Where I’ve Been: Schools and Events

2012:

March:

Huntington, NY

Tucson Book Festival, University of Arizona Campus, Tucson, AZ
Basha Elementary, Chandler, AZ
Jack Barnes Elementary School, Queen Creek, AZ
World Read-Aloud Day at Books of Wonder, sponsored by 1000640http://www.litworld.orglitworld.org
Barnes & Noble, Carle Place, NY
Dolphin Bookstore, Port Washington, NY
John Philip Sousa Elementary School, Port Washington, NY
Daly Elementary School, Port Washington, NY

January–February:

Teen Author Reading Night, Jefferson Market Library, New York, NY

Chappaqua, NY

Teen Author Reading Night, Jefferson Market Library, New York, NY
Woodhull Intermediate School, Huntington, NY
Westorchard Elementary, Chappaqua, NY (1000640http://www.thedailychappaqua.com/schools/author-leads-workshops-westorchard-studentspress coverage)

2011:

September–December:

Sunnyside

J.E. Fritz Elementary, Lancaster, PA
Presentation to winners of the 1000640http://bit.ly/BN10-1Barnes & Noble Tikatok “Summer of Imagination Writing Contest,” Barnes & Noble, 150 East 86th Street, NYC
Children’s Book Day, Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, Tarrytown, NY

May–June:

Linda Sue, Peter, and Gordon at IRA Convention

Orlando, FL

Guest speaker, 1000640http://www.teenink.com/Summer/NYCSummer.phpTeen Ink’s NYC Summer Writing Program, Juilliard School, New York, NY
PS 152Q, Woodside, NY
Lawrence County Reading Festival, George Washington Intermediate School, New Castle, PA
International Reading Association Conference, Orlando, FL

April:

Panel, “Who Tells the Story? Children’s Book Writers Talk About Voice,” With 1000640http://www.pen.org/author.php/prmAID/1104/prmID/2126Giaconda Belli and 1000640http://www.pen.org/author.php/prmAID/1396/prmID/2126Rebecca Stead; moderated by Jennifer M. Brown, PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, NYC.

St. Paul’s School, Baltimore, MD
Philadelphia Free Library Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Emma Attales School, Absecon, NJ (1000640http://bit.ly/g5OZiKpress coverage)
Signing event with Jude Watson, Barnes & Noble, Princeton, NJ
Chestnutwold Elementary School, Ardmore, PA
Wayne Elementary School, Wayne, PA
Skippack Elementary, Collegeville, PA
Signing event with Jude Watson, Harleysville Books, Harleysville, PA
Central School, Glen Rock, NJ
Haworth Elementary School, Haworth, NJ
Signing event with Gordon Korman, Jude Watson, and Linda Sue Park, Books of Wonder, NYC
Live webcast, “Decoding Writing with The 39 Clues” (with Gordon Korman, Jude Watson, and Linda Sue Park), led by Ruth Culham, creator of the Traits of Writing assessment. (1000640http://bit.ly/4-5-2011_webcast_detailsDetails and 1000640http://bit.ly/4-5-2011_webcast_signupsignup.)

March:

Westorchard Elementary, Chappaqua, NY

January:

Fair Haven, NJ

Schuyler-Colfax Middle School, Wayne, NJ
Knollwood Elementary School, Fair Haven, NJ (for news coverage of this visit, click 1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Two_River_Times_Knollwood_School_Fairhaven_NJ_1-25-114.pdfhere!)

2010:

December:

Skype visit, Cool Spring Elementary, Cleveland, NC

September:

1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/HHV_bookday_2010_low.pdfChildren’s Book Day at Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, Tarrytown, NY

August:

1000640http://vxlive.feedroom.com/feedroom/http/4000/5172/5174/7047/Lobby/default.htmAccess Granted Web Event: All seven 39 Clues authors together for the first time, answering on-line questions. With Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Jude Watson, Patrick Carman, Linda Sue Park, Margaret Peterson Haddix, and yours truly!
Web visit, The 39 Clues Adventure Camp, Harleysville, PA

July:

Post Contest Winners

Presentation to winners of the National
1000640http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/node/352The 39 Clues “Race to Win” Sweepstakes, Scholastic Store, New
York City.
39 Clues signing event with Jude Watson and Gordon Korman, Scholastic Store, NYC

May:

Toronto, Canada

Interview, This Magazine, Canada
Kids’ Grand Finale of “One Book One County,” with Gordon Korman, Orangeville Opera House, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Dinner with winners of the 1000640http://www.orangeville.library.on.ca/news_detail.php?id=162Kids’
1000640http://www.orangeville.library.on.ca/news_detail.php?id=162Writing Challenge and the 1000640http://www.orangeville.library.on.ca/news_detail.php?id=163Kids’ Contest, Dairy Queen, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Signing event with Gordon Korman, Indigo Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“Meet The 39 Clues Authors” signing event with Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, and Jude Watson, Barnes & Noble, Huntington Station, NY

“Dream Team”

Signing event, Barnes & Noble, East 86th Street, NYC, with Gordon Korman and Jude Watson
Signing, Barnes & Noble, Chico, CA
Woodson Elementary School, Corning, CA
Gerber Elementary School, Gerber, CA
Plum Valley School, Paynes Creek, CA (also attending: Manton Joint Union School and Mineral Elementary)

Gerber, CA

Olive View School, Corning, CA
West Street School, Corning, CA
Presentation at Tehama County Writing Celebration, 800640http://www.statetheatreredbluff.com/history.htmlState Theater, Red Bluff, CA
Los Molinos School, Los Molinos, CA (also attending: Vina Elementary)
Lassen View School, Red Bluff, CA
Videoconference, General Vanier School, Winnipeg, Canada

April:

Chicago, IL

Keynote and signing event, International Reading Association (IRA) Convention, Chicago, IL
CV Starr Intermediate School, Brewster, NY (fifth grade)
Signing event, Books of Wonder, with Jude Watson, NYC
Signing event, Bank Street Bookstore, with Gordon Korman and Jude Watson, NYC

CV Starr Intermediate School, Brewster, NY (fourth grade)

March:

Katonah, NY

1000640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bedford_Pound_Ridge_Record-Review1.pdfSigning event with Jude Watson, Katonah Village Library, Katonah, NY
Signing event, Teen Author Festival, Books of Wonder, NYC
Scarsdale Young Writers’ Workshop, Scarsdale, NY
Signing event, Blue Marble Children’s Bookstore, Fort Thomas, KY

Taped Radio Interview, WRRS Cincinnati, “Cover to Cover,” Cincinnati, OH

Columbus, OH

Signing event, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington, KY
Veterans Park Elementary, Lexington, KY
Sts. Peter & Paul Middle School, Lexington, KY
Signing event, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH
WVXU 91.7 FM (NPR affiliate) “Around Cincinnati” taped in-studio radio interview
Indian Hill Elementary, Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati Country Day School, Cincinnati, OH

Signing, Cover to Cover, Columbus, OH
Albert Chapman Elementary, Powell, OH
Evening Street Elementary, Worthington, OH

Charlotte, NC

Education Panel hosted by Channel 13/PBS, also featuring Jude Watson and Gordon Korman; moderated by David Levithan, NYC
Baker & Taylor National Library Week Conference, Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, NC
Elizabeth Lane Elementary, Matthews, NC

Cameron, NC

Signing event, Quail Ridge Books & Music, Raleigh, NC
Underwood Elementary, Raleigh, NC
Salem Middle School, Apex, NC
Signing event, Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC
New Century Middle School, Cameron, NC

Sandhills Farm Life Elementary School, Carthage, NC

February:

Thelma Sandmeier School, Springfield, NJ
James Caldwell School, Springfield, NJ
Westorchard Elementary School, Chappaqua, NY

Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC

800640http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2010/02/18/segments/150308Brian Lehrer Show, radio interview, WNYC 93.9 FM. Host: Jami Floyd. With David Levithan. NYC
Noah Webster School, Mesa, AZ
Scholastic Bookfairs Reception, Tempe, AZ (keynote speaker)
Desert Mountain School, Desert Hills, AZ

Signing event, Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ
Superstition Mountain Elementary School, Apache Junction, AZ
Chandler Traditional Academy (Liberty Campus), Chandler, AZ

B&N, Manhasset, NY

Highland Park Elementary School, Gilbert, AZ
Richard E. Byrd Elementary, Glen Rock, NJ
Memorial Elementary, Montvale, NJ
Signing event, Borders, Flemington, NJ
Signing, Barnes & Noble, Manhasset, NY
Shelter Rock School, Manhasset, NY
Center Street School, Williston Park, NY
Munsey Park School, Manhasset, NY
Signing event, Book, Bytes, & Beyond, Glen Rock, NJ

Brookside School, Westwood, NJ
John Y. Dater School, Ramsey, NJ
Radio interview, Sirius XM Radio Kids Place Live, Rockefeller Center, NYC

Skyping

January:

Indian Hill School, Holmdel, NJ

2009:

December:

Skype event, New Farmington, MI
Video session, Scholastic

Times Square, NYC

November:

Skype event, Batesville Intermediate School,
Batesville, IN
Two presentations & signing, Miami Book Fair, Miami, FL
Scholastic store event, 557 Broadway, NYC
PS 158 Bayard Taylor School, NYC
PS 124 Yung Wing School, NYC
Borders signing, Syosset, NY
Barnes & Noble event, NYC
Fairfield Woods Middle School, Fairfield, CT
Mill Hill Elementary School, Southport, CT

Texas Book Festival

Signing, Books, Bytes, & Beyond, Glen Rock, NJ
George Washington School, Wyckoff, NJ
Joyce Kilmer School, Mahwah, NJ
39 Clues Webcast, NYC
NASDAQ Opening with 39 Clues
Authors, Times Square, NYC

October:

Presentation with Rick Riordan, 800640http://www.austintheatre.org/site/PageNavigator/venues/paramount/historyParamount Theater, Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
Scholastic Canada fall launch event, Toronto, CN

With Justin Tuck

September:

Books-a-Million Conference, Birmingham, AL
Emcee, with Justin Tuck, at event for Tuck’s Rush for Literacy and All-Stars Helping Kids
Author day, Sunnyside, NY

May:

Emma Attales School, Absecon, NJ

April:

Red Mountain Ranch Elementary School, Mesa, AZ

Mesa, AZ

Radio interview, KYW, Philadelphia, PA
Presentation/signing, Free Library Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Forrest School, Philadelphia, PA
Mayfair School, Philadelphia, PA

Presentation/signing, Borders, Fairfield, CT

Presentation/signing, Barnes & Noble, Huntington, NY
Newspaper interview, Northwest Herald
800640/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/NW-Herald-4-4-091.pdfLake in the Hills School, Lake in the Hills, IL
Marion Conley Elementary, Algonquin, IL
Elementary School, Riverside, IL
River View Elementary, Plainfield, IL
Willard School, Skokie, IL

March:

Presentation/signing, Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, IL
Authors Revealed TV Interview, Naperville, IL

Algonquin, IL

Century Junior High, Orland Park, IL
Orland Junior High, Orland Park, IL
Presentation/signing, Borders, LaGrange, IL
New Buffalo Elementary, New Buffalo, MI
St. Mary of the Lake School, New Buffalo, MI
Skyline School, Solana Beach, CA

Jefferson Elementary, Burbank, CA
Presentation/signing, Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
Paradise Canyon Elementary, La Canada, CA
Clairbourn School, San Gabriel, CA
Presentation/signing, Barnes & Noble, Thousand Oaks, CA
Presentation/signing, Whale of a Tale, Irvine, CA
Turtle Rock Elementary, Irvine, CA
Oak Creek Elementary, Irvine, CA
Presentation/signing, Mrs. Nelson’s Book Shop, LaVerne, CA
Sutherland Elementary School, Glendora, CA
Presentation/signing, Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA), Pasadena, CA