On Friday May 11, 2012, Charlie and I returned to Bovenschen School in Warren, Michigan. To those in the know, the school is nicknamed “the Bove.” That’s pretty cool. Much better than “homework central,” “indoor recess,” or “principal’s office.” Because we visited the Bove just last year, we decided to tweak our program. You know, [...]
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On Friday April 20, 2012, Charlie and I visited Graham Elementary in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The school is located very close to the Pontiac Silverdome where the Detroit Lions played football for so many years. In honor of that, we gave 110% (what kind of math is that?!) for four quarters. Actually, make that four [...]
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Super school visit today, April 17, 2012! Costello Elementary in Troy, Michigan has it all. As soon as we arrived this morning, we were greeted by two super fans holding a Real Heroes Read poster (pictured above). Nice way to start the day. Next Media Specialist Wendy Gustin served as the perfect hostess. She planned [...]
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Last week Charlie and I visited Edgerton Elementary in Clio, Michigan. Had a great time. While there, first grader teacher, Ms. May, gave us a stack of colorful letters from here class. She had read Heroes A2Z #13: Monkey Monster Truck to her students, and it seems the class was impressed. The students colored pictures [...]
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Greetings, readers! Happy Friday the 13th. To commemorate this ominous occasion, Charlie and I present our latest writing adventure, Mystery Underground. Now be warned and beware! Mystery Underground should not be read alone or in the dark. In fact, read at your own risk. This creepy collection of spooky short stories is designed to scare. [...]
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Reading Month may have ended over a week ago, but libraries remain open all year long. To maintain the excitement for reading, Charlie and I visited Edgerton Elementary in Clio, Michigan on April 11, 2012. Our day there consisted of two programs in the morning, a yummy lunch of deli sandwiches and frosty fruit smoothies, [...]
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If March is Reading Month, April could be Writing Month. Charlie and I received another batch of thank you correspondence this week, this time in the form of personalized letters. The letters were written by students at Dresden Elementary in Sterling Heights, Michigan. We enjoyed reading them so much we wanted to share them with [...]
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Now that March is Reading Month has finally ended for another year (whew!), Charlie and I have some leisure time. We can actually do other important things now, like, you know, write more books, spend time with our families, and sleep. Such is the demanding life of authors. We also have time to check our [...]
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On the last school day of March is Reading Month (March 30, 2012), Charlie and I took the Real Heroes Read! book talk to Indiana. There we visited Jerry Ross Elementary in Crown Point. It was a quick trip with a 4-hour drive both ways. Totally worth it though. Librarian Linda Muir is an organizing [...]
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After a busy morning, Charlie and I zoomed over to Sterling Heights, Michigan to meet with Media Specialist Cheryl Boes and her reading heroes at Dresden Elementary. We had such a great time. One of our favorite teachers, Amanda Larsen, works at Dresden. In fact, she really got into our show when we read from [...]
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