Calendar
Books of Wonder - 2015
May, 2024
May 1, 2024
Virtual School Visit @ Gidney Avenue Memorial School, Newburgh, NY
May 15, 2024
School Visit @ Butterfield School, Libertyville, IL
March, 2024
March 9, 2024
Lexington Book Festival, Lexington, North Carolina
October, 2023
October 2, 2023
AISLE Conference Authors' Luncheon, Champaign, IL
September, 2023
September 22, 2023
School Visit with co-author Jocelyn Watkinson @ Irving Elementary School, Oak Park, IL
September 23, 2023, 9:00am
Story Time & Book Signing with co-author Jocelyn Watkinson @ The Book Bin, Northbrook, IL
September 23, 2023, 2:00pm
Story Time & Book Signing with co-author Jocelyn Watkinson @ Booked, Evanston IL
July, 2023
July 8, 2023, time 10:30am
Story Time & Book Signing @ Read Between The Lynes, Woodstock, IL
July 22, 2023, 10:30 am
Story Time & Book Signing @ The Book Stall, Winnetka, IL
June, 2023
June 9, 2023, 6:30pm
Book Signing @ A Little Drummer Books, Burlington, ON
June 10, 2023, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Book Signing @ Indigo: Eaton Centre, Toronto, ON
June 11, 2023, 11:00am
Book Signing @ Chapters Fairview St. Catherine's, ON
June 12, 2023
School Visit @ Orchard Park Public School, Burlington, ON
may, 2023
May 21, 2023, 2:00 pm
Book Signing @ Barbara's Bookstore, Vernon Hills, IL
May 24, 2023
School Visit @ Romona Elementary School, Wilmette, IL (my alma mater)
April, 2023
April 27, 2023
Virtual School Visit @ Gidney Avenue Memorial School, Newburgh, NY
March, 2023
March 2, 2023
School Visit @ Ringwood Primary Center, Johnsburg, IL
March 10, 2023
School Visit @ John M. Marshall Elementary School, East Hampton, NY
February, 2023
February 1, 2023 8:00am - 3:00pm CST
World Read Aloud Day Virtual Visits
January, 2023
January 18, 2023
School Visit @ Park View Elementary School, Morton Grove, IL
December, 2022
December 2, 2022
School Visit @ Carpenter Elementary School, Park Ridge, IL
October, 2022
October 5, 2022
Virtual School Visit @ Pine Springs School in Holly Springs, North Carolina
October 11, 2022 1:30pm - 2pm CST
Girl Power Hour - a celebration by the kidlit community of the International Day of the Girl. I'll be reading LIKE A GIRL.
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October 14, 2022 8:00am - 1:00pm CST
Read Aloud Illinois - virtual visits with multiple Illinois schools.
October 19, 2022
School visit @ Hale Elementary School, Schaumburg, IL
October 28, 2022
School visit @ Huntertown Elementary School, Versailles, KY
October 29, 2022 9am - 4pm
Participating Author @ Kentucky Book Festival, Lexington, KY
May, 2022
May 13, 2022
Virtual School Visit @ Gidney Avenue Memorial School, Newburgh, NY
April, 2022
April 19, 2022
School Visit @ Hawk Hollow School, Bartlett, Illinois
April 21, 2022
School Visit @ Lincoln School, Macomb, Illinois
April 28, 2022
School Visit @ Romona School, Wilmette, Illinois (my alma mater)
EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
March, 2022
March 3, 2022
Virtual School Visit @ Romona Elementary School, Wilmette, Illinois
March 3, 2022
Virtual School Visit @ Carpenter Elementary School, Park Ridge, Illinois
March 25-27, 2022
Faculty @ SCBWI-Midsouth Spring Conference in Franklin, Tennessee
february, 2022
February 24, 2022
Virtual School Visit @ New Sarum P.S, St. Thomas, Ontario
February 26, 2022 @ 8:00am - 12:00pm
Anderson's Literature Breakfast @ Bobaks Woodridge, Illinois
February 28, 2022
Virtual School Visit @ Blythe Park Elementary, Riverside, Illinois
Thanks for inviting me!
SCHOOL AND LIBRARY VISITS
Acton-Boxborough Elementary Schools
Adler Park School
Admiral Byrd Elementary School
Andrew Jackson School
B.B. Owen Elementary School
Beardstown CUSD 15
Ben Franklin School
Birch Elementary School
Blythe Park Elementary School
Bonny Eagle School District
Brookside Elementary School
Buckeye Union School
Burley School
Calvary Christian School
Cane Run Elementary School
Carpenter Elementary School
Cedar Ridge Elementary School
Center School
Central Elementary School
Cottage Street Elementary School
County Trails Elementary School
Cox Elementary School
Cronton CE Primary School
Cudahy Elementary Schools
Davis Elementary School
Diamond Lake School
Educational Service Center Schools
Ellsworth Community Schools
Elolf Elementary School
Eminence Independent Schools
Environmental Sciences Magnet School
Euclid Elementary School
Forest Vista Elementary School
Fremont Elementary School
Fruitville Elementary School
Geneva Public Library
Gidney Avenue Memorial School
Golden Hill Elementary School
Gridley Grade School
Guadalupe Centers Elementary School
Hale Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School
Harwinton Consolidated School District
Hatch Elementary School
Hawk Hollow School
Huntertown Elementary School
Ignite Entrepreneurship Academy
International School of Creative Science
International School Yangon
Irving Elementary School
Isaac Fox Elementary School
Ivy Hall School
Jackson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
John M. Marshall Elementary School
John Perryn Primary School
John Powers Center
King Elementary School
Klein Independent School District
Laremont School
Lincoln School
Lincoln Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School
Maple Avenue School
Maplewood Elementary School
May Whitney Elementary School
McMonagle Elementary School
Meadowview Primary School
Merriam School
Merrick Union Free School District
Midlothian Elementary School
Millburn Elementary School
Murphy Elementary School
New Sarum Public Schools
Northlake Elementary School
Northview Elementary School
Orchard Park Public School
Ortona Elementary School
Ouray School District
Park View Elementary School
Patton Elementary School
Peters Township Public Library
Pine Springs School
Pioneer Elementary School
Prairieview School
Prospect School
Redcliffe Elementary School
Ringwood Elementary School
Rock Island Academy
Romona Elementary School
Rosa Parks Community School
Roy Elementary School
Sandburg Middle School
Sarah Adams Elementary School
Sarasota County Schools
School 3D, Lviv, Ukraine
Seldens Landing Elementary School
Seth Paine Elementary School
Sheridan Hills Elementary School
Shorewood Public Library
Spencer Loomis Elementary School
Stevenson High School
Stony Creek elementary School
Sulzer Library
Surrey Schools
Surry County Schools
Tutoring Chicago
Union Ridge School
United North Elementary School
Vernon Area Public Library
Warren Park School
Washington Elementary School
West Central Elementary School
West Marshall Elementary School
Westdale Elementary School
Wood View Elementary School
Woodbine Elementary School
Yavneh Day School
STORES, CONFERENCES & FESTIVALS
57thStreet Books
A Little Drummer Books
ALA Convention
Anderson’s Bookshop
Barbara’s Bookstore
Barnes and Noble
The Book Cellar
Book Market
The Book Stall
Booked
Books of Wonder
Chapters Fairview St. Catherine's
A Different Drummer Books
ECH Conference Concordia University
Eaton Centre Indigo
Elgin Lit Fest
Elizabethtown College
Fox Cities Book Festiva
Illinois Reading Council Conference
Illinois Reads Book Festival
Illinois Young Author Conference
Indigo St. Catherine’s
ISLMA Annual Conference
Kentucky Book Festival
Lake County Author Showcase
Lake Forest Book Store
Loft Literary Center
Magic Tree Bookshop
nErDCamp Kansas
Oswego Literary Festival
Parents As Reading Partners
Printer’s Row Book Festival
Read Between the Lynes
The Red Balloon
Rock River Reading Council's Young Authors Workshop
SCBWI Illinois
SCBWI International Summer Conference
SCBWI Midsouth
SCBWI New Jersey
SCBWI Wisconsin
Sheboygan Book Festival
Woodridge Young Author Event