Festival of the Book

We are really looking forward to being at Meriwether Lewis School in Ivy, Va., this Wednesday as part of the Virginia Festival of the Book. I will meet with students that morning and talk about writing and researching the Bailey Fish Adventure series. Then, on Saturday, I'll be signing books at the Tabby House table at the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville during the festival, and later attend a special reception for authors. The festival is always fun. See you there.

ForeWord Book of the Year Finalist

Bailey, Sugar, and I are thrilled that "The Mysterious Jamestown Suitcase," (book 4), is a finalist in ForeWord magazine's Book of the Year 2007 contest. The winners will be announced on May 29 in Los Angeles.

This is the second award for this book. It was a bronze medalist last year in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, and we show the beautiful medal to everyone when we do school programs.

This is also the second time one of the Bailey Fish Adventures has been a finalist in the ForeWord Book of the Year contest. "The Wild Women of Lake Anna" was a 2005 finalist and proudly displays that sticker.

There were almost 1,600 books entered in sixty-one categories, with 658 finalists from 350 publishers

We are honored to be among them