I visited
Orangewood recently and had a great time! We didn't have a lot of time together
but you listened well and asked good questions. If you have any more questions
(or just want to say hi), you can e-mail me
here. I
hope you enjoyed yourself as much as I did.
4th
Grade: I spoke to you about my books and how my ideas come from my
childhood experiences. I read you two stories from my novel The Very Real Ghost Book of Christina
Rose: part of Chapter One (you can read all of Chapter
One here) and Madame Olga's ghost story (it's not on-line, but you can
read her son Roberto's ghost story here). You can
find even more ghost stories at this link.
5th and
6th grades: I spoke to you about mummies and how I got my idea to
write two books about them. I showed you slides of some gross (but fascinating)
and not too disgusting mummies. Some of the mummies I talked about were: the Guanajuato
mummies, the
stolen mummies from Mexico, the
Iceman from Italy, and (my favorite)
bog bodies. And don't forget Senbi
the Scribe from ancient Egypt. If you want to know even more about mummies you can visit my
mummy website at www.mummytombs.com.
Thank you to your librarians,
Melodie Koe and Cathy Kim, for arranging such a terrific day.
