Student poems

I love getting mail from readers. It is the best part of being an author to imagine my book touched anyone enough for them to take the time to tell me about it.

This latest package I received has to be shared!

Not only did these elementary students from Massachusetts send me some fantastic ideas for a sequel (sadly, there will not be a sequel guys, ICE DOGS is a stand alone) but they also sent me these amazing POEMS

I have their permission to post these on my blog. Enjoy!

Chris

burned the map

by Jaime 

this is just to say 

I have burned the 

map that you gave

 to me

and you were probably trying to 

get us home

forgive me


I am very clumsy boy and 

so foolish

Four Little Booties 

By Christian 

The Point Of View Of Whistler

so much depends 

upon

four little 

booties

sewn with the cloth from a 

blanket

on my paws

Triple­Cheese Burgers
 

By Declan 

From The Point Of View Of Chris

So much depends upon


Triple­cheese burgers


Cooked perfectly


With orange cheddar cheese 

My team


by Rebecca 

So much depends 

upon

My muscular dogs

Dorset, Blue, Drift, 

Gazzo, Whistler, and 

don’t forget Bean

Carrying me in 

the sled 

running rapidly

Bean By: 

Sofia


from the point of view of Vicky

so much depends upon,

Bean the ice dog, 

in the wilderness, 

guiding me home

this is just to say

i need food and i wanted to hurt your dog but when i got on the trail

 you threw your snow shoe at me


and i ran and your dogs chased me and i hurt one of your leaders bean

by Dominic 

photo credits here 

Cavalcade of Authors and some awards

What's been going on with me? 

First - I've been touring!

Cavalcade of Authors in Washington last month was incredible!

While I was there, Michelle Lane, the event coordinator, organized some middle school and elementary school visits for me which included dogsled races down the hallways of course. And lots of laughs.

DOGSLED RACES!

This was my first Cavalcade and wow, what a day! The Cavalcade workshops were intense and full of magic - feeling the buzz of energy coming from all those enthusiastic readers.

There were 15 authors - what a thing to organize, yet they still made time for the little things like GIFT BASKETS!

my first ever GIFT BASKET waiting for me in hotel room! OMG!

I also had two personal assistants who took care of me - drove me around, made sure I made it to dinner, to my presentations, book signings, and to the airport! I don't know what I would have done without them!

A huge thank you to Michelle and all the brilliant organizers who made things run smoothly. I feel so lucky to have been a part of this.

Fun classes waiting for me to say something dog-tastic

B&N book signing - the line up went to the door!

Cavalcade of Authors book signing - where I learned what 1400 students in a gym sounded like

A treasured momento from Enterprise Middle school - all kids signed!

What's been going on PART TWO - 

Awards for ICE DOGS!

Children's Choices Book Award nominee with the CBC - you can go here to VOTE.
Ice Dogs is in the Grade 5 and 6 category!

Kiss the Book Top 50 List - Utah Librarians

Black-Eyed Susan Book Award - Maryland 2015 - 2016

Maine Student Book Award - Maine 2015 - 2016

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award - Vermont 2015 - 2016

And finally - PAPERBACK NEWS

Not every book automatically comes out in paperback. It's often determined by sales whether it will have a second release. So I'm extremely thrilled to announce:

Ice Dogs is coming out in paperback November 3, 2015

Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this happen!