I'll be reading Growing Up with Tamales for story time at Blue Willow Bookshop, in Houston, on Thursday morning, May 15. Tell everyone you know with kids in the Houston area. How do you find and support local indie book stores like Blue Willow? By going to Booksense.
On Saturday, May 17, I'll be in Dallas, reading and signing at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, for the 13th Dallas Children’s Book Fair & Literary Festival.
On June 22, here in Houston, I'm going to do a poetry workshop. It's free and open to the public, y'all, and they're having one every Sunday in June, taught by local poets I love and respect. So come on down.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
surprise in the mailI stopped by my mailbox after work and pulled out a package that'd been wedged in among the bills, coupons, and previous homeowner's American Girl doll catalogs.
My first kids' book! Growing Up with Tamales. It's way, way more beautiful than I was expecting, thanks mainly to April Ward, who illustrated it. Seriously, I almost cried when I saw it. Then, I almost cried again when my ten-year-old son read it aloud to me.
Go to my Flickr to see more of the book. Or, better yet, go to Amazon to pre-order it.
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6:38 PM #Comments:
Wow! That is SO cool. Clearly, you're far more motivated than I am. My book idea is still just a book idea!# posted by
pudding-monkey : 9:10 PM
My jaw fell, hold on, let me pick it up. I have been looking forward to your book coming out. It feels like a relative has succeeded! I know that our school librarian will purchase it for our librarian.
# posted by
Melissa : 9:20 PM
Congratulations! It looks great. I'm going to buy my copy now.
# posted by
kate : 12:30 PM
So beautiful! You must be delighted.
-- saskatchewan
# posted by
: 4:55 PM
Thanks, you guys!
And yes, I love April Ward's illustrations. She rocks. Look her up on MySpace... she went to Pratt, which used to be my fantasy school, back in the day.
# posted by
Gwen : 3:54 PM
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