Dear Kids and All Readers, As I promised, today, July 23, begins two excerpts a week from Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse. We are approaching the October 20 launch. Yay! So, get a clue, Readers. I hope you enjoy this week’s sneak-peek! From Chapter 1, “A Mystery from Eucalyptus Street” A tremendous thunderclap propelled thirteen-year-old…
Dear Readers, On July 9, I revealed the cover for Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse, Book 2 in my Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries series. Glad that’s finished! Leading up to the book’s release on October 20, 2020, I plan to share two excerpts in chapter order each Thursday. First, let’s start with the story’s synopsis. (Kids,…
Dear Kids, Teachers, Librarians, Parents, Grandparents, and Other Readers, At last! Here is my cover for Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse. What do you think??? It depicts our four detectives hard at work. They have just solved a piece of the Puzzle Poem and are one step closer to finding the treasure. The Puzzle Poem has six…
Dear Kids and Other Readers, The current Pandemic has separated many grandparents and grandchildren. Wouldn’t it be fun to bring them together safely in a Zoom Book Club? That’s just what I’m organizing with a local non-profit agency that has a bank of grandparents waiting to interact in this fun online activity. Better yet, they’ll be…
Dear Kids, Teachers, Parents, and All Readers, Well, the countdown is finally on for my much-anticipated Cover Reveal for Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse, Book 2 in my Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries series! IMPORTANT DETAILS What: My Online Book 2 Cover Reveal live on Facebook! There will be Giveaways all day! Who: It’s being hosted…
Hello, Kids and All Readers, I’m so excited to tell you that my publisher, Acorn, and I have started working on the cover design for Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse. It’s Book 2 in my Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries series and releases on October 20. The next few weeks will reveal to me how the designer captured…
Dear Kids, Teachers, Librarians, Families, and Other Audiobook Listeners, Drum roll, please . . . after months in the making, the audiobook of Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets is finally available on Audible (a division of Amazon and ACX). Yay! Now, the Botanic Hill Detectives and all the characters in the book have voices. Many thanks once again to…
Dear Readers, I just received word today via Twitter that my book Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets is being read in a Michigan teacher’s virtual book club with her students. How awesome is that?! I provided the books in a Twitter giveaway contest, and this was one of four winning teachers. Next, I was invited to join…
Dear Readers, I just got back from the Post Office. I mailed four boxes equaling twenty-four copies of Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets to my Twitter raffle winners! Twenty kids and four teachers in four different states will soon be reading my book in their #VirtualBookClubs. What a great feeling I have that I’m doing something…
Hello, Kids, Teachers, Librarians, Parents, and Other Readers, I just received word today from Tom Jordan, my narrator with ACX, that the Audiobook for Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets is almost finished! After I do the final proof and hit the approve button, we bring the Botanic Hill detectives and the rest of the cast to…
