Over half way there…

I’m slightly over halfway to my goal of 150 comments to send 150 books to Africa. If you haven’t left a comment yet, do so now! You can comment on that post or this one, just so long as you haven’t commented already. Just name a book you think every kid should read. I’m going [...]

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150 Books for Africa – 150 Comment Challenge

Inspired by Jennifer Hubbard, I’m issuing a challenge to you, the reader, to make me send 150 books to Africa. According to the Books for Africa website, it takes 50 cents to send a book to a child in Africa. I’ll donate 50 cents for every comment on this post by a unique commenter, up to 150 books/comments.

All you have to do is leave a comment naming a book you think every kid in the world should read, including kids in Africa (you can name the same book somebody else already named; don’t worry about that.)

This post will be open for comments for two weeks, or until the goal of 150 comments is reached.

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Media Roundup

I’m in the New York Post! Nope, it’s not on the infamous Page Six gossip page, but one better — a list of new baseball books for young readers. I’m in good company with Dan Gutman and Mick Cochrane (and thinking Alan Gratz’s new book The Brooklyn Nine ought to be on that page too, [...]

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Chuck’s on Facebook

My buddy Chuck (pictured at left, with yours truly) has discovered what he calls “The web book with all the faces?” (He says it like that, with a question mark.) He says he wants lots of new buddies, so I agreed to post a link to his profile. Chuck’s Facebook Profile

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This is Madness!

It’s time for March Madness, aka the NCAA basketball tournament. Since I’m not a big hoops fan, this is mostly something that happens to other people, some of whom I work with. I don’t do brackets, and I don’t watch any of the games, and I barely know who’s playing. For example, I just now [...]

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Recap and Roundup

The recap and roundup seem to go hand in hand today, so they are sharing a blog post. For example, duckologist and bookseller, Dara Dokas, wrote a nice blog post about Mudville, and she also hosted the event at Micawbers store on Saturday afternoon, where I read from the book and Chuck W. Knott of [...]

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Micawbers – Special Announcement

Just a reminder that I’ll be at Micawbers, a great little bookstore in a great little neighborhood, just off Como Avenue in St. Paul this Saturday. Dara Dokas who works there when she’s not chronicling the misadventures of water fowl tells me that they get some younger kids at Micawbers events, and not having too [...]

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Talkin’ Baseball Recap

Today was time for “talkin’ baseball,” at the library in Crystal, Minnesota, which is a special library to me because it’s where I do “guys read” every summer. The event was sponsored by the Friends of Hennepin County Libraries. I read and talked about Mudville, of course, but we angled this to be more about [...]

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Talkin' Baseball – Update

If you were on the fence about whether to come to Sunday’s event at Rockford Road library, catch this — the Minnesota Twins have donated some giveaways, including Twins tickets, caps, and other goodies. Nobody will leave empty handed! Besides, it’s free. Sunday, March 8, 2009 1:30 PM “Talkin’ Baseball” Rockford Road Library 6401 42nd [...]

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Talkin' (Minnesota) Baseball

Just a reminder that on Sunday I’ll be at Rockford Road Library in Crystal, Minnesota for a fun, free, family-oriented event entitled “Talkin’ Baseball.” This won’t be just another reading because I’ll also talk about a few other baseball books with Minnesota connections for various ages from kid to adult. Claudia, the excellent youth services [...]

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