For my Kansas City tour’s grand finale, I spent the afternoon with the great kids at Westview Elementary. Hey, I began at Crestview and ended at Westview–almost spanning the alphabet!
I had a great time meeting everyone and signing all the copies of my APWA book, Chipper’s Chilly Chase. I even posed for pictures with one of the classes (send a copy, will ya?). I hope you all enjoyed my presentations (and a few of you already said as much on my Facebook page).
I also hope everyone enjoyed the sneak peek at my APWA upcoming comic book, Rain of Terror–it’s gonna be spooky! Remember, APWA is the one who brought me there and the unseen heroes of public works need all the thanks they can get. So a big thanks to the American Public Works Association and Mrs. Plowman for inviting me. I can’t wait to come back!
Thanks to the American Public Works Association, my last day in the Kansas City area had me visiting TWO schools. In the morning I visited Pleasant Lea Elementary in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Everyone was great here–especially the students! They all had good questions and made tiptop dragon roars. However, I should have asked to hear your tiger roars since your school mascot is a tiger–just like PW Paws, the public works mascot!
Thanks to Mr. Crawford for the technical help, thanks to Mrs. Smith for her help and all the kind words, and a super-dee-duper (as Barney would say) thanks to all the wonderful Pleasant Lee Tigers. Keep roaring and keep reading!
I enjoyed three great presentations at Renner Elementary today! All the kids were great and I even posed for a picture with many of the students for the school yearbook. I especially liked meeting all the aspiring writers in my writing workshop. Keep writing, keep reading, and keep painting the picture with words!
Thanks to Mrs. Cleavinger and the wonderful folks in the Renner PTA for inviting me and thanks to Mrs. Tulipana and Mrs. Rich for all the help and for making my second day in Kansas City a fun one! And an extra big thanks to all the great kids at Renner Elementary! Remember the four words!
What a great way to kick off my Kansas City tour! I had a wonderful first day at Crestview Elementary–home of the Crestview Cheetahs. These cheetahs proved to be just as fast as their reputation with all their great questions. I gave three fun presentations, signed some books, and then went back to my hotel. To my surprise, I already had a few of Crestview students “liking” my Facebook page! They even posted their appreciation on my FB wall.
Thanks to Mrs. Warman for inviting me and thanks for the great author visit, Crestview Cheetahs!
What a great day at Haggar Elementary! I got to meet several bright kids who were surprisingly attentive so close to the end of the school year. I enjoyed performing for all of you and enjoyed touring your school and seeing all you undersea murals. I especially enjoyed your fantastic space alien noises—some of the best yet!
Thanks to Mrs. Prager and the Haggar PTA for inviting me. Thanks to Mrs. Grizzle and Mrs. Jameson for all your help. And a super-big thanks to all the great kids at Haggar Elementary! Enjoy the last few days of school and don’t forget those four special words over your summer break. In fact, don’t ever forget them. You can use those words no matter how old you are!
I had a great day presenting to the Harmony Science Academy in Garland! I presented to all the grades and even got to have a successful writing workshop with all of the school’s aspiring writers. I’m sure there will be some bestsellers coming from a few of those kids someday!
And while I was there, I received a cool story idea for Clown Commandos. Thanks for the tip, “Hairmon” (I don’t think that’s your real name). We’ll keep it in mind for future comic book issues.
Thanks to my friend and fraternity brother, Mr. Clark, for inviting me and thanks again to all the great kids at Harmony Science Academy!
I was fortunate enough to be invited back to The Centerbury Episcopal School in DeSoto, Texas! I performed for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade (great giraffe noises, by the way) and then I was able to visit with several of the students (including my niece, Annaliese). I had a great time!
Thanks again to Mrs. Smeya for inviting me back. Thanks to Mrs. Mahaley and Mrs. Meehan for helping out. And a big thanks to all the great kids at Canterbury Episcopal School!
After visiting Lakeview in the morning, I zipped over to Hughes Elementary and spent the afternoon with them. I don’t know about them, but I had a great time! It was a tight fit inside the library for both shows but we did it!
Thanks to Mrs. Wright for having me and a big thanks to all the kids at Hughes Elementary. Like I mentioned, don’t forget to visit my new Facebook page and ask me any question you like! Keep rockin’ Hughes Elementary!
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I spent the morning with the wonderful students of Lakeview Elementary! After I performed my show (where I heard quite a number of excellent giraffe impersonations, I must say), I held a workshop with ten of Lakeview’s aspiring writers. We had a great time and discussed some easy writing tips to help them along. I also got the impression that these kids are destined to be some fine authors some day!
Thanks to Mrs. Smith for inviting me and a big thanks to all the students (especially the future authors) at Lakeview Elementary. Don’t forget to visit my new Facebook page and post something on my wall. Like I said, you can ask anything you like! Keep reading and keep writing, Lakeview Elementary!
I just returned from a wonderful school visit with Pantego Christian Academy in Arlington, TX! This was my second visit to Pantego and the second time I had the privilege of meeting so many talented young authors and illustrators.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to browse this year’s book titles. I did, however get to talk to many of the young authors during my book signing! I had a great time. But, as many of you guessed, my hand was a little cramped after signing so many books.
Thanks to Mrs. Smith for inviting me and thanks to all the great young authors and illustrators at Pantego Christian Academy. And I’d like to say a big “thank-you” to everyone who bought one of my books. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them!