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Book Stuff

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Korean How to Steal a Dog movie actors and director ... and check out the dog, Willy!
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A virtual visit with lots of ME!!!
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Wearing my star crown at the launch of WISH (at Malaprops in Asheville, NC)
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A How to Steal a Dog Easter Egg made for me by a reader
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My good friends teacher Patrick Allen and author Kirby Larson
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Loving each other's books - me and author Kim Norman
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Students in MA showing some book love
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The darling actress who played Georgina in the Korean How to Steal a Dog
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Students reading WISH
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Sharon Creech - one of my favorites!
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Celebrating the launch of Wish with my friend, Monika Schroeder (with her new book, Be Light Like a Bird)
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Scholastic Book Fairs making a video for Wish
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With author Amy Cherrix for the launch of her book, The Eye of the Storm (Malaprops Bookstore)
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My book WISH on the wall of a school library in Foster, Rhode Island.
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Western Washington University Children's Lit Conference (left to right) Me, Eric Rohmann, Candace Fleming, Jerry Pinkney
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Having a writing retreat with my friends Kirby Larson, Augusta Scattergood, and Susan Hill Long

School Visits

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Some fans at Copeland Elementary in Cypress Fairbanks, Texas
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Winterville, NC
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The students painted scenes from my books on this chair!
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Students in Rochester, Michigan, gave me a warm welcome during Authors in April events.
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Hampden Meadows students in Barrington, Rhode Island
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Lots of students in Iowa!
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The library in Bentonville, Arkansas, made frog hats to celebrate The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester
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A froggy welcome in Arkansas
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The submarine in The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester (Bentonville, Arkansas)
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Lots of reading at Hampden Meadows in Rhode Island
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With my author friend, Kim Norman in Winterville, NC
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A great bulletin board made by students at Leicester Elementary in Leicester, NC
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Wonderful librarian Melanie Roy at a great school (Hampden Meadows Elementary in Barrington, RI)
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Loving each other's books - me and author Kim Norman
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In Cypress Fairbanks, TX with (l to r) Chris Barton, me, Phil Bildner, Kirby Larson, Jeff Mack
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Cypress Fairbanks with (l to r) Chris Barton, me, Jennifer Garstecki Lucas, Phil Bildner, Kirby Larson, Jeff Mack
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A writing workshop
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At a school in Connecticut, they had a pair of butterfly wings like Starletta's in The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis.
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Barbara O'ConnorLoved the drawings done by students at Hampden Meadows Elementary School in Barrington, Rhode Island
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A pot of wishes made for me by a school that had read WISH!
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An amazing library mural in Barbers Hill, Texas. This was a BIG mural!
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Students in Cypress, Texas, made all these wishes! I hope they came true.
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Visiting students at Hamilton Elementary School in Cypress, Texas

My Life

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Posing with the dogs - with my friend, author Monika Schroeder
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With Ruby as a puppy
Young Barbara O'Connor
Me in Second Grade
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Me as a kid in the Smoky Mountains
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Me in the Blue Ridge Mountains where I live
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Eeek! Bears on the trail - with Kirby Larson
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My writing studio with Ruby for company
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My writing studio
Office setup for virtual visits
I need an umbrella for virtual visits in my office
My office
My office
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Dining with some writer pals in Asheville, NC. (l to r) Joanne O'Sullivan, Monika Schroeder, me, Cynthia Surrisi, Kirby Larson.
My current pup, Churro
My current pup, Churro
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Churro loves her carseat.
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My home in Asheville, NC