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A very BIG welcome from the students at Fales, Westboro, MA |
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| January |
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January 18 |
Fales School - Westboro, MA |
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January 20 |
Brookline Country Club
Member Breakfast Reading and Signing
Brookline, MA |
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Brookline Country Club |
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| February |
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February 8 |
Plummer-Motz School
School Visit
Falmouth, ME |
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| March |
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March 15 |
- 1:00pm
Borders Bookstore
Reading and Book Signing
Shrewsbury, MA |
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A Ruthie fan and her crazy hairdo and
Dana Brigham from Wellesley Booksmith |
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March 22 |
- 11:00am-1:00pm
Learning Express
Book Signing
Sudbury, MA |
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March 22 |
- 4:00pm
The Green Planet
Reading and signing
Newton,MA |
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Borders, Nashua, NH
with Olivia and Sophie |
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| April |
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April 4 |
- 4:00pm
Borders Bookstore
Reading and Signing
Nashua, NH |
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April 5 |
- 11:00am
Barrington Books
Reading and Signing
Barrington, Rhode Island |
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Look what my neighbor Eddie found on his vacation to Williamsburg! There are our Williamsburg "friends". |
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April 5 |
- 3:00pm
Borders Bookstore
Marlboro, MA
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April 9 |
Downey Elementary School
Authorfest
Westwood, MA |
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April 11 |
- 9:00am-3:00pm
Line Elementary school
school visit
West Newfield, ME |
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April 12 |
- 10:00-11:30pm
Blue Bunny Bookstore
Dedham, MA
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April 12 |
- 2:00pm
Hopkinton PTA Silent Auction
Children's Gallery
Reading and Signing
Double Tree Hotel
Westborough, MA |
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Here I am with Brian "Bats at the Beach" Lies at Authorfest Winchester MA |
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April 17 |
Authorfest
Winchester, MA |
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April 21 |
- 10:00am and 11:00am
Discovery Museum
Acton, MA |
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What a great crowd!
The kindergarteners from Douglas School in Acton joined me for
an evening of reading."
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April 24 |
- 11:00am
Sutton Public Library
Reading and Book Signing
Sutton, MA |
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April 24 |
- 3:00pm
Southborough Public Library
Reading and Book Signing
Southborough, MA |
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April 25 |
- 10:30am
Wellesley Booksmith
Story Hour and Book Signing
Wellesley, MA |
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April 30 |
-6:45-7:30pm
Douglas School
Reading and Book Signing
Acton, MA |
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| May |
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May 6-7 |
International Reading Association Conference
Panel discussion "A Menagerie for Literacy: How Good Animals Make Good Readers"
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, GA |
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May 10 |
- (TBA)
Borders Books
South Portland, ME |
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May 14 |
- 7:00pm
Wayland Public Library
Reading and Book signing
Wayland, MA |
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May 14 |
- TBA
JCC
Westborough , MA |
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| June |
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June 6 |
- 7:00pm
Barnes & Noble
Framingham, MA |
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June 8 |
- 3:00pm and 4:00pm
Children's Museum of Manhatten
New York, NY |
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June 9 |
PS 183
School Visit
New York, NY |
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| July |
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July 27 |
- 11:00am
Where the SideWalk Ends
42 Main Street
Chatham, MA
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| August |
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August 5 |
Northborough Library
Reading, signing and fun craft
Northborough, MA (temporary Lyman St location) |
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August 16 |
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm
3rd annual Children's Book Fair by the Sea
Camden Public Library
Camden, ME
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| 2007
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Here I am wearing my crazy
"Ruthie" hair again!
Hopscotch Toys and Books - Acton, MA
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North Grafton Elementary School |
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| January |
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January 10 |
Peaslee School
Northborough MA |
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January 27 |
- 10:00AM
Reading and Book Signing
Hopscotch Toys and Books
Acton, MA |
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January 31 |
North Grafton Elementary School
North Grafton, MA |
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| February |
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February 6 |
- 11:15AM
Neary School
Southborough, MA |
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Can't get enough of the wig!
Hopkinton Public Library |
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Ruthie mania at the Holmes School Dorchester MA |
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February 7 |
- 9:30AM - 12:00Noon
O'Hearn School
Dorchester, MA |
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February 7 |
- 12:45 - 2:15PMAM - 12:00Noon
Holmes School
Dorchester, MA |
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February 13-14 |
Mary Finn School
Southborough, MA |
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February 21 |
- 11:00AM
Hopkinton Library
Hopkinton, MA |
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Discovery Museum, Acton, MA |
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February 23 |
- 10:00AM and 11:00AM
Readings and Book signings
Acton Museum
Acton, MA |
| March |
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March 2 |
- 7:00PM
"Read, Romp & Rock"
Live at the Opera House
Boston, MA |
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Children’s Book Author & Reach out and Read Committee member Beth Raisner Glass and I at the Read Romp + Rock fundraiser in Boston |
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March 15 |
Mass Reading Association Conference
Presentation: From Manuscript to Market,
the Making
of a Picture Book |
| April |
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Downey Elementary School
Westwood, MA |
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Winchester, MA Authorfest |
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April 11 |
- 9:00AM - 11:00AM
Young Authors Conference
Westwood, MA |
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April 12 |
Authorfest
Winchester, MA |
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April 20 |
- 10:00AM
Bangor Public Library
"Susan Lubner Party"
Bangor, ME |
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Presenting to students at
the University of Maine |
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April 20 |
University of Maine
Orono, ME
Author presentation to undergraduate students - 9:00AM
Author presentation to graduate students - 5:00PM |
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April 21 |
- 2:00PM
Maine Discovery Museum
Bangor, ME
Reading, crafts & book signing |
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April 25 |
Lunt School - Falmouth, ME |
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At MLA with author Janet Ruth Young talking about her new YA novel
The Opposite of Music |
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April 25 |
Plummer-Motz School - Falmouth, ME |
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April 26 |
- 10:00 Am
Goddard School - Walpole MA |
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ALA Conference in Washington DC!
What fun I had hanging out with all the folks
from Abrams, meeting lots of great authors and Illustrators…
and taking in the sights of DC too! |
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Something about my visit to the Botanic Garden reminded me of Ruthie!” |
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That’s me with my very fabulous editor, Tamar Brazis. |
I was able to meet Jeff
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” Kinney!
So exciting! |
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April 28 |
- 10:00AM
Brunch and Story
Barnes and Noble - Bellingham, MA
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| May |
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May 4 |
Massachusetts Library Association Conference
Presentation / Panel (Young adult and children's books)
Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, MA |
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May 18-19 |
New England SCBWI Conference
Nashua, NH |
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June 23 |
- 3:00PM
ALA Annual Conference
Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC |
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Smile girls, you're on my website! |
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August 9 |
Memorial Elementary School
Milford, MA |
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Signing copies of "Noises" and "Ruthie" at the Hooray For Books grand-opening with owner Mary Murphy, and two happy book-lovers.
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| September |
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September 8 |
Hooray for Books Grand opening
Hopkinton MA
11:15 reading and signing
www.hoorayforbooks.com
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September 15 |
Boston Globe Children's Book Festival
Copley Square
- in front of the Boston Public Library -
Reading and book signing |
Rain, rain go away…and it did… but not until after my reading of
Ruthie Bon Bair! Ruthie wasn’t the only one with wringing wet hair! |
The rain didn’t stop the crowds from gathering at Copley Square yesterday for the Boston Globe/Target Book Festival. |
“Ruthie” fans Natalie and Brooke
with their mom Patty, my friend
and fellow children’s book writer
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| October |
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| November |
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November 29 |
- 6:00PM
Barnes and Noble
Brookline, MA
First Light Story time reading and signing
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