Bobbie Pyron
, author of A DOG’S WAY HOME, THE DOGS OF WINTER, and LUCKY STRIKE, and I did a school visit at Trailside Elementary School in Park City, Utah before the Thanksgiving holiday. We hosted a writing contest for …
Authors
best dog books: Q and A with Sherry Weaver Smith: THE WOLF AND THE SHIELD
Today I welcome Sherry Weaver Smith to Best Dog Books, a blog that features interviews with authors who’ve written a canine story for kids or young adults. What is the title of your book? Pub date and publisher? Genre? Targeted …
Author School Visits: 12 TIPS
For checklists and the mechanics of conducting a successful author school visit go to your publisher’s web site and search ‘school visits’. Random House, for example, features a site called Set up a Visit that outlines basic information you and …
best dog books: Q & A with Shawn K. Stout: A TINY PIECE OF SKY
Today I welcome fellow VCFA alumna and dearest friend, Shawn K. Stout to Best Dog Books, a blog that features interviews with authors who’ve written a canine story for kids or young adults.
I have been looking forward to Shawn’s …
best dog books: STICKEEN by John Muir
Over the what-I-prefer-to-call Native American Indian Day weekend, my daughters and I headed to the John Muir House in Martinez, California. Aubrey had an opportunity to earn extra credit in her history class by learning more about John Muir and …


