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Tag Archive for A Jigsaw Jones Mystery
FAN MAIL WEDNESDAY #317: “Guess I’ll Go Eat Worms!”
This Saturday, 11/6, You Can Zoom Into the Rochester Children’s Book Festival — from Anywhere — and It’s Free!
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A FREE VIRTUAL EVENT
The Rochester Children’s Book Festival goes VIRTUAL this Saturday, November 6th for a full day of FREE panel discussions and readings with a diverse assortment of children’s book writers and illustrators.
I’ll be staggering around in Room 2 at 2:00pm, moderating a (hopefully!) lively and (hopefully!) entertaining conversation about chapter books and series writing with Michelle Knudsen, Laurie Calkhoven, and Judy Bradbury. See below for a full list of participating authors and events.
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You can also order signed book from all participating authors through the festival website.
REGISTER NOW by clicking this link and following the instructions.
Here’s the schedule for the day:
10:00 AM
ROOM 1
Read To Me Corner – Picture Book Stories Read By The Author
Annette Dunn
Susannah Buhrman-Deever
Unseld Robinson
ROOM 2
Picture Books: How Are You Feeling? Coping With Emotions
Heidi Stemple
Jane Yolen
Susan Verde
James Howe
11:00 AM
ROOM 1
Graphic Fiction: Drawing Demonstration (Interactive – Pencil And Paper Required)
Frank Cammuso
Steve Ellis
Brian Yanish
ROOM 2
For Our Younger Book Lovers: Stories and Songs (Interactive)
Iza Trapani
Tiffany Polino
Margaret Pence
ROOM 1
Fantastical Fantasy for Middle Grade Readers
Vivian Vande Velde
Sheela Chari
Bruce Coville
Historical Fiction – Fact and Fiction Storytelling
Keely Hutton
Elizabeth Falk
Susan Williams Beckhorn
Marsha Hayles
ROOM 1
Diverse Themes in Middle Grade Literature
Alex Sanchez
MJ and Herm Auch
Leslie C. Youngblood
ROOM 2
How Authors Use Poetry and Verse To Tell A Story
Linda Sue Park
Joseph Bruchac
Nikki Grimes
2:00 PM
ROOM 1
Picture Books: Fiction and Non-Fiction
Susannah Buhrman-Deever
Kevin Kurtz
Mylisa Larsen
Get Hooked on Chapter Books: Mysteries, Non-Fiction, and Humor
James Preller
Laurie Calkhoven
Michelle Knudsen
Judy Bradbury
3:00 PM
ROOM 1
Doing It All: Writing and Illustrating Your Books
Jeff Mack
Frank Cammuso
ROOM 2
How Picture Book Authors and Illustrators Work Together
Peggy Thomas
Kathleen Blasi
London Ladd
Yuko Jones
4:00 PM
ROOM 1
How To Write Non- Fiction That Middle Graders Want To Read
Ronny Frishman
Rose O’Keefe
Andrea Page
Sally Valentine
ROOM 2
Read To Me Corner – Picture Book Stories Read by the Author
Mylisa Larsen
Yuko Jones
Kathy Blasi
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THANK YOU
FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS
IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES!
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Release the Hounds!
Oh happiness. It’s publication day for Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Hat Burglar, illustrated by R.W. Alley. A book dedicated to the memory of a local elementary teacher, Chris Porter, gone too soon. Chris was a supporter, a reader, a book lover, one of my peeps. I sat in to observe in her classroom many times, just an insightful, caring, highly skilled teacher. So I’m especially glad to see this little book go out into the world. In addition, four more Jigsaw Jones titles have been revised and updated and are now back in print: The Case of the Bear Scare, Vanishing Painting, Haunted Scarecrow, and Golden Key. You need to buy every single one.
So, like, what are you waiting for?
NEW COVER: This “Jigsaw Jones” Comeback Is Getting Real
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Wow, look at this . . .
This cover is not absolutely final, but it’s getting there.
After being out of print and largely unavailable for several years, four titles come roaring back — led by a brand new story, The Case from Outer Space.
Look for them this August, brought to you by the good folks at Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan.
I’m especially grateful to the classroom teachers and school librarians who have kept these books alive and in the hands of young readers for the past 20 years.
I can’t wait to visit elementary schools and talk Jigsaw, and mysteries, and the love of reading with the early chapter book crowd.