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Welcome to my web site. Thanks for dropping by. I’m sorry I don’t have a funnier greeting. If you call my house and get my answering machine, I do a funny bit about playing Phone Tag. (I used to sing and tell knock-knock jokes on it but my family made me change it. I guess I was embarrassing them.) As it is, all you get is this ordinary - but heartfelt - welcome.

Enjoy. Take your time looking around. I’ll just be over in my office, writing.

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Great Ancient Egypt Projects is a 2006 Scholastic Book Fair Selection, a Spring 2007 Booksense Pick & Is included in the 2007 Association of Booksellers of Children’s Books “Best Books for Kids” catalog.

Ben Franklin Inventions You Can Build Yourself was a“Science News” Notable Book Pick for the week of October 13, 2007.


This is a classroom project inspired by two things Ben Franklin loved to do: travel and write letters. Click here for more information and to learn how you can participate.

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Read about the day I stopped traffic and got the nickname "Danger Mom."

Writers Unite!
I am a proud participant in Lisa Mullarkey’s Writers Unite, a challenge to children’s writers to support worthy causes. As such, a portion of each Author Visit will be donated to R.E.A.D. (Reading Education Assistance Dogs) an organization that brings therapy dogs into schools and libraries to help struggling readers. To learn more about this organization, go to www.therapyanimals.org.

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