I've posted this information on my "What's New?" page on my website, which you can find here, but I realized I haven't blogged it!

I'm goin' on a little roadtrip :)

I'll be at McLean & Eakin Booksellers in Petoskey, Michigan next Thursday, Sept 25th from 4-6pm. Please note the notice of my visit on their home page. And I'm "charming and lively"! It says so right there, so it must be true, right?? Leighanne at McLean & Eakin is my new best friend :)

I'll be reading my book and maybe a few others as well, so please join me if you're in the area. I also have some really cool stickers, made by the awesome Kelly Murphy, and a Make-Your-Own Bookmark craft with ink stamps of characters from Hush, Little Dragon. Yes, they are cool too!

The following week, I'll be at Crocodile Books in Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, Oct 3rd at 1PM and The BookStall at Chestnut Court in Winnetka, Illinois on Sat, Oct 4th at 11AM. Chicago Magazine calls The BookStall the Best Independent Bookstore in the whole Chicagoland area! I can't WAIT to check it out.

And I grew up in Libertyville! We moved to Colorado when I was 13, but all of my fond memories of grade school happened at Butterfield School in Libertyville in the 1970's. Of all the places I've lived, it is my favorite and I can't wait to go back. And my whole family is joining me on this leg, so I get to show my kids where I grew up. And after business (using the term loosely, of course, since writing for kids and signing books is really more fun than work- but don't tell anyone, or everyone will want to write a kids book-ha!!), we get to play- we're going to see Sue!! I LOVE dinosaurs- I am SO excited!

So come see the happy author-lady :)

I could not be happier with that headline! :)

My local newspaper interviewed me for a story last week (yay!) and it came out today in the entertainment/arts section. The reporter did a great job, and it's a very nice article, but.... I'm on the cover and I'm as big as a billboard! Yikes!!



It's much bigger in person. And I look kinda, well, scared. But other than that, it was a great experience! Ha!

You can read the article (and see a much better picture!) online here: The Daily Mining Gazette

And yeah, my Fifteen Minutes feels very cool :)

Check this out:



What's that? You say it looks just like a copyright page? Very good! It is. Wow, you know your picture books.

But did you notice THIS?????


That, dear friends, is what a THIRD PRINTING looks like!!

Yay, Hush, Little Dragon!!!

:)