chicagoan. And what an odd sensation to have national columnists take note of […]
A wonderful thing happened after the presentation Hanni and I gave at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, yesterday. Actually, a lot of wonderful things have been happening since Hanni and I arrived in Little Rock on Wednesday. We’re here thanks to a grant put together by two powerhouse women: Bronwyn Palmer works […]
I’m heading to Geneva, IL today to do a presentation at a preschool, then speak at the Geneva Public Library. Geneva is about an hour west of Chicago – Hanni and I will take a commuter train there. My friend Jenny from The Bookstore in Glen Ellyn, IL will bring books to sell […]
The initial questions during our presentation at Walker’s Grove Elementary in Plainfield, IL yesterday were about how old Hanni is, what kind of dog she is, does she ever get a bath, that sort of thing. But then a third grade boy got up his courage to ask the one question he’d been […]