Cynthia Lord's Blog, page 10

"Where did you get all of those funny sentences from?"

I love that. :)

From my hutch to yours. :)

1. My friend, author Tamra Wight, took this great photo of one of the fox kits at their campground (Poland Spring Campground). Tami is the author of the Cooper and Packrat series of mystery books.

2. A week from today, I'll be speaking at the 27th Annual Conference on Children’s Literature in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. It's free and open to the public, though they do ask you to register. The focus this year is on disability, both in books and in creating inclusive programming.

3. We had snow one morning this week and my son woke me up demanding, "WHERE'S MY SPRING?!"  Indeed.

4.  I have received three school visit requests for school visits for Half a Chance, including one All School Read of the book in Tennessee next year. Time to come up for a program for that book!

5.  Happy Easter, everyone, from my two Easter bunnies.

Why did those joggers laugh when they saw me barking at them?!

Thinking of my daughter and my friends and family who live in Boston and my friend, Susan, who ran in the Boston Marathon a year ago today. Sending love to you all.

You didn't let it stop you. Not from running or living or being the strong, open-hearted, and hopeful people that you've always been. Today and always, I am inspired by the quiet, deep courage that takes.

Barbara, the reading specialist at the school that I'm visiting, took me down to walk the cherry blossom path in Washington, DC.



It was very crowded with school groups and families and so many different languages spoken all around us. It was amazing!

Off to Virginia tomorrow where I'll have the fun of meeting the students at Haycock Elementary School in Falls Church on Friday, and then I get to spend time with my friend, author Anne Marie Pace.

This is cherry blossom season, so I'm excited to maybe see some of that, but I'm also packing allergy medicine!

You can enjoy the cherry blossoms with this DC webcam.  http://www.earthcam.com/usa/dc/cherryblossoms/

:) I love my mail.

1.   I had such a nice visit to EM Holt Elementary School in Burlington, NC on Wednesday. I had lunch with teacher Jamie Day and librarian Karon Parker and their Battle of the Books kids in the school gazebo, and both the principal and the vice principal joined us. It was over 80 degrees outside. What a beautiful day with such nice kids and adults.

2.  Our snow is melting! Hooray!



3.  Me surrounded by Hamsters. I think maybe this should be my author photo.

4.  At the end of next week, I have a school visit in Virginia. And I get to see my friend, author Anne Marie Pace!

5.  My daughter is coming home for the weekend. I got out the mattress pad to make up her bed, and Milo curled right up on it. He misses his girl.

I am so impressed and touched by Team Imagination at Mason Intermediate School in Mason, Ohio.The students took some photos for the contest in Half A Chance. WELL DONE, KIDS!!!!











Fabulous!