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Betty Writes
Educator and author Esme Raji Codell has a nice plug for Summer According to Humphrey on her blog. If you love children’s books, you probably already read her. (You’ll have to scroll down a bit on the blog to get to Humphrey.)
Brand new in the UK: Humphrey’s Book of FUN-FUN-FUN! This is a Humphrey activity book done in conjunction with Amanda Li who was delightful to work with and, well, FUN-FUN-FUN! I was so happy to get to meet her in London last October.
Sorry the book is not available in the US but if you absolutely have to have it, you can order it from amazon.co.uk. Just be aware that the pound is about one and a half times a dollar (roughly, changing day by day) and that the shipping will be more to the US.
My friend and fellow author Carol Tanzman just let me know that Humphrey got a mention in School Library Journal in an article on what kids are reading for fun. It’s at the very end. I especially like the “fun” part because one of the reasons I write for children is that I enjoyed, loved, reveled in reading when I was a kid. Thanks, Carol!
I’ll be signing books next Sunday, April 25, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA. This is a wonderful annual event, the largest in the nation.
My times are:
11 am – Noon at Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Bookshop Booth813
3:30-4:30 at CM School Supply Booth 839.
There are books to discover, shows to see, people to meet, stuff to eat – you name it – so come on over and say HI-HI-HI!
Thanks to an eagle eyed friend named Allison, yesterday I found out that Humphrey has made it to PEOPLE magazine. I got her email while I was standing on line in the supermarket so I was able to get it then and there. There’s an article on the wife of baseball player Curt Schilling and her new book about her son’s autism. And there she is, bless her heart, reading THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY, to her son. They shot the thing in a mirror so it’s not that clear, but if you know the first cover (the blue one, not the new red one), you’d recognize it!
Maybe someday Humphrey will make the cover … but this time it’s Sandra Bullock. (She’s on the cover of every magazine.) The April 5 edition, p. 121. When you’re online in the supermarket this week, you can check it out.
Pretty cool – a hamster in People.
