Blog Tours!

Antsy Ansel

9/21/16 KidLit Frenzy

9/28/16​ Unleashing Readers

10/5/16  Two Writing Teachers




Dig In!  2016 Blog Tour


3/2 - Green Bean Teen Queen

3/4 - Sally's Bookshelf

3/7 - The Children's Book Review

3/9 – Unleashing Readers

Weeds Find a Way  2014 Blog Tour !

Mon, Feb 24
Growing with Science
http://blog.growingwithscience.com/
Tues, Feb 25
As They Grow Up
http://www.astheygrowup.com/
Wed, Feb 26
Kid Lit Frenzy
http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/
Thurs, Feb 27
Sharpread
http://sharpread.wordpress.com/
Fri, Feb 28
Children’s Book Review
http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/
Mon, Mar 3
Let’s Go Chipper!
http://letsgochipper.com/
Tues, Mar 4
Just a Little Creativity
http://www.justalittlecreativity.com/
Wed, Mar 5
Unleashing Readers
http://www.unleashingreaders.com/
Thurs, Mar 6
5 Minutes for Books
http://www.5minutesformom.com/category/feature-columns/5-minutes-for-books/
Fri, Mar 7
Archimedes Notebook
http://archimedesnotebook.blogspot.com/

 

Book Readings, Signings, and

School Visits



Author Visit

Read Across America

Johnson Elementary

Chollas/Mead Elementary

SDUSD

San Diego 92114

March 2, 2017


Family Literacy Night

Field Elementary

San Diego, CA 92117

March 1, 2017


Free Title I School Assembly

Field Elementary, SDUSD

San Diego, CA 92117

February 21, 2017


Booksigning -- Antsy Ansel

Watermark Books

Wichita, KS

Feb. 18, 2017


Author Visit -- Biographies

MAC Class

Cardiff School

Cardiff, CA 92007


NCTE Conference Workshop and Signing
November 19
Atlanta, GA

Literacy Inside Out; Hands-on Workshop with authors Jennifer Ward 
and Heather Montgomery


School Visit with Carolyn Fisher
November 15
The Children's School
La Jolla, CA 92037


School Visit, Writing Workshops, Book Signings

October 5 - 7

Paragraphs Bookstore

Twin Oaks Elementary School

229 S. Main St. 
Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050
(740) 392-9290​


Gardening with Class Conference

October 15

Del Mar Fairgrounds

Hands-On Workshops: Inside Out: Literacy in the School Garden


Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a Life in Nature, Reading and Signing
September 30, 7 - 9 p.m.
Warwicks 
​7812 Girard, Ave.
La Jolla, CA 92037


Reading and Signing with Illustrator Christy Hale, September 11, 11 a.m.
Books, Inc. Laurel Village, San Francisco

​Reading and Signing with Illustrator Christy Hale, September 10, 6 - 8 p.m.

Books, Inc. Palo Alto

Story Time, Garden Puppet Activity 
and Book Give Away
San Diego Children's Discovery Center
Escondido, CA
April 6, 3 p.m.

San Diego Science Educators Conference
Saturday, April 9, 9 - 11 
Two Sessions for Teachers 
Science and Literacy in the Garden

Barnes and Noble, Mira Mesa
Educator Day
Saturday, April 9, 12 - 2 p.m.
Educator Activities 

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Sunday, April 10, 2 p.m.
Signing Dig In! with illustrator 
 Mary Peterson
at Once Upon a Time booth

KidSpace Pasadena Science Museum
May 1, 10 - 2
Opening of Children's Garden

Garden Storytime
North Clairemont Library
Clairemont Drive, San Diego.
May 11 

Literacy Day, June 25
San Diego County Fair, 2016

Creative Youth Exhibit

School Visit: Explorer Elementary Charter School,

2nd Grade Class Assembly and writing workshops, February 1, 2016
California School Library Association
State Conference: Concurrent Session: Inside Out: Using Picture Books to Connect Inside and Outside Learning in the School Garden, February 5, 2016
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Children's Day, 
Author Panel, February 27, 2016

Los Angeles, CA
Past Workshops, Book Signings, and Speaking Engagements​


​California Poets in the Schools Symposium, September 2015

Poetry in the School Garden

Santa Barbara, CA


California Reading Association

State Conference, October 2015

Concurrent Session and Author Panel

Riverside, CA


School Visit with Carolyn Fisher,

Illustrator of Weeds Find a Way

Cardiff School, Cardiff, CA

November 2015


National Council of Teachers of English

National Conference, Minneapolis, MN

November, 2015

Signing Books

Author Sessions





  • California Native Plant Society State Conference, 2011
  • California Computer Users in Education Regional Conference, 2012
  • Greater San Diego Reading Association, Regional Conference, 2015
  • California Association of Teachers of English Conference, 2014
  • San Diego School Garden Conference, 2010, 2014
  • Young Writers Camp Author Workshops, 2014-15
  •       San Diego Area Writing Project
  •       San Marcos Area Writing Project
  • KidSpace, Pasadena
  • Barnes and Noble, Oceanside
  • Barnes and Noble, Mira Mesa
  • The Yellow Book Road, San Diego

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