What would you say to Judy Blume? I had the chance to say something profound and

Click for a CBS news interview with Judy Blume.

I froze.  All I could do was be star stuck when she asked me what name to autograph my book to.  Luckily, I was able to get a quick picture of Judy and my big nose.  I think she was exhausted after giving a delightful talk.  I was toward the end of a huge line of 500 people waiting to get her newest adult book, In the Unlikely Event, signed.  It is the fictionalized account of what happened when she was growing up.  Three commercial airplanes crashed within one year, all in her small New Jersey town.  I am enjoying it so far!

And the winner is . . .  

Thanks to Carolyn McKnight for opening my last newsletter.  She was selected at random to receive a free copy of The Polar Bear Express so she can be a COOL reader!
I'm appearing at a local bookshop, Booktenders Secret Garden, tomorrow (6/10/15) in Doylestown, PA. at 7:00 for a poetry reading.  I'll be sharing some of my favorite poems and some poems from The Polar Bear Express, where the merkids learn haiku, acrostic, free verse, and cinquain.  Page nine of the teaching unit has poetry cards to share.