Ellen Stoll Walsh, Robin Pulver, Linda Sue Park, and me — about to start our road trip to Toronto for ALA June 2003

Rochester Children's Book Festival—Rochester, NY—October, 2003:  VVV and assistant

Rochester Children's Book Festival:  Scott Gibala-Broxholm giving a drawing demonstration of his character, Scary Fright

Rochester Children's Book Festival:  MJ Auch and fans

Rochester Children's Book Festival:  Alice and the White Rabbit

Home for the Holidays:  Holiday Feast of Children's Writers—Fairport, NY - 2003

back row:  M.J. Auch, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Marsha Hayles, Alice DeLaCroix, Carol Johmann, Jan Czech, Judy Bradbury, VVV

front:  Michelle Knudsen, Linda Sue Park, Scott Gibala-Broxholm, Robin Pulver

Holiday Feast:  Judy and Jan

Holiday Feast:  Leander Watts and Will Hubble

Holiday Feast:  Linda Sue

Holiday Feast:  MJ Auch and Andrea Page

Holiday Feast:  VVV in presentation room

Holiday Feast:  presentation room

Holiday Feast:  Robin and Carol

Webb School of Knoxville—November 2003 (Knoxville, Tennessee)

Maryville High School—November 2003 (Maryville, Tennessee)

At Rochester School for the Deaf—January 2004

Rochester School for the Deaf—January 2004

Austin SCBWI's "Mind, Body and Pen" Annual Retreat —January 2004

Greece (NY)  Public Library—Feb. 25

Warrensburg, Missouri—Children's Literature Festival — March 14 - 16, 2004

Warrensburg, MO

Warrensburg, MO

Warrensburg, MO

Oklahoma Road Middle School, Maryland — March 25,2004

Oklahoma Road Middle School

Oklahoma Road Middle School Readathon Limo Adventure

Shiloh Middle School, Maryland — March 26, 2004

Iroquois School in Rochester, NY — March 29, 2004

St. John the Evangelist School—Greece, NY:  March 2004

12 Corners Middle School — Brighton, NY:  April 6

caricature drawn by Eden School art teacher, Frank Ortolano, as part of my visit, April 21, 2004

Curtiss School, Hammondsport, NY — April 23, 2004

Avoca School, Avoca, NY — April 23, 2004

signing at Anthony Road Winery:  May 8, 2004

Monroe Communicty College/Gail Bouk's Children's Lit class:  May 14, 2004

Corpus Christi School in Rochester, NY:  May 18, 2004 — 5 & 6th graders

Corpus Christi School — Chris Lynch's pre-K class

Field trip to Mt. Hope Cemetery (Rochester, NY) with Laurie Thurston's class from Gates Chili High School — May 21, 2004

Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland, NY — June 5th, 2004