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My visit to Oakmont Elementary School in Claremont outside LA was my first-ever US school visit. The kids were super-enthusiastic and made me feel very welcome. |
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Signing books at Holy Name of Mary School, San Dimas California. |
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At Dodger Stadium for Dodgers Vs. Giants. Dodgers won. The game was an amazing spectacle. The Dodger Dog with mustard and sauce was a little scary. |
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I visited head office of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in Los Angeles. |
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Visiting SCBWI HQ in LA with kidlit guru and social media expert Greg Pincus. |
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The obligatory two-headed turtle shot, Venice Beach, California. |
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With Tempany Deckert, my co-author on it’s yr life, a YA book that we wrote via email between Australia and LA. |
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Caught mid-flight with a friend, amazing actor and voice artist, Brian Donovan. |
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At LAX, trying to capture the journey on paper as it unfolded. |
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New York has been invaded by bed bugs. This giant inflatable bug on Lexington Avenue warned me of the dangers. |
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At a book-signing at Books & Greetings, Northvale, New Jersey. I visited quite a few schools and stores on my journey. |
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A very cool electronic robot invented by a student at Holy Family Catholic Academy in Norwood, New Jersey. |
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The Chrysler Building, NY, NY. One of my favourite buildings in the city. |
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Economy Candy, another of my favourite buildings in the city. |
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The Flatiron Building, corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway. |
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New York Public Library. I could spend days, weeks, years inside this building. |
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Working through 1st pages of my new Australian book, ‘My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up’ in a Greenwich Village Cafe |
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Skyping the folks back home from the ubiquitous Starbucks. |