Be Brave

Inspired by the many wonderful teachers and librarians on Twitter who have “Be Brave” as a motto for their classrooms this year, I made this poster for downloading. A special thanks to all who have shared The Story of Fish & Snail with their students!

Suggested Reading, Picture Books About Courage: Sheila Rae, the Brave, by Kevin Henkes; Swimmy, by Leo Lionni; When Jessie Came Across the Sea, by Amy Hest & P.J. Lynch; Mirette on the High Wire, by Emily Arnold McCully; The Scar, by Charlotte Moundlic & Olivier Tallec; Brave Irene, by William Steig.

Snail on the Move

Snail and I are hitting the road, slowly, with our book, The Story of Fish and Snail. Hope to see some of you! Here’s where we’ll be:

Friday, October 4, 2013
Books-a-Million, Reading and book signing, 4:00 pm, Corinth, MS

Saturday, October 5, 2013
Square Books Jr, Storytime and book signing, 10:00 am, Oxford, MS

Thursday, October 10, 2013
R J Julia Booksellers, Storytime and book signing, 10:30 am, Madison, CT

Sunday, November 2, 2013
“Inside Story”, 1:00—3:00 pm, Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA

Saturday, November 9, 2013
Children’s Book Festival, 11:00 am—4:00 pm, Pequot Library, Southport, CT

Friday, November 15, 2013
AASL National Conference, Signing, 1:00—2:00 pm, Hartford, CT

Saturday, December 7, 2013
Byrd’s Books, Storytime and book signing, 2:00 pm, Bethel, CT

Saturday, December 21, 2013
Eric Carle Museum, Storytime and book signing, 2:00 pm, Amherst, MA

Have I told you about…

THE STORY OF FISH & SNAIL?

Coming from Viking Children’s Books, June 13.

Signed copies may be purchased from independent bookseller R. J. Julia.