Sunday, October 28, 2012

Seeing Sioux Falls, Then Talking About Books In Texas

During our Book Festival week in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, we had some free time to explore downtown. Of course, Peepy made friends everywhere she went . . .

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

We visited the falls of Sioux Falls, too . . .

Photobucket Photobucket

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

There were lots of great stores like Zandbroz Variety . . .

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

We especially liked this book shop called . . . oh, what was the book shop called? Absolutely Maybe it was called THE BOOK SHOP!!!

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

Peepy found some light airplane reading, and good thing because we were headed to Houston, TX next . . .

Photobucket

We were visiting the Long Horn state to see the students at St. John's . . .

Photobucket

Before we spoke we explored the libraries (they had more than one) . . .

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

Photobucket Photobucket

There was a hole in the stage, and I was afraid I was going to fall into it since I am clumsy . . . but I didn't. Hooray!

Photobucket

Then I got ready for the first of three assemblies. Here's what it looked like backstage as everyone was coming in . . .

Photobucket

And here are the enthusiastic St. John's students . . .

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

During lunch we ate with the speaker for the lower grades, picture book author/illustrator Jon Agee!!!

Photobucket Photobucket

Um. Was he wearing the same shirt at Sherman Alexie?

Photobucket

Later, Jon and I did a video interview with a student reporter . . .

Photobucket
(CLICK HERE to see the interview!)

That evening there was a ginormous school fundraiser at Barnes & Noble . . .

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

Of course, the star of the evening was Peepy. She had her photo taken dozens of times, like with the boy on the far right of the photo . . .

Photobucket

And speaking of contests (pretend we were), here's the winner of my Facebook caption contest . . . Paul Acampora!!!

Photobucket
(Seen here with his grand prize, an autographed menu signed by Loren Long, Dan Santat, and Moi.)

Next Blog: The Moon Festival in South Pasadena

In the meantime. Oops, she did it again . . .

Photobucket

Oh! Oh! One last thing. My next novel is a Young Adult book called SEVEN DAYS DOWN. It chronicles the last seven days of high school of a popular senior. When it's revealed that he cheated on his Harvard application, his life spirals dangerously out of control.

So then, I've been asking my facebook friends questions like, "What one thing do you remember most about your high school graduation ceremony?"

Over 150 shared their experiences, and I loved reading through them. Here's what they had to say.

===========================

Wheeeee . . . BOBBY THE BRAVE (SOMETIMES) is now out in paperback!
Photobucket

Disclaimer: No proofreaders were harmed (or even used) in the creation of this blog.

Want to check out Lisa's NEW AND IMPROVED website? Simply CLICK HERE.

Interested in having Lisa speak at your school, library or conference? CLICK HERE for more information.

Lisa Yee
Follow LisaYee1 on Twitter



Google Groups

Subscribe to Lisa Yee's Blog and get her fresh baked blogs e-mailed to you!

Email:


Or you can click this for a RSS feed...http://www.wikio.com



Site Meter