I have completed, what I hope was a very successful promotional tour for my new book, Isabella Star of the Story which came out April 1, 2013. I am sure I will tell you more details and show you pictures someday, but as still have two other tours and photos to tell you about, I will just sum up for now.
The tour included such wonderful highlights and accolades as:
“You look much leaner than last year” (perhaps my favorite comment in San Jose from a returning fan…did I mention returning fan? at Hicklebee’s)
Ethan in Philadelphia who changed schools and has now seen me THREE TIMES thanks to Children’s Book World.
A Southern CRM and a go-getting book loving principal in Bucks county that almost sold triple digits of my books at just one little old school. And a school that puts me on their outside sign always makes me feel so welcome!
An event at Changing Hands in Arizona, not just a regularly scheduled story time and having folks attend and having Eddie and Brandi and Faith reward me with “Keeper of the Lost Cities” by Shannon Messenger which I am reading and loving between doing what I am supposed to be doing (i.e. writing thank you notes, looking at expenses, writing a new book, you know…)
Seeing old friends and new in Chicago, home of Sourcebooks, Anderson’s Bookshop and some super smart kids who noticed new things in the book I had not seen yet!
Meeting Mike Litwin and crew (i.e. his entire gang of girls, minus the new one that won’t be here for a few more weeks) for the first time and doing wonderful events in North Carolina, including Mike’s hometown B&N (where his own brother, James, pushes our books!) and Quail Ridge Books. Wow, can that man color! (and draw a bit too!)
A quick trip to Miami to visit a totally tatted up lover of kidlit named Becky (someday I will show you some photos and you will get all that) and beautiful school visits with Books and Books
Minneapolis… and snow… and B&N and some super engaged schools and Red Balloon and the library and Marianne Richmond for wine (shh… don’t tell, it was a work meeting) and did I mention SNOW!
Salt Lake City – wonderful Headstart staff, and B&N Cali transplant and Provo library, did I tell you how gorgeous the scenery is there? Those mountains, the lake… beautiful old stone buildings. A window decal with a practically life sized me? The King’s English set up an interview with a puppet, hope it went well, Earl E. Literacy, spokespuppet for the Salt Lake Public Library was a tough questioner. A cool Band, Matteo.
Some local schools with great local stores, Towne Center Books, Kepler’s, Copperfield’s, Books Inc. I even got a school lunch. It was packaged food day, and interesting, but greatly appreciated because it was a quick trip to the next school.
Did I mention LA – a lovely library night with Mrs. Nelson’s in which even adults chuckled at my own special brand of humor.
The Target children’s stage at the LATimes Book Festival. I felt like a big deal, met a bunch of famous authors back stage and the Imagination Movers, Choo Choo Soul and THE JUSTICE LEAGUE.
Top it all of with a trip to Fort Worth for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference where I signed books for a bunch of lovely librarians, who were anything but “types” and met the TEXAS LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR, wearing her medal as she should be!
Phewww… wonderful.
Related posts:
- BFNBT #2 – My Name is Not Alexander – Jennifer Fosberry Tour
- Target Book Festival – Color me Star Struck!
- Big Fancy National Book Tour begins at home for Book #3
