"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places." - Roald Dahl		Upcoming schedule: Jan. 22 -- Holy Comforter Episcopal School, Tallahassee, FL Jan. 27 -- Just Read Florida, at Pine View Elem. and Griffin Middle, Tallahassee, FL March 20 -- Tallahassee Book Festival, Click here for more info! March 27 -- Literacy for All: A Conference on Literature for Children and Young Adults, Cecil County, MD Oct. 8-9 -- Auburn Conference for Writers, The Child on the Page, Auburn, AL 2009 appearances: Eastern Kentucky University, KY Minnesota State University, Mankato Good Thunder Road Reading Series The Evergreen School, Seattle, WA University Child Development School, Seattle, WA Walla Walla Kids Read, WA U Penn MAGPI Creative Minds Series, via Internet II West Park Elementary, Newark, DE Downes Elementary, Newark, DE Radnor Middle School, PA Haverford Middle School, PA Writers at Work Conference, Park City, UT Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Sanibel, FL 2008 appearances: 18 School in Katy, Texas! Nims Middle School, Tallahassee, FL Panama City Writers Conference, Panama City, FL Brevard County Libraries Reading Festival, Cocoa Village, FL Writing Today Writers Conference, Birmingham, AL Martinez Middle School, Tampa, FL Adams Middle School, Tampa, FL Mulrennan Middle School, Tampa, FL Burnett Middle School, Tampa, FL Rampello Downtown Partnership, Tampa, FL Eisenhower Middle School, Tampa, FL Dowdell Middle School, Tampa, FL Hardee Junior High, Wauchula, FL University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA North Star Elementary, Hockessin, DE St. Bernadette's, Drexel Hill, PA Stonehurst Hills, Upper Darby, PA Delaware Book Festival, Dover, DE Sanford School, Wilmington, DE Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC Lakeland Highlands Middle School, Lakeland, FL Hardee Junior High, Wauchula, FL Renaissance Academy, New Port Richey, FL Oak Grove Middle School, Clearwater, FL Adams Middle School, Tampa, FL Liberty Middle School, Tampa, FL Legacy Middle School, Orlando, FL Swift Creek Elementary School, Tallahassee, FL U Penn MAGPI Creative Minds Series, via Internet II Barett Elementary Center (Cresco, PA) Bethel Springs Elementary (Garnet Valley, PA) Dallastown Area Middle School (Dallastown, PA) East Bradford Elementary (West Chester, PA) Haverford Middle School (Havertown, PA) Pocono Elementary Center (Tannersville, PA) Riverside Junior/Senior High School (Taylor, PA) Sinking Springs Elementary (York, PA) Wallenpaupack Area SD (Hawley, PA) Wissahickon Middle School (Ambler, PA) Chaires Elementary School, Tallahassee, FL