Tomorrow I'll be spending the day at a school in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts with the New England Scholastic Book Fairs. I'm presenting Rules to the fifth grade and Hot Rod Hamster to the preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders. 

It's been a little while since I've done preschool and kindergarten presentations, so today was the perfect day for me to open a thank you note from Cliff Island School in Maine. 

Last month, I did a video conference for Touch Blue with the students in five small Maine island schools. During Q&A, one of the kids had asked me about my other books, so we showed them the cover of Hot Rod Hamster. There was such a delightful gasp from all those kids that I sent each island school a copy of Hot Rod Hamster when I got back home. 

Cliff Island has a one-room school--and even the island preschoolers weighed in.  Here are a few lines from their notes to me:



I love when you get to pick what you like the most! --Eliza

Thank you, Cynthia Lord for the book Hot Rod Hamster. It was a big hit at my school. --Olivia

Mr. Holloway read it to us the day we got it. --Julian

It took a little while to choose which one we would take.--Elwen


Quotes from the preschoolers:

"Hot Rod Hamster was the coolest book of all!"--Aiden, age 4

That hamster was super cool and the hot rod he picked was awesome!" --Sofie, age 4

"Can you read it again, please?" --Kai, age 3


And here's a photo from the school's blog of the day we did our video conference together for Touch Blue.


On the screen are the kids from Matinicus, Isle au Haut, Frenchboro (and me!), and Monhegan Islands