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2008
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JANUARY
Jan 7 Bridge Point Elementary
Austin, TX
Author Visit, Full day
Jan 8 Forest Trail Elementary
Austin, TX
Author Visit, Full day
Jan 9 Cedar Creek Elementary
Austin, TX
Author Visit, Full day
Jan 10 Eanes Elementary
Austin, TX
Author Visit, Full day
Jan 11 Valley View Elementary
Austin, TX
Author Visit, Full day
Jan 26 Louisiana School Librarians
Conference
LSU, Alexandria, LA
Panel Speaker
Putting Cultural Diversity on
the Shelves: Authors' Perspectives
on Blending Asians and Latinos in
Children's Literature
FEBRUARY
Feb 1 Author Visit, half day
Ralph Downs Elementary
Putnam City, OK
Feb 1 Author Visit, half day
Will Rogers Elementary
Putnam City, OK
Feb 6 Author Visit, half day
Heritage Academy
Tulsa, OK
Feb 26 Author Visit, half day
Bishop Kelley High School
Tulsa, OK
MARCH
Mar 6 Author Visit, full day
Washington Elementary
Norman, OK
APRIL
Apr 11 New Mexcio Library Assn Conf
Las Cruces, NM
Panel Speaker
Putting Cultural Diversity on
the Shelves: Authors' Perspectives
on Blending Asians and Latinos in
Children's Literature
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Apr 15 Panel Lecture at
Texas Library Assn Conference
Putting Cultural Diversity
on the Shelf
Dallas, TX 2 - 3:15 p.m.
Apr 24 Author Visit, half day
Tonkawa Elementary
Tonkawa, OK
Apr 24 Author Visit
Newkirk Elementary
Newkirk, OK
Apr 28 Author Visit, half day
Forest Grove Elementary
Pacific Grove, CA
MAY
May 8 Author Visit, full day
Kelleyville Elementary
Kellyville, OK
JUNE
Jun 20 Author Signing
Maui Ocean Center
Hawaii, 1 - 3 p.m.
JULY
July 12 Author Signing
Oklahoma Aquarium
Jenks, OK 1 - 3 p.m.
Jul 19 Author Signing
Oklahoma Aquarium
Jenks, OK 1 - 3 p.m.
AUGUST
Aug 30 Author Signing
Oklahoma Aquarium
Jenks, OK 1 - 3 p.m.
SEPETMBER
Sept 18 EncycloMedia
Panel: Class of 2k8: New Voices in Children's
Literature
Oklahoma City, OK
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sept 18 Author Signing
Best of Books Booth
EncycloMedia
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Sept 18 Author Interview
Read About It
1:15 p.m.
OCTOBER
Oct 11 Stone Bluff Wine Festival
Author Signing
Stone Bluff, OK
11:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Oct 16 Barnes & Noble Educator
Appreciation
Oklahoma City, OK
Author Talk
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Oct 18 Barnes & Noble Educator
Appreciation
Tulsa, OK
Author Talk
11:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Oct 31 Author Visit
Trinity School
Oklahoma City, OK
NOVEMBER
Nov 1
thru 10 Research Trip to New Zealand
for Pelorus Jack
Nov 15 California Library Association
Panel: Putting Cultural Diversity on the
Shelves: Authors' Perspectives on Blending
Asians, Latinos and Others in Children's Literature
San Jose, CA
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Nov 17 California Library Association
Panel: Turning Old Writing Tricks into New Reading
Treats
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Nov 19 Author Visit
Forest North Elementary
Round Rock, TX
All day
Nov 20 Author Visit
Blackland Prairie Elementary
Round Rock, Texas
All Day
Nov 21 National Conference for Teachers of English
Panel: New Voices for a New Generation
San Antonion, CA
11:00 - 12:45 p.m.
Nov 24 Undercroft Montessori School
Author Visit
Tulsa, OK
All Day
Nov 25 Undercroft Montessori School
Author Visit
Tulsa, OK
All Day
Nov 29 Full Circle Bookstore
Author Signing
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
DECEMBER
2007
JANUARY
Jan 27 GLO - Young Writers' Conference,
Norman, OK
8 a.m. - 12 p.m
FEBRUARY
Feb 1 Channing
Tulsa, OK
Half Day
Feb 16 Lincoln Elementary
Pryor, OK
Full Day
MARCH
Mar 8 Irving Middle School,
Norman, OK
Mar 15 Rancho Village Elementary,
Oklahoma City, OK Half Day
Mar 20 Guest Speaker, Tulsa Night Writers
Tulsa, OK
Mar 23 Author Signing, OK Aquarium
Mar 24 Author Signing, OK Aquarium
APRIL
Apr 11 Author Signing, Tulsa Zoo
Tulsa, OK
Elephant Extravaganza
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Apr 12 Cassady School
Oklahoma City, OK
Half Day
Apr 21 Tulsa Zoo, Earth Day
Tulsa, OK
Author Signing
12 - 2 p.m.
MAY
May 4 Author Signing - Zoofari
Tulsa, OK
7:30 - 9 p.m.
May 5 Author Signing - Borders 21st
Tulsa, OK
1 - 3 p.m.
May 25 Author Tour for Dizzy Begins
May 26 Shedd Aquarium
Chicago, IL
1:30 - 3:30
May 27 Indianapolis Zoo
Indianapolis, IN
1:30 - 3:30
May 28 Newport Aquarium
Newport, KY
Signing and Reading
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
JUNE
Jun 1 - 3 Book Expo America
Jarvis Center
New York City, NY
Jun 1 Author Signing at BEA
2 - 3 p.m.
Jun 5 Barnes & Noble
Storytime
Devon, PA
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Jun 6 Barnes & Noble
Preschool Storytime
Wilmington, DE
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Jun 8 Aladdin's Lamp
Come learn about the ocean's
most fantastic creatures
Alexandria, VA
4:30 p.m.
Jun 9 Barnes & Noble
Summer Reading Kickoff
Charlottesville, VA
1 - 3 p.m.
Jun 30 Oklahoma Aquarium
Jenks, OK
Tulsa launch of Dizzy
Author Signing
1 - 3 p.m.
JULY
Jul 7 Barnes & Noble
Arlintgon, TX
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Jul 8 Barnes & Noble
Frisco, TX
12 - 2 p.m.
Jul 10 Sleepytime with Grandpa D
Radio Interview
Iowa, 8 p.m. CST
Jul 14 The Spotted Umbrella
Jenks, OK
11 - 1 p.m.
Jul 14 Oklahoma Aquarium
Jenks, OK
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Jul 21 Oklahoma Aquarium
Jenks, OK
Swim with the Dolphins
Author Signing
1 - 3 p.m.
Jul 23 - August 21
Research trip to
Austria
AUGUST
Aug 30 EncycloMedia
Cox Conference Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Author Presentation
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Aug 30 EncycloMedia
Cox Conference Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma Authors Panel
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
SEPTEMBER
Sept 1 Oklahoma Aquarium
Author Signing, 1 - 3 p.m.
Sept 6 Armchair Interviews
Online Interview, 9 a.m.
Sept 13 Member Night
Tulsa Zoo
Author Signing 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Sept 26 Read About It
TV Interview
9:00 a.m.
Sept 27 Author Visit, half day
North Elementary
Des Plaines, IL
Sept 28 Author Visit, half day
Kimball Hill School
Palatine, IL
Sept 28 Great Lakes Bookseller
Show
Chicago, IL
Author Signing, 5 p.m.
OCTOBER
Oct 4 - 5 Lawton PS
Lawton, OK
School Visits
Oct 6 Barnes & Noble,
Teacher Appreciation Reception
Author Presentation, 10 a.m.
Oklahoma City, OK
Oct 13 Educator Appreciation
Reception
Barnes & Noble, 71st St.
Tulsa, OK
10 a.m.
Oct 13 Stone Bluff Vineyard Festival
Stone Bluff, OK
Author Signing
1 - 5 p.m.
Oct 27 St. Petersburg Book Festival
St. Petersburg, FL
Author Presentation & Signing
NOVEMBER
Nov 6 Roosevelt Elementary
Ponca City, OK
Author Visit, half day
Nov 6 Garfield Elementary
Ponca City, OK
Author Visit, half day
Nov 7 Trout Elementary
Ponca City, OK
Author Visit, half day
Nov 7 Union Elementary
Ponca City, OK
Author Visit, half day
Nov 8 Lincoln Elementary
Ponca City, OK
Author Visit, half day
Nov 8 Woodlands Elementary
Ponca City, OK
Author Visit, half day
Nov 10 Steve's Sundry
Tulsa, OK
Author Signing
1 - 3 p.m.
Nov 13 Undercroft School
Tulsa, OK
Author Visit half day
Nov 13 Undercroft School
Tulsa, OK
Author Visit half day
Nov 15 Author Visit, full day
Central School
Palatine, IL
Nov 15 Author Evening w/
Parents & Students
Central School
Palatine, IL
7 - 9 p.m.
Nov 18 Full Circle Bookstore
Oklahoma City, OK
Storytime
10 - 12 p.m.
Nov 30 Juniperro Serra
Carmel, CA
Author Visit, half day
Nov 30 Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey, CA
Holiday In Store
7 - 9 p.m.
DECEMBER
Dec 8 Barnes & Noble, 41st
Tulsa, OK
Author Signing, 2 - 4 p.m.
Dec 8 Borders, 21st
Tulsa, OK
Author Signing, 4:40 - 6:30 p.m.
Dec 20 Barnes & Noble
Valley Forge, PA
Author Signing, 6 - 8 p.m.
2006
JANUARY
Jan 30 Adams Elementary Norman, 8 - 3 p.m.
FEBRUARY
Feb 04 Yukon Children's Conference, 9 - 12 p.m.
Feb 27 Roosevelt Elementary, Ponca City, 8:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Feb 27 Lincoln Elementary, Ponca City, 1 - 3:30 p.m.
MARCH
APRIL
April 4 Liberty Elementary, Ponca City, OK
April 17 First Lady's Press Conference, Oklahoma City, Capitol
TV Turnoff Week, "Squirt" as featured book
April 17 Kirkland Elementary, Putnam City, OK
April 24 Swift Elementary, Arlington, TX
April 27 Texas Library Association, Houston, TX
1 - 3 p.m.
MAY
May 1 Hilldale Elementary, Putnam City, OK
May 2 Coronado Heights, Putnam City, OK
May 4 Jane Addams Elementary, Tulsa, OK
May 2 Apollo Elementary, Putnam City, OK
May 5 Tulsa Zoofari, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
May 9 Harvest Hills Elementary, Putnam City, OK
May 20 Oklahoma Centennial Book Festival,
11:30 book reading followed by
signing
May 29 Shelby Launch Party at Oklahoma
Aquarium, 1 - 3 p.m.
JUNE
Jun 15 AUTHOR TOUR BEGINS
Jun 16 St Louis World Aquarium, 10 - 12 p.m.
Jun 17 Borders River Crossing, Indianapolis
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Jun 17 Indianapolis Zoo, 1 - 3 p.m.
Jun 20 Shedd Aquarium, 10 - 12 p.m.
Jun 21 Borders Fox Point, 10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
Jun 22 Butterfly Books, Green Bay
1 - 3 p.m.
Jun 23 Barnes & Noble, Skokie
8 - 9:30 p.m.
Jun 24 Borders, Mount Prospect
11 - 12 p.m.
JULY
Jul 1 Barnes & Noble Dallas/
Stonebriar, 10 - 12 p.m.
Jul 2 Borders Forum, San Antonio
1 - 3 p.m.
Jul 5 Book People, Austin
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Jul 6 Barnes & Noble, Westlake
Austin, 11 - 12:30 p.m.
Jul 6 A Thirsty Mind Bookstore,
Lakeview, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Jul 7 Borders, Woodlands
Houston, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Jul 15 Barnes & Noble, Tulsa 41st
2 - 4 p.m.
Jul 28 Young Writers' Conference
Jasmine Moran Children's
Gallery, Seminole, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
AUGUST
Aug 26 Oklahoma Aquarium 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Aug 26 Barnes & Noble, Tulsa 41st, 2 - 4 p.m.
SEPTEMBER
Sept 2 Oklahoma Aquarium, 1 - 3 p.m.
Sept 9 Full Circle Bookstore,
Oklahoma City, 10:15 - 12:15 p.m.
Sept 9 Septemberfest, Oklahoma City, 1 p.m.
Sept 23 Steve's Sundry,
Tulsa, 1 - 3 p.m.
Sept 25 Skyview Elementary, Yukon, OK, all day
Sept 30 Stone Bluff Wine Festival, 10 - 5 p.m.
OCTOBER
Oct 3 Barnes & Noble, Frisco, 7 - 8:30
Teacher Appreciation Reception
Oct 6 Hammes Bookstore, Notre Dame, 1 - 3 p.m.
Oct 9 Prarie Trace Elementary, Carmel, Indiana, all day
Oct 23 Oak Forest Elementary, Houston, TX
Oct 24 Elm Grove Elementary, Houston, TX
Oct 25 Pine Forest Elementary, Houston, TX
Oct 26 Foster Elementary, Houston, TX
NOVEMBER
Nov 13 Undercroft Elementary, 12 - 3 p.m.
Nov 17 Undercroft Elementary, 9 - 11 a.m.
Nov 18 Barnes & Noble, Tulsa 71st, 1 - 3 p.m.
Nov 20 Undercroft Elementary, Book Fair
Nov 21 Undercroft Elementary, Book Fair
DECEMBER
Dec 9 Borders, Tulsa 21st, 2 - 4 p.m.
Dec 16 Borders, Tulsa 81st, 2 - 4 p.m.
Squirt's Launch
June 2005
DECEMBER 2005
Dec 3 Borders (Oklahoma City), 2 - 4 p.m.
Dec 16 Awards Ceremony Holland Hall,
First Place, Dune Beard, 8:30 a.m.
Dec 17 Awards Ceremony Hodson Elementary
Second Place, Riley Cramer,
1:30 p.m.
Dec 19 Awards Ceremony Eliot Elementary
Third Place, Madelyn McDaniels
NOVEMBER 2005
Nov2 Grissom Elementary (Tulsa) 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Nov 7 Ator Heights (Owasso) 9 - 11:15 a.m.
Nov 7 Mills Elementary (Owasso) 1 - 3 p.m.
Nov 9 Hayward Elementary (Owasso) 9 - 11:30 a.m.
Nov 12 Zarrow Regional Library 1 - 2 p.m.
Nov 14 Metro Christian Academy (Tulsa) 9 - 10 a.m.
Nov 14 Andersen Elementary (Union) 12:30 - 2 p.m.
Nov 19 Charming Things (Jenks) - 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Nov 19 Homeschool Scene Visit 2 - 3 p.m.
Nov 21 Grove Elementary (Union) 9:15 - 11:15 a.m.
Nov 21 Hodson Elementary (Owasso) 12:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Nov 28 Monte Cassino 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Nov 28 Barnes Elementary (Owasso) 12:30 p.m.
Nov 29 Barnes & Noble Frisco (Dallas), 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
OCTOBER 2005
Oct 3 Jenks West, 9 - 11 a.m.
Oct 3 Holland Hall, 10:30 - 11 a.m.
Oct 3 Heritage Academy 1 -2 p.m.
Oct 5 Jenks West, 9 - 10 a.m.
Oct 7 Jenks West, 2:45 p.m. Career Talk
Oct 8 Charles Page Library, Sand Springs, 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Oct 8 Borders, NW Expressway (OK City), 2 � 4 p.m.
Oct 10 Eliot Elementary 8:45 - 9:30 a.m.
Oct 10 Waite Phillips Elementary 1 - 3 p.m.
Oct 12 Patrick Henry Elementary 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Oct 13 Barnes & Noble (Oklahoma City), Teacher Appreciation,
4 - 6:30 p.m.
Oct 14 Barnes & Noble (Mishawaka), Preschool Day, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Oct 14 Barnes & Noble (Skokie, IL), 7 - 9 p.m.
Shawn Sisneros will also be appearing
Oct 15 Shedd Aquarium (Chicago), Stacy Nyikos/Shawn Sisneros,
featured writing team for the Shedd during the Chicago Book
Festival, 1 - 4 p.m.
Oct 17 Remington Elementary 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Oct 17 Jarman Elementary (Union) 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Oct 17 Borders 21st (Tulsa), Teacher Appreciation, 5 - 7 p.m.
Oct 18 Barnes & Noble (Tulsa, 71st), Teacher Appreciation,
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Oct 19 Undercroft Montessori 9:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Oct 20 Borders Woodlands, Houston, 11 a.m. � 1 p.m.
Oct 20 River Oak Bookstore (Houston), 4 - 6 p.m.
Oct 21 Barnes & Noble Deerbrook (Houston),
Teacher Appreciation, 4 - 6 p.m.
Oct 22 Borders Stafford, Houston, 11 a.m. � 1 p.m.
Oct 22 Houston Zoo, 2 - 4 p.m
Oct 23 Downtown Aquarium (Houston), 2 - 4 p.m.
Oct 27 Woodlands Elementary (Ponca City), 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Oct 27 Lincoln City Elementary (Ponca City), 12:45 - 2:45 p.m.
Oct 27 Ponca City Brace Books 3 - 5 p.m.
Oct 28 Hastings Bartlesville, 4 - 6 p.m.
Oct 31 Northeast Elementary (Owasso) 12:45 - 3 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 2005
Sept 1 Tulsa Zoo, 4 � 8:30 p.m.
Sept 3 Barnes & Noble, 41st St., Tulsa, 2 � 4 p.m.
Sept 10 Borders, Northland (Kansas City), 11 a.m. � 1 p.m.
Sept 12 Riverfield School, 9 - 10:30 a.m.
Sept 12 Jenks Southeast, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Sept 14 Eisenhower International School, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Sept 17 Borders, Preston & Memorial (Dallas), 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sept 17 Barnes & Noble, Cedar Hills (Dallas), 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Sept 19 Lynn Wood Elementary, Broken Arrow 9 - 10 a.m.
Sept 19 Jenks East, 12:40 - 3:30 p.m.
Sept 21 Cedar Ridge Elementary, 9 - 10 a.m.
Sept 21 Encyclo-Media, 3 - 4, "Prowl the Oceans with Squirt,
the Ocean's Mysterious Headfoot", Lecture
Sept 24 Stone Bluff Winery Festival, Oklahoma,
10 a.m. � 5 p.m.
Sept 26 Bailey Elementary, Owasso, 9 - 11:15 a.m.
Sept 26 Cedar Ridge Elementary, 1 - 3 p.m.
Sept 28 St. Mary's School, 8:45 - 9:45 a.m.
Sept 29 Brookside Library, Tulsa, 4 � 5 p.m.
AUGUST 2005
August 28 Oklahoma City Zoo, Oklahoma City, 12 - 2 p.m.
August 28 Full Circle Bookstore, Oklahoma City, 3 � 5 p.m.
JULY 2005
July 2 Cephalopod Day, Oklahoma Aquarium,
11 a.m. � 2 p.m.
July 9 Steve�s Sundry Books, Tulsa, 1 - 3 p.m.
July 22 Barnes & Noble, 71st St., Tulsa, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.
July 23 Borders, 81st St., Tulsa, 11 a.m. � 1 p.m.
JUNE 2005
June 4 OFFICIAL LAUNCH, RIVERWALK CROSSING 1 - 4 p.m.
June 9 Blue Willow Bookstore, Houston, TX 10 - 11 p.m.
June 10 Landry�s Downtown Aquarium Houston, 4 - 6 p.m.
June 12 Houston Zoo 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
June 18 Borders, 21st St. Tulsa 1 - 3 p.m.
June 24 Shedd Aquarium Chicago, 1 - 4 p.m.
Then suddenly, Squirt was attacked!
MAY 2005
May 2 Bailey Elementary Owasso
May 5 Riverfield Day and Country
May 9 Bixby Elementary North
May 12 Undercroft Montessori
May 16 Jenks East Elementary
May 16 Jenks Southeast ElementaryAPRIL 2005
APRIL 2005
April 18 Eisenhower International School
April 18 St. Mary�s Grade School
April 19 Cedar Ridge Elementary
April 21 Cedar Ridge Elementary
April 25 Holland Hall
April 25 Jenks West Elementary
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