On Monday, we visited L.B. Williams Elementary School in Mitchell, South Dakota. Among all the schools in South Dakota, we chose L.B. Williams, in no small part because of the graciousness of our host, Deb Bartscher. At the end of a compelling essay about what our...
On Monday, we visited Barnes County North, a preK-12 school serving nine towns in Barnes County, North Dakota. We thought it strange when we crossed the county line about an hour before we arrived but later learned from our host, librarian Beth Undem, that the county...
Robbi planned our tour route to avoid cold weather, and especially snow. The bus isn’t insulated and there are six external mirrors to defrost. Minnesota didn’t get the memo. We woke to snow and cold on the morning of our visit to Garden City Elementary. Our host,...
Last week’s visit to Ludlow Elementary began the night before we arrived at the school. Our host, grade four teacher Lisa Marks, invited us to spend the evening (and night) at her home. Lisa’s family made us a delicious dinner (and breakfast), gave us a place to plug...
Last Thursday we spent the afternoon with the students and teachers of Rock Hall Elementary School. They had used their Title I funding to purchase a hardcover book for each student and teacher. Robbi and I talked observation and storytelling with a group of preK–1st...
Here's the Daily Minute for April 29, 2022 Today we spent the day at Garnet Elementary School, where Robbi spent her elementary years, Alden and Kato are recent graduates, and Augie is currently a fourth grader, We had breakfast with the pre-K kids, talked about...
These boxes contain 222 hardcover copies of Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom. They will be donated to the 2nd-5th graders of HH Garnet Elementary School this coming Friday when Robbi and I visit the school to talk about our books and how we work together to make...
We're thrilled to announce that we’ll be doing an author/illustrator visit and all-school, hardcover book giveaway at Chestertown’s own HH Garnet Elementary School on April 29th! Garnet was Robbi’s elementary school—and it’s the school Alden and Kato attended, Augie...
The Daily Minute: 9.30.23
In which Robbi has loved her best life and we are one child shy of liberation.
The Daily Minute: 9.29.23
In which the bus is heading to Cox Diesel Repair and Fabrication for a tuneup.
#busloadofbooks
According to Goji, it’s Bring Your Dog to Work Day. He’s trying so hard, but his stories are dull, with tedious descriptions of sniffing and snorting, endless dull stretches of napping, and inevitably concluding with the protagonist consuming large bowls of tasteless brown nuggets with reckless disregard for common politeness or personal well-being. Also, he’s terrible at typing.
The Daily Minute: 9.18.23
In which Robbi is sized up by her secret admirer.
