EVENTS ARCHIVE


2021


April 12, 2021
Virtual author visit, Fairfax County (VA) Public Library

April 11, 2021
Adult Education virtual presentation, Beth Chai, Bethesda, MD

April 1, 2021
PEN/Faulkner author visit with J.O. Wilson Elementary School, Washington, DC, about This Promise of Change

March 24, 2021
Virtual author panel for Orion Township Public Library (MI), 6:30 pm

March 23, 2021
PEN/Faulkner author visit with Houston Elementary School, Washington, DC, about Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil War

March 10, 2021
Webinar, “Writing RBG,” for Somerset County Library System of NJ, 1-2 pm

March 8, 2021
Virtual presentation on writing about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Congregation B’nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD

February 10, 2021
Virtual book club with PJ Library in the UK for I Dissent

January 28, 2021
Virtual classroom visits with Sacred Heart School, Bellevue, WA

January 25, 2021
Virtual presentation with Jo Ann Allen Boyce for Kent Middle School All School Read of This Promise of Change, Marin County, CA


2020


October 6, 2020
Zoom presentation for B’nai Israel, Rockville, MD: “Writing RBG: How To Fit a Tiny, Huge Jewish American Icon Into a Book.” Registration required.

June 30, 2020
Virtual Sydney Taylor Awards, presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries. Presentation on The Key from Spain, recipient of a Sydney Taylor Honor Award

June 16, 2020
Webinar with Virginia Humanities. In conversation with librarian Tasha Birckhead about Becoming RBG. Watch it here: https://virginiahumanities.org/2020/05/becoming-rbg/

May 5-8, 2020
Virtual classroom visits with students and families of St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Potomac, MD

April 26, 2020 **CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC**
Holocaust Remembrance Day/immigration awareness event
I'll speak about The Year of Goodbyes.
Beth Chai Jewish Humanist Congregation of Greater Washington, DC

April 2, 2020 **CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC**
Classroom visits at Tuckahoe Elementary School
Arlington, VA

March 21-22, 2020 **CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC**
Virginia Festival of the Book. On March 21, at 2 pm I'll be part of a panel called "Graphic Novels for All Ages," at the Earl Dickinson Building, Piedmont VA Community College, with my book Becoming RBG. On March 22, at 2 pm, I'll appear with musician Susan Gaeta--and my book The Key from Spain--at Congregation Beth Israel for a musical program called "The Life and Music of Flory Jagoda."
Charlottesville, VA

March 19, 2020 **CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC**
Presentation to Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC

March 17, 2020 **CANCELLED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC**
Presentation about Becoming RBG and I Dissent to Charter 100 Club of DC
Washington, DC


2019


December 12, 2019, 7 p.m.
Girl Power! Book Club with Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice and The Year of Goodbyes
Scrawl Books,
Reston, VA

December 4, 2019
Meet The Author Night and Book Fair at DC's University Club
The University Club of Washington, DC

December 3, 2019, 7 p.m.
Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice launch event!
Politics & Prose Bookstore, 
Washington, DC

November 30, 2019 3-4 pm
Small Business Saturday at Bards Alley! I'll be guest bookselling and signing Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice.
Bards Alley,
Vienna, VA

November 22-24, 2019
National Conference of Teachers of English Annual Convention presenter. I'll be presenting on two panels: one ("Question With Boldness") with Leah Henderson, Jennifer Mann, Mary Quattlebaum, and Corinne Wetzel; the other ("Dare To Disagree") with Kathryn Erskine, Hena Khan, Carole Boston Weatherford, and Pauline Schmidt.
Baltimore, MD, Convention Center

November 7, 2019, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Strathmore Museum Shop Around--with Supreme Court gift shop and I Dissent and Becoming RBG
10701 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD

November 4, 2019
Keynote speaker, Texas Women's University Askew Reading Recovery & K-6 Literacy Institute
Denton, TX

November 1, 2019, 5-8 pm
National Press Club Author Fair. I'll be signing books!
National Press Club,
Washington, DC

October 4, 2019
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards. Jo Ann Allen Boyce and I will be accepting the Nonfiction Award for This Promise of Change!
Simmons University, Boston

September 25, 2019, 7 pm* (registration required)
Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation panel on impact of immigration on children coming to the United States.
I'll be speaking about The Year of Goodbyes
Wisconsin Place Community Recreation Center,
Chevy Chase, MD

June 1, 2019, 11 am-4 pm*
The National Archives' "Write" Stuff research and writing festival
The National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC

May 5, 2019
Presentation about I Dissent for Grandparents Day
Beth El Religious School,
Pikesville, MD

April 15, 2019
Presentation about I Dissent with Mary Hartnett, co-editor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words,
for Georgetown Senior Center,
Washington, DC

April 27, 2019, noon-1 pm
It's Independent Bookstore Day! I'm joining with Mary Quattlebaum and Joan Waites, and we'll be featuring our newest books.
Hooray for Books!
Alexandria, VA

March 31, 2019
Presentation on The Year of Goodbyes
Adat Shalom 7th graders,
Bethesda, MD

March 22-24, 2019
SCBWI MD/DE/WV Annual Conference faculty
Maritime Conference Center,
Linthicum Heights, MD

March 14, 2019
Presentations on I Dissent
Ramaz Lower School,
New York, NY

Kent Island Federation of Arts Book and Art Fair
Kent Island Library,
Stevensville, MD

January 28-29, 2019*
West Coast book launch events for This Promise of Change, with co-author Jo Ann Allen Boyce!
Children's Book World, Los Angeles (January 28, 7 pm) & Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena (January 29, 7 pm)

January 24, 2019
Presentation about I Dissent with Mary Hartnett, co-editor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words, for Women's Club of Roland Park
Baltimore, MD

January 9-11, 2019
School visits with This Promise of Change with An Open Book Foundation and East City Bookshop

January 10, 2019*
Publication Day +2 for This Promise of Change--which means the East Coast book launch event at Politics & Prose, with co-author Jo Ann Allen Boyce!
7 pm downstairs in the Children's and Teen Department
Politics & Prose Bookstore,
Washington, DC


2018


October 19-20, 2018
SCBWI Mid-Atlantic Fall Conference faculty; workshop ("Matters of Fact: Writing Nonfiction That Soars") and nonfiction panel
Dulles, VA

May 17,  2018
Presentation about I Dissent with Mary Hartnett, co-editor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words, for the Jewish Museum of Baltimore Annual Meeting

May 5,  2018*
Presentation about I Dissent with Mary Hartnett, co-editor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words, for American Association of University Women, Anne Arundel County, MD Branch

April 20, 2018
Career Day keynote talk
Rosa Parks Middle School,
Olney, MD

April 12, 2018
Featured author/presenter, 46th Annual SoMIRAC Conference, with Mary Quattlebaum and Karen Leggett
Hunt Valley, MD

March 22, 2018*
Presentation about I Dissent with Mary Hartnett, co-editor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words.
We'll be signing both books.
One More Page Books,
Arlington, VA

March 15, 2018*
In celebration of RBG's 85th birthday! Presentation about I Dissent with Mary Hartnett, co-editor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words. We'll be signing both books. And there will be Baby Ruth bars.
East City Bookshop,
Washington, DC

March 1, 2018
National Education Association's Read Across America--it's a reading carnival extravaganza!
NEA headquarters,
Washington, D.C.

January 13, 2018, 3:30-5 p.m.*
Conversation about  I Dissent, moderated by Meera Trehan, sponsored by Montgomery County libraries and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators MD/DE/WV Region
Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden Drive,
Potomac, MD


2017


November 29, 2017, 5:30-8 p.m.*
Signing Soldier Song and I Dissent at The University Club's Twenty-Eighth Annual Meet the Author Night and Book Fair
The University Club of Washington, DC

November 16, 2017, 7 p.m.*
Presentation about I Dissent and "Our Favorite Subject" with Mary Hartnett, co-editor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words. We'll be signing both books.
Bards Alley,
Vienna, VA

November 10, 2017, 5:30-8:30 p.m.*
Signing Soldier Song and I Dissent at the National Press Club's 40th Annual Book Fair and Authors' Night
The National Press Club,
Washington, D.C.

October 20, 2017
Awards ceremony for Jane Addams Children's Book Awards (I Dissent)
New York, NY

October 19, 2017
Speaker, Maryland Library Association Kids Are Customers, Too conference
Owings Mills, MD

October 7, 2017
Award ceremony for NAIBA 2017 Carla Cohen Free Speech book of the Year (I Dissent)
NAIBA Fall Conference,
Cherry Hill, NJ

September 15, 2017
Presentation about I Dissent with Mary Hartnett, co-editor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's My Own Words
Georgetown Law School, Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program welcome lunch

June 17, 2017*
Signing  I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark and Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil War
Chesapeake Children's Book Festival,
Easton, MD

June 11, 2017*
Presentation on I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Downtown Columbia Book Festival, Columbia, MD

May 20, 2017*
Presentation on I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Gaithersburg Book Festival,
Gaithersburg City Hall Grounds, MD

May 15, 2017
Award ceremony for the 2017 Martin Luther King "Living the Dream" Book Award for I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark; presentation on the book
Manhattan Country School,
New York, NY

April 22, 2017
Speaker at the Center for the Book's "Letters About Literature" ceremony sponsored by Maryland Humanities
Baltimore, MD

April 8, 2017, 11 a.m.*
Presentation on I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Annapolis Book Festival, The Key School, 534 Hillsmere Drive,
Annapolis, MD

April 6, 2017
Visit to Riderwood Elementary School--with Dozer the dog!
Towson, MD

March 30, 2017
School visits with Hooray for Books!--Presenting Soldier Song with Gilbert Ford
Alexandria, VA

March 29, 2017
Visit to Mount Rainier Elementary School with An Open Book Foundation--Presenting Soldier Song with Gilbert Ford and I Dissent
Mount Rainier, MD

March 11, 2017, 10:30-11:30 a.m.*
Presenting I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark and Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil War
Main Point Books,
Wayne, PA

March 10, 2017
Presentation on I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Main Line Reform Temple,
Wynnewood, PA

February 21, 2017, 6:30-8 p.m.*
Presentation on I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Kensington Park Library, 4208 Knowles Avenue,
Kensington, MD

January 31, 2017
Creative writing class presentation, Washington & Lee University
Lexington, VA

January 26, 2017, 9:30 a.m.
Present I Dissent to school groups at Hooray For Books!
Hooray For Books!,
Alexandria, VA


2016


December 4, 2016, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.*
Washington Hebrew Congregation Holiday Boutique--signing I Dissent with Supreme Court gift shop
11810 Falls Road,
Potomac, MD

November 30, 2016, 5:30-8 p.m.*
University Club Meet the Author Night and Book Fair--signing I Dissent
1135 16th Street, NW,
Washington, DC

November 27, 2016, 12 noon*
Barnes & Noble Black Friday Weekend--signing I Dissent
B&N Bethesda, 4801 Bethesda Avenue,
Bethesda, MD

November 17-20, 2016
National Conference of Teachers of English
Atlanta, GA

November 12, 2016, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.*
Strathmore Museum Shop Around--with Supreme Court gift shop and I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
10701 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD

October 22, 2016
Acceptance of Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award for Dozer's Run from the Keystone State Reading Association
KSRA Annual Conference,
Seven Springs, PA

October 21, 2016
Maryland Association of School Librarians Annual Conference
Hagerstown, MD

October 6, 2016, 10:30 a.m.*
School event for I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Politics & Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC

October 3, 2016
Acceptance of Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award for Dozer's Run from the Kansas Reading Association
KRA Annual Conference,
Ottawa, KS

September 20, 2016, 7 p.m.
Publication date for I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark and launch party at Politics & Prose!
Politics & Prose Bookstore, 
Washington, DC

June 10, 2016
Chesapeake Children's Book Festival
Easton, MD

May 18, 2016
Family night at Ballenger Creek Elementary School--presenting Dozer's Run
Frederick, MD

May 14, 2016, 1-3 p.m
Book signing--We Shall Overcome--for a day of book fairs sponsored by Everybody Wins! DC and Redskins Charitable Foundation to benefit the Redskins Read Program, which provides books to local schoolchildren
Barnes & Noble,
Rockville, MD

April 12, 2016
School workshop sponsored by An Open Book Foundation, presenting The Year of Goodbyes
Washington, D.C.

April 6, 2016
Community event with Turning the Page at Ketcham Elementary School
Washington, D.C.

February 3, 2016
School visit with Dozer's Run and Dozer the dog!
Saint Andrew's United Methodist Day School,
Edgewater, MD

January 9, 2016, 6 p.m.
Reading for the new issue of District Lines--I'll be reading a poem!
Politics & Prose Bookstore,
Washington, D.C.


2015


December 14, 2015
Workshop with Teen Writers' Club, a project of Maryland Writers' Association
Montgomery County Public Library,
Germantown, MD

October 17, 2015
"A Day of Writing With Authors"--workshops for grades 6-9, sponsored by Montgomery College
Campus of Montgomery College,
Rockville, MD

October 1, 2015
School and community visits
Mount St. Mary's University and Mother Seton School,
Emmitsburg, MD

September 5, 2015, 1 p.m.
Picture book reading at Washington Post exhibit at National Book Festival
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, NW,
Washington, D.C.

June 22, 2015
Panel presentation at Association of Jewish Libraries Jubilee Conference, with authors Jacqueline Jules, Erica Perl, and Madelyn Rosenberg
Silver Spring, MD

April 25, 2015
Annapolis Book Festival--presenting Dozer's Run
The Key School,
Annapolis, MD

April 16, 2015
School assemblies with Dozer and Dozer's Run
Cromwell Valley Elementary School,
Towson, MD

April 15, 2015
Featured session and Young Authors Celebration at the Annual Conference of the State of Maryland International Reading Association Council (SoMIRAC)
Hunt Valley, MD

March 11, 2015
Presenting Dozer's Run to elementary school students at the Young Readers Center of the Library of Congress
Washington, D.C

March 2, 2015
It's Read Across America Day! I'm reading my books at Bright Beginnings
Washington, D.C.

February 27, 2015
Benchmark School--Presenting Dozer's Run
Media, PA


2014


December 3, 2014
25th Annual Meet the Authors Night & Book Fair of the University Club of Washington, D.C.
1135 16th Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC

November 22, 2014, 10 a.m.
NCTE Annual Convention, book signing for We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
Gaylord National Resort, National Harbor, MD--the Disney-Hyperion booth

November 16, 2014, noon to 5 p.m.
Pets on Wheels Holiday Craft Fair, featuring Dozer the dog and Dozer's Run
Tall Cedar Hall, 2501 Putty Hill Avenue,
Parkville, MD 21234

November 15, 2014, 4 to 6 p.m.
Presenting and signing We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song, Dozer's Run, and poetry at For Love of Children (FLOC) Annual Book Festival
Pepco Edison Place Gallery, 701 Ninth Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20068

November 11 & 12, 2014
Presentations to school children at the Lessans Annual Book Festival at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington--with Vanessa Brantley-Newton, illustrator of We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
JCC of Greater Washington,
Rockville, MD

November 11, 2014
Presentation at Holton-Arms School with Vanessa Brantley-Newton, illustrator of We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
Bethesda, MD

August 2, 2014, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Dozer's Run book signing--with Dozer the dog himself!
Kids' Ketch,
Lewes, Delaware

June 24, 2014
Dozer's Run visit with patients, family, and friends at the University of Maryland Medical Center and Children's Hospital
Baltimore, MD

May 17, 2014
Gaithersburg Book Festival, presenting We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song with Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Gaithersburg, MD

May 15, 2014
Teen Writing Club
Writing workshop; talking about Imperfect Spiral and The Year of Goodbyes; sponsored by Montgomery County Public Libraries and the Maryland Writers Association
Marilyn J. Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike,
Burtonsville, MD 20866

April 7, 2014
Visit and read with classes at St. Elizabeth Catholic School
Rockville, MD

April 5, 2014
Annapolis Book Festival, presenting We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song, 11 a.m.
The Key School, 534 Hillsmere Drive,
Annapolis, MD 21403

March 29, 2014
Manuscript critiquer at MD/DE/WV SCBWI Spring Conference
Frederick, MD

March 19-22, 2014
Virginia Festival of the Book
Visits to elementary and middle schools with We Shall Overcome, The Year of Goodbyes, and Imperfect Spiral; panel on "Writing About People and Events in Children's Books," with Deborah Heiligman, Marc Tyler Nobleman, and Barb Rosenstock
Charlottesville, VA

February 27, 2014
Visit to Savoy Elementary School with An Open Book Foundation,
presenting We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
Washington, DC

February 9, 2014, 2 p.m.
Book Look Program, ArtSpace Herndon
750 Center Street,
Herndon, VA


2013


October 12, 2013
Celebrating 120 years of Noyes Library for Young Children
Kensington, MD

October 2, 2013
Independent Catholic Library Association meeting
Presentation on engaging readers with nonfiction and poetry
Holy Redeemer School, Kensington, MD

July 27, 2013, 3:30-5 p.m.
A YA panel presentation/book signing with author Beth Kephart
Hooray for Books,
Alexandria, VA

July 18, 2013, 7 p.m.
Launch of Imperfect Spiral.  In other words, the first event for my new book!
This is a Politics and Prose Bookstore event at Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Road,
Bethesda, MD 20814

June 12, 2013, 6 p.m.
Writers' Night, with Cynthia Cotten, Mary Quattlebaum, Jacqueline Jules--and me
Nottingham Elementary School,
Arlington, VA

April 27, 2013, 1-4:30 p.m.
Sandy Spring Friends School Local Authors Fair
Sandy Spring Friends School,
Sandy Spring, MD

March 2, 2013
16th Annual Authors' Luncheon to benefit St. Martin’s Ministries
Presentation on The Year of Goodbyes
Chesapeake Bay Beach Club,
Kent Island, MD

January 2013
The Year of Goodbyes is the 2013 selection for the “All Spencer Reads” reading program
Culminating activity—Skype visit, Monday, January 28, 7 p.m., Spencer Public Library
Spencer, IA

January 2013
Skype visits with classes at Reinhardt Elementary, Rockwall, TX: The Process of Writing and Connecting Writing to the World (Outside of School)

January 9, 2013
Skype visit with fourth graders at Mitchellville Elementary, Mitchellville, IA: Poetry and Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight


2012


October 27, 2012, 9 a.m.-Noon
Presentation and workshop for Montgomery County  Council International Reading Association Breakfast Meeting
Kensington Parkwood Elementary School, Kensington, MD

November 5, 2012
Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools Annual Conference, featured speaker
Baltimore Convention Center

May 17-18, 2012
Residency on The Year of Goodbyes
Holton-Arms School,
Bethesda, MD

April 22, 2012, 2 p.m.
Presentation on The Year of Goodbyes
St. Mary's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Westminster, MD
This event is part of St. Mary's commemoration of the congregation's 250th anniversary

April 21, 2012
Annapolis Book Festival
The Key School, Annapolis, MD
Presention on The Year of Goodbyes as part of a panel entitled "Young Adult Books: Keeping It Real," with authors Kathryn Erskine and Valerie Ormond

March 30, 2012
Presentations on The Year of Goodbyes
Garrison Forest School, Owings Mills, MD

March 14, 2012
Presentation on The Year of Goodbyes
National Museum of American Jewish Military History, 1811 R Street, NW, Washington, DC
Co-sponsored by the Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Center's "Authors Out Loud" program and the JCC's Leo and Anna Smilow Center for Jewish Living and Learning


2011


November 16-19, 2011
Miami Book Fair International
Miami, FL

October 22, 2011, 2 p.m.
Presentation and discussion of The Year of Goodbyes
Eldersburg Library (Carroll County), 6400 Hemlock Avenue,
Eldersburg, MD

October 19, 2011
Brandeis National Committee Annual Book and Author Luncheon
Bethesda (Pooks Hill) Marriott,
Bethesda, MD

September 21, 2011, 2 p.m.
Fall for the Book Festival
Reston Community Center at Lake Anne

June 15, 2011
Guest speaker on The Year of Goodbyes
Congregation Har Shalom,
Potomac, MD

May 21, 2011
Presentation on The Year of Goodbyes
Gaithersburg (MD) Book Festival

May 3-4, 2011
Presentation and discussion of The Year of Goodbyes
B'nai Shalom of Olney (MD) School

April 13, 2011
Discussion of The Year of Goodbyes
Sharpsburg Public Library, 106 East Main Street, Sharpsburg, MD

April 10, 2011
Presentation and discussion of The Year of Goodbyes
Chinn Park Regional Library, Prince William, VA

March 19, 2011
Virginia Festival of the Book, panel participant:  "Making History Come Alive for Kids"
Charlottesville, VA, Omni Hotel

March 17, 2011
Presentation and discussion of The Year of Goodbyes
Children's Book Guild, Washington, D.C.

March 2, 2011
Presentation and discussion of The Year of Goodbyes
Na'Amat USA/Rachel Ben Zvi Club,
Silver Spring, MD

February 28, 2011
Sales/signing The Year of Goodbyes and Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight
B'nai Shalom of Olney (MD) "Shem'a University"

February 23, 2011
Sales/signing The Year of Goodbyes and Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight
Adas Israel Gan HaYeled Artisan and Book Fair,
Washington, D.C.


2010


December 12, 2010
Presentation and discussion of The Year of Goodbyes with the "Author Book Club," sponsored by the MD/DE/WV Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators and the Frederick County Public Library
Urbana Regional Library, Frederick, MD

December 2, 2010
Fun with Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight and Other Funny Bedtime Poems
Jewish Life Festival of Books & Culture, Shimon and Sara Birnbaum
Jewish Community Center, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

December 1, 2010
Signing Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight and Other Funny Bedtime Poems and The Year of Goodbyes
The University Club's 21st Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night,
Washington, DC

November 19, 2010
Fun with Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight and Other Funny Bedtime Poems AND "Friendship, Family & Farewells":  A presentation on The Year of Goodbyes
Jewish Book Festival of Simon Family Jewish Community Center of the Tidewater Jewish Community (Virginia Beach)

November 14, 2010
"Poets, Pastries & Popcorn" -  Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight and Other Funny Bedtime Poems
5th Annual Book Festival of the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia

November 11, 2010
Fun with Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight and presentation on The Year of Goodbyes
2nd Annual Book Festival of the Jewish Community Center of the Virginia Peninsula (Newport News)

November 9, 2010
Signing Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight and Other Funny Bedtime Poemsand The Year of Goodbyes
The National Press Club's 33rd Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night

November 7, 2010
Fun with Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight and Other Funny Bedtime Poems
41st Annual Book Festival of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington