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Day 4 of Cinci Scholastic Book Fair tour

How is this for a wonderful greeting? St Joseph School in Coldspring KY welcomed me with enthusiasm!

I love enthusiastic readers! Thanks, St. Henry students!

Visiting the Scholastic warehouse in Cincinnati

It’s so neat to see the inner workings of a giant enterprise like Scholastic Book Fairs and so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to walk through the warehouse and also meet a lot of the people who get great books into the hands of kids. The Cinci warehouse is massive!

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Group hug at Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary in Liberty Twp, Ohio

Ever have one of those perfect author visits? My time at MTCE was like that. So many excited and engaged readers and such a warm reception. As the students were congregating in the auditorium, they were so quiet and respectful you could have hear a pin drop. After the talk, students gathered around and asked so many questions and had so many awesome comments. And then I got a group hug. A wonderful afternoon.

Day 3 Cinci Scholastic Book Fair tour

Tower Heights students in Centerville OH sure know how to welcome a visiting author!

This was the first time I got to see a Scholastic Book Fair in action! Nifty cash register. I want one!

8th grade students at Tower Heights were an attentive audience.

Thank you to this student and her steady hand for the microphone as I did a reading.

The twelve students who came up at the end impressed me with their well-thought-out questions.

This student had some interesting observations on the stories that are told and the ones that aren’t.

Day 2 of Cinci Scholastic Book Fair visits

Being silly with some Ballyshannon avid readers. Union KY

I knew I was in the right place when I got to the doors at Beechwood!

Love this inspirational Beechwood staircase and loved meeting Stacey Behrensmeyer, media specialist

Enough #1!

Had to save this for posterity. This is an 18 year old book, but it was briefly #1 in its category during Holodomor Remembrance week.

Touring Cincinnati and area — day one

My last tour of 2019 is now complete and it was lots of fun and at times a little too much excitement. My flight out of Toronto was on December 1, right in the midst of a giant ice storm. Thankfully, my flight wasn’t canceled (many were) but it was delayed. I can’t complain — it’s not like airlines control the weather — but I didn’t get into my hotel room until 3 am and then was up at 6 am, for a 7:45 am pick-up with Brenda Oler of Scholastic Book Fairs to travel to the first school, Bell Creek Intermediate. I fortified myself with a weak cup of hotel coffee and was on my way!