I had a fun evening presenting at the Lively Elementary PTA meeting! It was very cool meeting all the attending kids and parents. And congratulations to the kids who won my signed books! Someone even got a copy of my Shrek book, Open Centipede—a hard one to find!
A big thanks to Mrs. Dobbs for setting everything up and I hope to see you all again soon. Have a great school year, Lively Elementary!
Today I enjoyed my first school visit of the new school year AND my first school visit to Fort Worth, Texas! I got to meet all the great boys and girls at Shulkey Elementary — home of the Shulkey Mustangs!
I enjoyed speaking to all of you and was surprised to discover that many of you wrote letters and drew pictures for me! Thanks, everyone! I enjoyed all of them, especially a drawing from Natalie. She drew a picture of one of my video clips in which my chihuahuas and I met Barney. Greet job, Natalie!
Thanks to everyone who wrote me letters and thanks to all the students of Shulkey Elementary! Have a great school year, Mustangs!
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!
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!
