Go, Bulldogs!

I'm giving a shout-out here to the fabulous Kindergarten and First Grade Bulldogs at Laytonsville Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  I had the pleasure of visiting with them on Friday (thanks to the kind invitation of their wonderful Library Media Specialist, Rich Parker, and the generosity of the school's PTA) and let me just say that they were a treat!  They'd all read my books and greeted me warmly, they eagerly participated in Chicken Butt! as Reader's Theater, and they brainstormed their own rhyming books (which, I hear from Mr. Parker, some of them are already working on... can't wait to see!).

I gave them a sneak peek at Chicken Butt's Back! and, judging from their reactions, that book is going to cause some milk to come out of some noses as well (my books should come with a warning label: "do not read during lunch!").  BUT that is a good thing, as far as I'm concerned.

All in all, a great day with some great kids.  Thanks again for inviting me, and go, Bulldogs, go!  Or should I say, write, Bulldogs, write!

Taschen vs. Tashi

This is Taschen, also known hamantaschen.  In our house, they are also known has huffinpuffins and clementitos, for reasons that make less than no sense.

And this is Tashi, star of a series of books by Anne and Barbard Feinberg and illustrated by Kim Gamble.  However, in our house he is called Tushy, for no reason other than we like to say it.

One is a set of tasty cookies.  One is a set of tasty tales.  Who will win?  Judge for yourself.