Sardines is One!

Sardines turns one this month and I don’t have to bake any kind of all natural carrot cupcake for a screaming baby and pretend it’s as good as the real thing. This past month I’ve had a chance to share Sardines in some pretty remarkable ways. On October 5th I spent the day at Freeport Middle School as the visiting author. I met with kids who have been reading the book in their Language Arts classes. I got to share with them about the process of bringing a book from the idea phase to the published in your hand phase. They shared their lovely insights and artwork on Sardines with me.

Next week I head to Scarborough Middle School for a repeat performance. This visit is especially meaningful as SMS is the school I was teaching at when I first imagined and wrote Sardines.

Sardines has been named to the Maine Student Book Award list, which means that more Maine kids will have a chance to learn about it and read it…and hopefully vote for it! Poland librarian Julie Purdy created an entire reading challenge based on the book and shared some incredible pictures of the display she created with me.

All in all, I feel very lucky to be able to share this book with so many people in so many different ways! If you still can’t get enough of me talking about Sardines. I recorded this interview with Phoebe Little from Maine Publisher’s Alliance.