I’ve been visiting schools to talk about blindness and Seeing Eye dogs for years — ever since I got my first Seeing Eye dog, Dora, in 1991. Now with my children’s book published, the visits are even more fun. Usually teachers have already read Safe & Sound out loud to their students before we arrive. […]

Today was the very first time I’ve given a children’s book presentation in a bookstore while enjoying a glass of wine. The Book Cellar lives up to its name. Get it? Book CELLAR? They sell books, and they sell wine. It’s my kind of store. And the crowd was my kind of crowd: co-workers, students […]

Hanni and I are doing a book signing at Women and Children First Bookstore on Wednesday morning, December 5. The store is in a terrific north-side Chicago neighborhood called Andersonville. Mike, Hanni and I live on the south side of Chicago. The last time I went to Women and Children First, I took a cab. […]

The Children’s Book Council named November 11 to 17 Children’s Book Week, and Hanni and I sure celebrated! I already blogged about the radio show we were on Tuesday. What I didn’t tell you, though, was the reason Betsy and Sal decided to have us on Walking on Air in the first place: they knew […]

Hanni and I were interviewed on a radio show called “Walking on Air” today. The show’s title turned out to be the theme for the rest of the afternoon. I checked my email once Hanni and I got home from the radio interview. Dee ding! A message! I opened it. For a moment I thought […]