Category Archives: Blog Entries

Activity packs & teacher’s guides

I’ve added a bunch of free downloadable stuff in the Teacher’s Guide section of the site including an Astronaut Academy activity pack, Reader’s Theater Powerpoint file, & a guide to setting up your own similar live reading events.
http://yaytime.com/resources/teachers-guides/

Posted in Blog Entries | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Sabina Remembered

Sunday, July 29th 2012 was the memorial for my 13-year-old cousin, Sabina, who at age 13 passed away after a long battle with cancer. It was a beautiful afternoon held at her Florida home, surrounded by lush trees and filled with friends, family, and food. Music from her iPod played over hundreds of smiling photographs, [...]

Posted in Blog Entries | Comments Off

San Diego Comic Con 2012

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con I’ll be hanging out at the Bolt City Productions booth #2235 as well as signing different books at specific locations, so check out the info below so you can find me:
THURSDAY JULY 12th
1:00-2:30 Book Signing at SLG Publishing booth #1815
Signing copies of Agnes Quill: An Anthology of [...]

Posted in Blog Entries | Comments Off

Kids Read Comics VIDEO

Had a wonderful time at the Kids Read Comics Festival in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Here is a short video capturing some of the fun.

Posted in Blog Entries | Comments Off

Kids Read Comics Festival, Ann Arbor MI

I’m excited to return to the Kids Read Comics festival!
Kids Read Comics
Ann Arbor District Library
July 7th & 8th
Check out the wonderful poster designed by Raina Telgemeier:

Here is some of the stuff I’ll be up to:
SATURDAY
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Comics Quickfire!
Part drawing jam, part fast-paced game show! Volunteers from the audience are paired [...]

Posted in Blog Entries | Comments Off

California Adventures

Back from a wonderful time in California for ALA and Disneyland! Raina and I met a ton of awesome librarians & of course we could not get enough of our favorite theme parks.
Sometimes I think I like all the signage, art direction and packaging of Disneyland as much as the rides!

How amazing is [...]

Posted in Blog Entries | Comments Off

ALA Anaheim 2012

Posted in Blog Entries | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Interview time!

Here are some links to recent interviews…
Bildungsroman I talk with Little Willow about Teen Boat, Jax Epoch, my art style and transferring ideas to the final page. Plus favorite books, movies and tons more! I even discuss what I think “yaytime” is all about.
IRA Engage: Teach to Teacher blog
For the one year anniversary of [...]

Posted in Blog Entries | 1 Comment

The Revolution has begun!

Jerzy Drozd & I have started a new podcast called Kids’ Comics Revolution! Connecting the worlds of comics, graphic novels & kid lit, each episode features interviews with authors and illustrators and reviews from teachers, librarians, booksellers, and kids!
Official webpage with show notes & links:
http://kidscomicsrevolution.com
iTunes link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kids-comics-revolution!/id533692812
On twitter:
twitter.com/KCRpodcast
*If you like what you hear, the best way [...]

Posted in Blog Entries | Comments Off

Ronald McDonald House

I was fortunate to once again participate in the annual Kids Comic Con visit to the NYC Ronald McDonald House. It’s an amazing place that I’m always happy to help in any way. The kids are so inspiring and we have a lot of fun drawing and coloring and talking about comics!

This girl was especially [...]

Posted in Blog Entries | Tagged | Comments Off