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May.13.2013
Yes!!! Drumroll, please . . . IT'S CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK!!!
So exciting!!!! I wish it were Children's Book Week 52 weeks of the year!
Tonight (I am blogging this on Monday morning) is the big Children's Choice Book Awards Gala, which I...
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May.06.2013
Childen's Book Week is coming soon!
The Children's Choice Book Awards Gala will help kick off the week, and I am sooooooo excited to host the show in New York City. (Squeeeee!!!) Plus, I get to hobnot with the literati glitterati presenter -- in addition to Tomie DePaola,...
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Apr.29.2013
The LA TIMES Festival of Books started on a great note. Why? Because of this . . .
That's right. We had reserved parking!
Like last year, and the year before, the festival was held at my alma mater, USC. From the parking structure, we could see the dorm where I was a...
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Apr.22.2013
Last blog we were n Dubai with these fine gents . . .
So then, once home, jet lag set in. I hadn't fully un-jet-lagged from Singapore, when I flew to Chicago to yuk it up, then in less than a week to Dubia, as seen here and here and here. However, I was...
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Apr.15.2013
So then, Peepy and I were HERE and HERE in Dubai, and now we are here in this final blog of the I WENT TO DUBAI AND HAD A GREAT TIME series . . .
(Above: The bus stops are air conditioned.)
One of my favorite things to do was explore the backstreets...
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Apr.09.2013
When last we blogged, we were doing a school visit in Dubai, and sightseeing. Well, WE (meaning Peepy and me) ARE STILL THERE!!!! (Blog-wise.)
I heard about the malls in Dubai, but they seemed like urban legends. A ski resort INSIDE? Pshaw! (Isn't "pshaw" a weird word? Does anyone really...
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Apr.02.2013
We hadn't yet recovered from out jet lag from Singapore, when we whooshed off to Chicago. And then, less than one week later, we were in the air again . . .
That package (above) that Peepy is holding contains a toothbrush and slippers. Why? Because Emirates Air gave it to us for our 16...
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Mar.25.2013
Even though I am here . . .
. . . my blog is here . . .
That's right. I am in Dubai!!!!
However, last week I was at Northern Illinois University for the Children's Literature Conference on Humor. And that's what we'll be blogging today. Ten years ago this October, my debut novel came out....
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Mar.18.2013
My final Singapore blog features a food and fun!!!!
As you may recall, last blog we were visiting the bookstore of our dreams . . .
And the one before that, had us at speaking at the Stamford American International School . . .
When members of the Singapore...
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Feb.18.2013
Before I begin, Peepy insisted I tell you her big news. That's right! She now has her own Facebook Fan Page.
Sigh. She's always been something of a diva, so we'll just have to see how this goes.
In other news, some of you know, I am something of a space geek. I taught myself...
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