Welcome back to my site
It seems that it’s been ages since I wrote anything new for the
site. That’s because it has been four months since I made
any changes to the site! As I said in February, I was about to start
a very busy stretch of author visits. Since I wrote that, I have made
two trips to the west coast and two trips to international schools in
Europe, plus many author visits at places in the US. In addition to
the traveling, I had book deadlines that needed attention. As you can
see, it was a very busy time for me.
With the summer approaching, I will
be traveling a lot less, although I won’t
be home all the time. You can check my calendar to
see where I’ll be in
the summer. When I’m not traveling, I hope to be working on a couple of
new books. I will be putting the finishing touches on a book about spies. In
addition to that, I will be working on teacher books for Heinemann and Scholastic.
I’ll also be trying to finish a new book of poems about Terezin, a Nazi
concentration camp in what was then called Czechoslovakia. The book will be similar
to Worlds Afire, in that it will be a collection of first-person poems.
So, even though I won’t be traveling very much, I will be busy.
I’m
very proud of the attention that Birds on a Wire, the linked
poem I wrote with J. Patrick Lewis has received. You can go here to read the
details, but I’m happy to announce that the book has received the following
awards:
• Best New Books for the Classroom - Book Links
• Parents’ Choice Approved - Parents’ Choice Foundation
• Best Children’s Books of the Year – Bank
Street College of Education
• Teachers’ Choice – International
Reading Association
So,
welcome back to my website. I hope you take a few minutes to see what I’ve
added to the Got Poems? and the Recommended Reading pages. And please be
in touch if you are interested in arranging for me to visit your school.
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