My first LEGO City book comes out this month–Build this City! My brother and I grew up playing with a tub full of LEGOs so writing these books was like visiting an old friend. Of course, the LEGOs today are vastly superior to the ones we had in our day. I’m a bit jealous, actually.

If your child is learning to read or is a LEGO fan or likes watching construction machinery or… all three, he or she should enjoy this book.
 
 
 

I had a wonderful time in Kansas City! Everyone was quite friendly, I enjoyed some tasty barbecue, but more importantly, I got to meet some great Missouri kids and aspiring young authors!

I’d like to thank Jamie Mayo and the Kansas City Central Library for inviting me. And I want to give an extra special thanks to everyone who came out to my show and writing workshop. I hope you had as much fun as I did! Like I said before, don’t hesitate to email me with any questions or stories.

Thanks again, Kansas City!

If you’re in the Kansas City, Missouri area, bring the kids to meet me on Saturday, July 10th at the Kansas City Central Library. At 2:00 PM, I’ll give my fun performance about what it’s like to be a writer and the exciting path I took to get here. I’ll perform my dynamic multimedia presentation, take time to answer as many questions possible, and I may even break out the guitar!

However, if there are any young writers out there (or kids just becoming interested in writing), I plan to give a fun and informative writing workshop that morning at 10:30 AM. It’s nothing too strenuous and every grade, skill, and experience level is welcome. I give the kids some helpful hints and practices to begin improving their writing skills right now!

For more information and to RSVP, click HERE!

I look forward to meeting you AND I’d like to check out those giant books on the Central Library parking garage. Of course, by “check out” I mean check out in the looking sense not check out in the library sense. Because… well… they’re really really big… and probably not real.

I just finished my last author visit of the school year! I went to Elliot Elementary in Irving, TX where their Author’s Day celebration was in full swing! Most of the kids and all of the teachers were dressed as their favorite book characters and they even had a fun parade showing off all the cool costumes!

After my shows, I tried to visit every classroom to see if anyone had any more questions. I didn’t get to every classroom so remember what I said–each and every one of you are more than welcome to email me any question you like. I’m happy to answer questions all summer long!

Thanks again for the wonderful visit, Elliot Elementary!

I had a great time today at Wyatt Elementary in Plano, Texas! I enjoyed speaking to each and every one of you Wallaroos and I’m so glad you enjoyed my show! Some of you had some great questions and, like I said, you’re all welcome to email me any more questions you can think of.

I want to thank all of you for having me but I especially want to thank the kids in the 5th grade who made me this very cool banner. What a welcoming sight! I brought it home and Rufus the bulldog had to give it a good sniffing. I think he liked it, too. Click on the picture to see the details!

Thanks for the great author visit, Wyatt Elementary!

I just spent the morning with some great kids at Shepard Elementary in Plano, Texas! Four shows all before lunch—a new record! You guys and gals had some great questions and made some of the best giraffe sounds I’ve heard in a long time!

While I was there, I forgot to mention that I was a Patriot, too. Just like you are the Shepard Elementary Patriots I went to Russell Elementary in Brownsville, Texas and we were the Russell Patriots!

Thanks again for a great author visit, Shepard Elementary!

After my first couple of shows at Thelma Jones Elementary, the students from Mrs. Coots’ and Mrs. Taylor’s classes all wrote me letters and drew cool pictures for me and of me–see below for Maria’s picture of me with the four powerful words!

I always try to answer my mail so HERE are the answers to ALL of your letters. And if you drew a picture of any of the Clown Commandos… keep an eye out for one or two of them in the Fan Art section of the Clown Commandos website!

Thanks for the great visit, Thelma Jones Elementary!

I had a wonderful author visit at Walker Elementary in McKinney, Texas! I felt very welcomed as I arrived to see this cool display on the library windows! I also enjoyed touring your school and checking out its special sustainable design.

I’d like to thank the kids who bought books (I enjoyed meeting you and signing your books) and ALL of the Walker Elementary students who came to my shows. Several of you asked some really good questions and a few of you even emailed me some when you got home (I’m talking about you, Nicholas, Emma, and Matthew).

Thanks again, Walker Elementary!
 

This week started out with a fun author visit at Keeley elementary! I enjoyed meeting each and every one of you and really liked presenting in your library. As you may remember from my show, I like animals a lot. And you know I like books. So your mural with animals reading books was number one…in my book!

Thanks again, Keeley Elementary!

I just returned from an exciting school visit at Solomon P. Ortiz Elementary in my hometown of Brownsville, Texas! What a great group of kids! Everyone had wonderful questions and it was a pleasure to get to know all of the students and teachers. And… thanks to a couple of helpful students, I now know that Clown Commandos is Comandos Payaso in Spanish (my Español is quite rusty).

Thanks again, Ortiz Elementary! Don’t forget those four special words I mentioned and, like I said, don’t hesitate to email any question you like!