Yay and hurray! The paperback of EGGS OVER EVIE is now available!

I have finished the final edits on HOLES, HOLES for Blue Apple Press. Only now, the title is HOLES ALL AROUND. It has been reformatted into a sort of guessing game, in which the reader finds or identifies different kinds of holes which are all around us.  I think the book is going to be lots of fun!

Just finished a new manuscript! Entitled MOMMY BEACH, it's a nostalgic look at a parent and child as they spend the day at a small protected beach with all of the other children and their "mommies". But there is a catch at the end, which I think children will enjoy. Hope to send the story off soon!

Congratulations to my son Kyle and his beautiful new wife, Mariia! They were married this past weekend in an  intimate and lovely ceremony on the beach in Monterey - followed by a fabulous dinner in Carmel. Many years of happiness to them both!!!

Just got back from a very exciting visit to Charlotte, North Carolina! While there I visited a couple of lovely libraries in Davidson, Mooresville, and Cornelius. Plus I attended my nephew's wedding!

I'm excited to tell you that there is another local children's author/children's librarian in the Monterey Bay Area. Carol Diggory Shields has written more than a dozen books for young readers, and she is the children's librarian at the Seaside Branch of the Monterey County Free Libraries. You can check out all of her wonderful titles on Amazon.com, including:
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DINOSAUR STOMP
THE BUGLIEST BUG
FOOD FIGHT!
I WISH MY BROTHER WAS A DOG
and her newest book: BABY'S GOT THE BLUES

Just got back from a fun week of book signing! On Thursday, the Pacific Grove Public Library held a book signing "celebration" in honor of WHEN THE WIND BLEW. Then I drove down for two book signing events in Huntington Beach and in Fullerton, where I used to work as a children's librarian. It was all great fun!