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2010
BAMBOO PEOPLE book release, Charlesbridge, Spring 2010
Global Girls Literacy Group, FC Hammond Middle School, Alexandria, VA (April 8, 2010)
North Andover Middle School (February 10, 2010)
2009
St. Ann's School, Brooklyn, NY (November 17-18, 2009)
Willard School, Concord, MA (October 15-16, 2009)
Loudoun County Schools, Library, and Juvenile Detention Center, Loudoun, VA (October 5-6, 2009)
Massachusetts School Library Association Conference (October 4, 2009)
Wyoming Library Association Conference (September 30, 2009)
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, Chattanooga, TN (June 20, 2009)
Franklin School, Newton, Ma (June 10, 2009)
Greenwich Art Council Master Class (Resonating With Young Readers) co-taught with Rachel Vail (June 4, 2009, 10 a.m. - noon)
Charlesbridge Publishing Open House (May 13, 2009, 4-6 p.m.)
Underwood School, Newton, Ma (May 8, 2009)
Newman School, Needham, Ma (May 5, 2009)
Zervas School, Newton, Ma (May 4, 2009)
Lyme School, Lyme, CT (May 1, 2009)
Belmont Middle School, Belmont, Ma (April 27 and 29, 2009)
"Many Voices," NESCBWI Conference, Workshop Presentation on Writing Race (April 25, 2009)
Presbyterian Writer's Workshop, Columbia Theological Seminary, GA (April 23-24, 2009)
World Savvy High School Visit, San Francisco, CA (April 3, 2009)
Teen Writer's Workshop with author Karen Day, Newton Free Library, Newton, Ma (March 30, 2009)
Spring Fling, Newton Free Library, Newton, Ma (March 29, 2009)
Proctor School, Topsfield, Ma (March 25, 2009)
Clarke Middle School, Lexington, Ma (March 24, 2009)
Williams School, Newton, Ma (March 10, 2009)
Boston College Lecture, Ma (March 9, 2009)
Sandwich Reads Together event, including a visit to the high school, a Mother-Daughter book club/Indian dinner, and a signing at Titcomb's Bookstore, Sandwich, Ma (February 25, 2009)
Eight Cousins Bookshop appearance for Kids Heart Authors Day, Falmouth, Ma (February 14, 2009, 10-12 a.m.)
Book Launch Party East Coast, Newtonville Books, Newtonville, Ma (Sunday, February 8, 2009, 2 p.m.)
North Andover Middle School, North Andover, Ma (February 4, 2009)
Horace Mann School, Newton, Ma (February 3, 2008)
Teen Writer's Workshop / Indian Dinner, Bellevue Regional Library, 1111 110th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 98004, 425-450-1765 (January 18, 2009, 5 p.m.)
Book Launch Party West Coast, Bellevue Barnes and Noble, 626 106th Ave. NE, Bellevue, Wa, 425-453-7958 (Sunday, January 18, 2009, 2 p.m.)
Chai Party and Writer's Workshop, Not Your Mother's Book Club, Books Inc, Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real #74, 650-321-0600, Palo Alto, Ca (January 15, 2009, 6:00 p.m.)
SECRET KEEPER (Random House) publication date (January 13, 2009)
2008
Author Panel, Harvard School of Education, Cambridge, Ma (December 9, 2008)
YALSA's YA Literature Symposium, Nashville, TN (November 7-9, 2008)
Schools and Libraries of Skokie and Schaumberg, IL (November 4-7, 2008)
The Gordon School, East Providence, RI (October 29, 2008)
Devotion School, Brookline, MA (October 22, 2008)
Newington Library and Schools, Newington CT (October 21, 2008)
Willard School Book Fair, Concord, Ma (October 20, 2008)
Boston College Elementary Education Class, Newton, Ma (October 20, 2008)
Jane Addams Awards Ceremony, New York City, NY (October 17, 2008)
Willard School, Concord, Ma (October 14-15, 2008)
New England Conference on Multicultural Education with Fusion Stories authors (October 8, 2008)
Baker School, Brookline, Ma (October 7, 2008)
Bolton Author Festival, Bolton, Ma (October 4, 2008)
Author Visit, Shrewsbury Public Library, Shrewsbury, Ma (September 20, 2008, 11 a.m.)
First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover paperback release (Ages 12-up, Puffin, July 31, 2008)
Teen Writer's Workshop, Groton Public Library, Groton, Ma (July 19, 2008, 10 a.m.)
Waltham Public Library's Staff Development Day, Waltham, Ma (June 13, 2008)
Brookline Schools Townwide Visits, Brookline, MA (June 5-6, 2008)
Franklin School, Newton, MA (June 4, 2008)
William Cottle Elementary School, Eastchester, NY (May 19, 2008)
Boston Author's Club Awards Lunch, Boston, Ma (May 15, 2008)
Underwood School, Newton, MA (May 7, 2008)
Needham Schools Townwide Visits (May 5-6, 2008)
Author Day, Barbieri Elementary School, Framingham, MA (May 2, 2008)
Needham Schools Townwide Visits (April 28 - May 1, 2008)
KGO's View From The Bay (April 18, 2008, 3-4 p.m. PST streaming online live here)
Winchester Authorfest, McCall Middle School, Winchester, MA (April 17, 2008)
Texas Library Association Annual Convention, Dallas, TX (April 15-16, 2008)
New England Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Annual Conference Workshop, "Pajama Promotion," NH (April 12, 2008)
Brookline Schools Townwide Visits, Brookline, Ma (April 7,8,9,11, 2008)
First Friday Author-Illustrator Lunchtime Talk with Jamie Hogan, Portland Public Library, Portland, ME (April 4, 2008)
Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen, Ma (March 31, 2008, 4 p.m.)
Woburn Library, Woburn, Ma (March 19, 2008, 7 p.m.)
Driscoll School, Brookline, MA (March 17, 2008)
Memorial Spaulding School, Newton, MA (March 10, 2008)
The Pike School, Andover, MA (March 4-5, 2008)
Thoreau Elementary School, Concord, MA (February 27, 2008)
Boston College Children's Literature Class, Guest Speaker, Newton, MA (February 11, 2008, 7-8:30)
Haggerty School, Cambridge, MA (February 6 , 2008)
Bancroft School, Andover, MA (February 1, 2008)
Rickshaw Girl paperback release (Ages 7-11, Charlesbridge, January 14, 2008)
First Daughter: White House Rules Pub Date (Ages 10-up, Dutton, January 24, 2008) |
