Kirkland, WA — Today I had one of the most amazing school visits ever. And it had nothing to do with me.
First, there was the beautiful building, as I’ve now come to expect in Google/Microsoft/Nintendo country:
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Sammamish, WA — I visited another beautiful school today, Rachel Carson Elementary. Look at this cool-looking building! 
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Redmond, WA — I have a full week of school visits here, in the hometown of Microsoft and Google and a sqillion smart kids everywhere. I was at another beautiful school today, Horace Mann Elementary. And here is my wonderful and gracious host, Colette Weber, welcoming me to her library this morning:
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Redmond, WA — Frost was on the ground when I arrived at Rosa Parks Elementary School this morning. 
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Sad news came to me today.
My elementary school librarian, William C. Towner, passed away.
Mr. Towner was the first person in the world to take seriously my solemn declaration in the third grade that I was “going to be a famous author when I grow up!” Without a moment’s hesitation, he took me over to a shelf in the library and showed me exactly where he will put my books. Continue reading
Boyds Mill, PA — Have you ever wanted something really badly, but somehow it’s always eluded your grasp no matter how close you come?
Well, I’ve always wanted to be in a MONSTER storm and live to tell the story!
But when Hurricane Sandy swallowed my little town of Hoboken last October, I could only watch in horror — on my computer screen, from the other side of the world. I was in China then, doing research for my next book.
Then Nemo (that’s omen, backwards) hit us last night.
The New York City area got a TON of snow. High winds. Power outages. Trains stopped. Buses stopped. People were told to stay home.
But I’d already left town on Thursday, ahead of the storm, and here in the Pocono Mountains, where I’m co-teaching a writing seminar at the Highlights Foundation, we got five inches, maybe.
This is what it looked like at the Highlights Foundation retreat center this morning on my way to breakfast:
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Today I visited the Marion Street Elementary School in Lynbrook, NY, where Alvin Ho decorations were hung by the entrance with care . . . 
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I recently met a young reader who was super-duper inspiring to me, and I’d love for you to meet him too.
His name is Declan. This is what he looked like the evening we met:
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TheStylingLibrarian’s version of the same day! Enjoy!
Lenore Look visited Bradbury School in November, but she and I agreed to wait and connect our blog posts together so that our readers could enjoy both points of view- an author’s experience visiting a school and a teacher librarian/school’s perspective. Have you read Lenore Look’s Blog before? There are fun glimpses into an author’s life, writing tips, and you can follow her adventures by reading her posts, especially the recent ones on her adventures in China. Some readers already know about Lenore Look visiting Bradbury. I have posted a few times already about Lenore. Once I posted about about how we originally connected online: http://thestylinglibrarian.com/2012/10/02/styling-librarian-author-connections-through-twitter-and-blogging/ and then the other post was an author interview: http://thestylinglibrarian.com/2012/10/26/styling-librarian-author-interview-lenore-look/
Here’s a reflection on Lenore Look’s author visit:
Oh, what a lovely day it can be when you get to spend time with an author hero. Preparations for the visit were almost as much fun…
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Though I’ve concluded posting about my research trip to China, I must add this one about my final stop in Hong Kong,
where I was to visit my cousin Angela and spend a few days winding down and enjoying some r&r before catching a flight back to Newark to face the empty page. Well, that was the original plan anyway. And by now, you know something about me and original plans! Continue reading
a globby bloogie by lenore look 