52 Great Reads at the National Book Festival!

What a way to finish up a week that was already pretty good... this, from the National Book Festival's website:

Every year, a list of books representing the literary heritage of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands is distributed by the Library of Congress's Center for the Book during the National Book Festival.

And this year's selection for the state of New Hampshire is...


The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever!





















Click here to see the entire 52 Great Reads list.

(Hooray, Rebecca Rule!)

Nice Review!

I'm very happy that Sled Ride has been included in this list of new winter books for children! Read about all of them here.

Thank you, International Reading Association, for the nice review!

Our Whirlwind Maine Book Tour

We had a blast this past weekend in Maine, with 3 venues visited, 587 miles driven, a whole bunch of books signed, and more laughs than I can count. I was especially glad to have my daughter along for the ride. She was a huge help, acting as Chief Navigator, Crackerjack Photographer, and My Spare Brain.

Here's author Rebecca Rule and me reading at Pineland Farms....

... and the Portland Children's Museum. (I wish we'd had more time to explore Portland... I was too busy trying not to crash into city buses while attempting to find our way there.)

And here we are at L.L. Bean, or what Becky has dubbed "The Mothership." I look like I'm about to bust a gut. (Becky must have said something funny again. She's good that way.)




















This is my favorite shot...

Fun times! (Plus, we made it home in time for Downton Abbey on Sunday night. Sweet.)

Launch Party Fun

This past weekend's launch party was a blast! Author Rebecca Rule and I read, showed art, and met tons of nice people who came out to enjoy the day at the New Hampshire Farm Museum.

I thought I'd get a chance to take more pictures, but we were too busy signing books! (My favorite was the little boy who asked his mother, "Mommy, why does she get to write in the book?" Too funny!)

Here are more great pictures of the day...

Book Trailers, Launch Parties, & More

The wonderful folks at Islandport Press made a book trailer for Sled Ride! I'm so impressed with the amount of care and attention they give their books. Take a look:




Also, if you're around on November 10th, I hope you'll join me and author Becky Rule for the book launch party at the New Hampshire Farm Museum in Milton, NH. There will be treats! And the world's longest sled! (Can't wait to see that.) It will be a ton of fun. More details here...

And finally, here's another lovely review over at Waking Brain Cells. Yay!

Sled Ride ~ Giveaway!

The Sled Ride book releases on November 9th! I'm giving away three copies on Goodreads to celebrate. Head on over and enter!

 
 

    Goodreads Book Giveaway
 

   

       
   

   

     

          The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever!
     

     

          by Rebecca Rule
     

     

         
            Giveaway ends November 17, 2012.
         

         
            See the giveaway details
            at Goodreads.
         

     

   

   

      Enter to win

It's a Book!

Look what the UPS guy brought!

It's a book! Whohoo!

Coming November 9th!

More New Art

Here's another piece of art from The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever! by Rebecca Rule– coming this fall from Islandport Press!

Sled Ride Sneaky Peek

Here's a final spread from the Sled Ride book! And here's the sketch, from way back when. I can't believe myself that all the artwork is finished. It's true that you really fall in love with the characters as you draw them over and over. And it's just a little bit scary to be done and sending them off into the big world. But exciting, too.

And now, I'm off to draw Moose!