7-17-2008 through 7-19-2008.  Petoskey, Charlevoix, and Traverse City Michigan

Wow! What fun!  There is nothing like spending time in Northern Michigan in the summer.  A great big thank you to all of the people who had us visit. At Bay Harbor Yacht Club-Jennie, Brent, Kaitlyn and Emma, all of you were just wonderful!  Horizon Books Petosky, thank you Bob and your wonderful staff!  Up North Kids in Charlevoix, thanks Brandy you are awesome and your staff too!  Up North Kids in Traverse City, Brandy once again and Elizabeth and staff too!  And Horizon Books in Traverse City, thanks so much Barb and friends! But also, a super big special thanks to all of the wonderful people we met! Enjoy the pics!  Click here for more pics at GBP's photo page.

4-23-2008 Hawkins Elementary

Hawkins rules!  You guys are the best...in fact all Brighton kids are totally cool!  Thanks for having us we had a blast!  It was a special day and your hospitality made it even more special!

4-21-2008 Dearborn, Snow Elementary

We got to visit Snow Elementary and had a lot of fun...the coolest thing is that the 5Th graders are busy at work on a play involving artists painting scenery, actors and actresses- good for you guys getting involved in the arts! Thanks for having us!

4-21-2008 Dearborn, Stores at the Henry Ford Museum!!!

I can't imagine anything more exciting than having Mick Morris Myth Solver #4 Grudge of the Gremlins in the Henry Ford Museum. That museum has to be one of the coolest in the world! Make sure you take a trip there and stop into the museum stores and give a big hello to the wonderful people who work there. A special thank you goes out to Mary Ann and Joni for helping us. Also thanks to Jan, Janet, Shirley, Shirley and Ann!

4-21-2008 Dearborn, Whitmore Bolles Elementary

A big thank you to Marie for having us visit two wonderful schools! It was great to be at Whitmore Bolles sharing laughs and fun with a wonderful group of students! We thank you for having us and love your school. You were a great audience!

4-19-2008 Borders Ann Arbor

On Saturday we had the honor of visiting our friends at the brand new beautiful Borders Bookstore in Ann Arbor! It was so great spending time with Kim, Laura and all the wonderful staff! We got to share art and writing secrets about Mick Morris Myth Solver with a wonderful crowd of people. We even had the pleasure of meeting Zach - a super talented artist who is traveling to Lake Champlain to see Champ - and all because of our book. How exciting is that?!

4-15-2008 Lone Pine Elementary

On Tuesday we were off to Lone Pine Elementary, talk about super schools!  We really enjoyed ourselves - thanks to Denise...and just in case you were wondering, the photographer in the blue jacket is Dan Lippitt (one of Detroits best - so watch for the article in the August issue of Signature Magazine!).

4-14-2008 Doherty Elementary

A super big thank you to Doherty Elementary for having us visit!  We had a great time!  Here you can see our assistants Jessica and Marisa, who also happened to be aliens in the Royal Oak parade!

4-5-2008 Canton Borders

It was just wonderful being back visiting old friends and new friends at the Canton Borders!  A big thank you to Heidi, Naidee, Cary and Gordon for their awesome hospitality! 

3-19-2008 Maplewood School, Vermontville MI

What a wonderful day in mid-Michigan visiting our friends at Maplewood School.  Thank you vermy much for everything!  You guys are awesome!

3-15 / 3-16-2008 Cobo Hall, Detroit MI

We all know there is nothing more important than reading! And in Michigan we are lucky enough to have the most inspiring, committed organization - the Michigan Reading Association. This past weekend Darrin and I were lucky enough to be invited to speak at their wonderful 52nd Annual Conference! Take a look at some of the great pics below...
Here we are with some of the wonderful organizers of this fantastic event. Also, here are some of your great teachers and media specialists.
We had a fantastic crowd at our session! Thanks for joining us, each and everyone of you are just awesome!

3-11-2008 at the Novi Public Library.

Yesterday we had the pleasure of revisiting our good friends at the Novi Public Library!  What a wonderful time! Even our friends the Blackman's came out. A great, big special thank you to Margi, Phyllis an Kelly!

2-26-08 Three schools in Warren!

Not rain, nor sleet, nor snow...will keep us away from visiting wonderful Warren schools! Yesterday morning we dug our way out and hopped into the car at 6:00am (very sleepily-I might add) and headed out to Warren...and let me tell you it was well worth it! We had so much fun and met so many wonderful people! Our first visit was to Westview Elementary - a very special thank you to Pat Pullis, who is just awesome! As you can see in the  photo's below, we had a blast. Also thanks to principal Denise Kluck.It was great seeing Marie again too!

Then it was off to Mound Park Elementary, where we had the chance to work with the wonderful Arlene Schoenherr (you just gotta appreciate your wonderful Media Specialists). And also a big thank you to Sean DeSarbo. As you can see in the pics we were lucky to have Mick along with us. The students had a great time asking Mick lots of questions about the books...as well as his moviemaking!

Then we had a delightful lunch - thanks so very much! Next we headed over to Schofield Elementary for more laughter and fun! Thanks again to Pat, Arlene and also to Donna Anderson. Everyone was so welcoming and kind at all the schools that it made us feel right at home! So remember everyone - follow your dreams! And one last important thing, we have to say how impressed we were with the outstanding politeness and behavior of all the students at all the schools - keep up the good work, you guys rock!  One last note about our visit to Warren, and how could I forget?  I want to thank the students who made those totally cool Mick Morris hats and did the fantastic billboard and Bigfoot posters-we loved them!

2-16-08  Borders Ann Arbor (new off of Ann Arbor / Saline Rd.)

Yesterday we had the pleasure of doing an impromptu signing at the new Borders Bookstore in Ann Arbor at Waters Place on Lohr Road...First of all we can't thank everyone enough!  The friendliness of the staff goes beyond! Everyone there was so kind and helpful!  It was great seeing Crystal and Joan again and meeting Mike and Laura and everyone else.  The store (which is a new concept store) is just unbelievable - while we were signing they had the ability to take our picture and print it out immediatlely for the guests that were in the photo with us...in this pic we are happy to be posing with the wonderful staff (pictured but not in order) Mike, Laura, Krista, Maggie, Lauren, Joe, Crystal, Melanie, and Kandice.  So if you want to visit one totally awesome bookstore with the nicest people in town head to Ann Arbor! And by the way thanks so much for having us!

1-16-07  Hillel Day School

It was great to be back at Hillel Day School.  We had a fantastic time.  Thanks to all of our volunteers who came up and did some drawing, and especially those who came up and played some improv games.  See ya soon and thank you for the emails!