FALL 2011 PUPPET SHOW AND SIGNING
Join me at Creative Kidstuff to celebrate my new book for toddlers, HELLO, MINNESOTA! I’ll be presenting a puppet show and then autographing copies of both of my books. THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN MINNESOTA has just been printed for the 4th time and will be available for purchase along with HELLO, MINNESOTA!
Join me on November 4th in the evening at Creative Kidstuff in Linden Hills (Minneapolis) and November 6th in the afternoon at Creative Kidstuff on Grand Avenue (St. Paul).
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MORE LOONS, MORE MINNESOTA FUN
 After a winter of school visits and book signings for THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN MINNESOTA, I’m looking forward to summer 2011 and the arrival of HELLO, MINNESOTA!
My second book is a celebration of Minnesota opposites for toddlers. Did you know that “opposite” books strengthen observational skills and help children to classify objects and ideas?
 - Rare and Blue
I am pleased to announce that I received an honorable mention in a competition for the 2010 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers of Young Children’s Literature. My submission celebrated unique blue things found in the natural world.
Want to share rare and blue sightings from your corner of the world? Check my blog at www.writingrareandblue.blogspot.com
More Information About My Minnesota Books
 Publisher: http://www.sterlingpublishing.com/kids
Illustrators: http://mikewohnoutka.com & www.davidwalker.studios.com
Minnesota Tourism site: www.exploreminnesota.com
Checkers’ favorite websites about loons: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snapshots/birds/commonloon.html
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/bird/loon.htm
Where to Purchase My Books:
Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com
Amazon: www.amazon.com
Red Ballon Book Shop: www.redballoonbookshop.com
Want to Write for Kids?
 Vermont College: http://www.vermontcollege.edu/mfawc/index.asp
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators: http://www.scbwi.org/
Children’s Literature Network: http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/
The Loft Literary Center: http://loft.org/
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When you drive through some parts of Canada you see stone landmarks or Inuksuit on rocky cliffs lining roads and highways. One of these carefully balanced piles of rocks is called an Inuksuk (pronounced “in-uk-shuk”). The people of the Arctic region once used Inuksuit to provide directional guidance, mark good hunting and fishing places, and sometimes just to say, “we were here.” Hikers, artists, and whoever else feels the calling to create, still assemble these cairns much to the delight of visitors like me. This simple Inuksuk is pointing the way to a favorite hidden bay on Lake of the Woods—a wonderful place to write stories and catch fish.
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