My whirlwind of author visits and festivals continued through this past weekend. On Friday, I visited the Friends Academy in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Janice Griffin is the librarian there, and she planned an amazing day that began in the preschool “Farmhouse” and included the best gourmet lunch for me ever, prepared from her niece’s organic garden. Here’s the display that greeted me:
And here are signs made for me by the preschoolers (including a portrait of me):
We witnessed this dramatic hailstorm:
And then I spoke to three groups of kids in K – 8. They had fantastic questions, and were super-enthusiastic about volunteering to emulate yellow fever victims and to be dressed in bumrolls and ruff collars.
On Saturday, I participated in the Rhode Island Festival of Children’s Books with fellow authors and illustrators. Here we all are:
From back left: Scott Magoon, Aaron Becker, Chris Grabenstein, Meghan McCarthy, me, Heidi Stemple, Rita Garcia-Williams, Gordon Korman, Jane Yolen, Grace Lin, Liz Kessler
My author panel was me and Meghan McCarthy, talking with the amazing Susannah Richards about nonfiction. 
And here’s my personal sign from the signing area, which I plan to frame.
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