by Rebecca | Oct 8, 2018 | adventures, audrey and alice, book people, eventful, festivals, I talk about food too much, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, middle grade, olykoeks, Summer of Lost and Found, The Last Grand Adventure
Last Saturday, I spent the day in charming Warwick, NY, at the Warwick Children’s Book Festival. I got to meet with eager readers, signed lots of books and shared 1960’s candy (just like Bea and Pidge would’ve eaten on their cross-country trip), and...
by Rebecca | Mar 15, 2018 | Aladdin, books, conferences, eventful, everyone's a critic, festivals, heaven aka bookstores, i heart the beach, IRL, lets take this show on the road, middle grade, news, party time, releases, Simon & Schuster, SLJ, The Last Grand Adventure
It’s been a busy couple of months–more on that soon! But I’m belatedly excited to share a few more snippets from trade reviews for The Last Grand Adventure: “Informed by history, Behrens’s narrative treasures family relationships and celebrates...
by Rebecca | Sep 28, 2016 | Aladdin, book people, eventful, festivals, heaven aka bookstores, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, Summer of Lost and Found, wrap ups
Last Friday I battled NYC traffic to travel to New Jersery (seriously–it took over an hour to drive three blocks to get into the Holland Tunnel) for a wonderful weekend of authoring. Saturday was the annual Princeton Public Library Children’s Book...
by Rebecca | Sep 14, 2016 | authors, eventful, festivals, heaven aka bookstores, IRL, lets take this show on the road, libraries, news, Summer of Lost and Found
I have a few fun events coming up: I’ll be at the Princeton Children’s Book Festival on September 24. Over sixty fantastic authors will be there–it should be a very delightful day. And the next day, Sunday, September 25, I’ll be doing a panel...