October Events

This photo is from the part of my school visit presentation for Touch Blue where I talk about doing research.  This is just a tiny fraction of the materials I used, but in this pile are Maine foster care regulations and books where children and teens in foster care share their writing, a tide chart, lobster fishing tools and books, history books about Maine islands, field guides, and even a video of a trumpet player. I wanted to watch someone play and take notes on his expressions, how he stood, what the muscles in his face looked like as he played, the different moods and sounds he created with his trumpet, etc. 

North Haven Island, Maine 

This month I begin my tour with Island Readers and Writers, a wonderful organization that brings Maine authors and illustrators out to do school visits and workshops with students on Maine islands and in very rural Maine communities.  


Friday, October 1, School visit, Peninsula School, Prospect Harbor, Maine.

Saturday, October 2, Bangor Book Festival, Bangor, Maine. Open to the public.

Sunday, October 10, Book signing at Barnes and Noble, Newington, New Hampshire, 1;00 pm. (my last scheduled booksigning for Touch Blue!)

Tuesday, October 19, School visit, Islesboro School, Islesboro, Maine. 

Friday, October 22, School visit, Frenchboro School, Frenchboro Island, Maine.

Monday, October 25, School visit, Rose Gaffney School, Machias, Maine.

Thursday, October 28, School visit, North Haven Island School, North Haven, Maine.




This is one of the banners from the Bangor Book Festival website.  When I saw it, all I could think was if I could have showed this to myself as a ten-year-old child, that child wouldn't have believed it.  :-)