What a wonderful time meeting young people and parents/teachers/librarians at The Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books and Authors! With authors Adam Gidwitz, Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket and his editor Susan Rich, Avi, Sharon Creech, Kate Messner, Dan Santat , me, and Gregory Mone. Not pictured, Bill Harley, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Chris Van Allsburg and Laurie Keller.
I spoke about BEHOLDING BEE and how I found the idea for a character like BEE -- at a traveling carnival, of course!
