Come and meet Earl – and help build him! – at Word on the Street!  We’ll be in the Kids’ Tent in Library Square from 3:20-3:40 on Sunday September 30th.  Click here for the Word on the Street schedule.

Up to $100 worth of free books for booking an Elementary School visit!

In conjunction with Scholastic Canada, I’m pleased to offer up to ten copies of Very Serious Children for your school or classroom library or as reading prizes.  Book a visit here.

What an honour to have three books on another CBC Book List!  This one, from Fresh Air, is a list of books that boys, particularly reluctant-reader boys, will like.  I, Bruno and Bruno for Real are recommended for the 6-8 year-old category and Middle of Nowhere for 12-and-ups!  Thank-you, thank-you Ontario booksellers and the CBC.  Read the list here.

So pleased to see Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week on Open Book Toronto’s Summer Reading Guide, shoulder-to-shoulder with books for big people.  Way to go, Jasper John! You really are a Star!  Read the whole list here.

Here’s a wonderful review of Middle of Nowhere from Nikki Tate, B.C. books reviewer for the CBC radio afternoon show All Points West.  Thank you once again for your support, CBC!  Listen here.

 

Both Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week and Middle of Nowhere made The Next Chapter’s Children’s Book Panel list of summer reading recommendations.  Thank you CBC!  Read the whole list here.

I agree with Jasper John Dooley: it’s wonderful to receive compliments!  I thank the kids from The Mabin School in Toronto for sending these…

 

Here’s a neat-o feature from the Children’s Writers and Illustrators of BC blog.  Thanks for asking, CWILL!

I enjoyed this thoughtful post from LiterariTea comparing childISH and childLIKE protagonists in children’s literature.  In the childLIKE corner: Jasper John Dooley!  Read it here.

What a fabulous time I had during Book Week!  I’d like to thank all the teachers and librarians who helped make my tour a success, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre for running such a fantastic program for the last thirty years, and TD Canada Trust and the Canada Council for supporting it financially.  Especially, I want to thanks the children of Ottawa, Osgoode, Carp, Toronto, Collingwood, Meaford and Thornbury.  You were just about the nicest bunch I could ever hope to meet!

 

Here I am with the kids of Connaught Public School in Collingwood, Ontario, gathered around Earl, Jasper John Dooley’s wooden brother.  The kids assembled Earl during the presentation.

 

 

 

And here are the Connaught kids performing their Symphony of Body Sounds with me conducting.

 

 

Here I am signing books next to Jasper John Dooley’s Family Stick.