New Contest Announced!
Lee Wardlaw’s
“I Accidentally Bugged My Best Friend” Contest!

Have you ever done something that bugged your best friend?

For instance, did you ever pull an April’s Fool prank on him, even though the Sacred Unwritten Rule of the Playground forbids you from pulling pranks on your best friends?

Or, if the two of you had planned to go skateboarding or to the movies together after school, did you invite another kid to come along without first checking with your best friend?

Or maybe you made a cross-your-heart-and-hope-to-die promise to never reveal her deepest, darkest secret . . . and then, before you knew how it happened, you blurted the secret to the person who it was about, and then that person told your best friend what you’d revealed, and then . . . we’ll, you get the idea!

If so, enter the . . .

“I Accidentally Bugged My Best Friend” Contest!

Click on the Just for Kids icon at the bottom of this page.

Contest deadline is June 1, 2007


Fall Contest Winners Announced!
The winners of Lee's Fall 2006 "Best Way to Bug Your Brother or Sister" contest are:

(drum roll please!)

First Prize goes to: Eduardo (city and age not given), who submitted this entry:

"One of the most familiar times that I bugged my brother Ismael age 14 was when I was 11. The thing that I did was I put his faviorite stuffed bear named Mr.Hamilton inside his backpack. While he was in history class, his teacher asked him to take out his homework from last night, and when he said O.K., he got his backpack, unzipped it and when he wasn't looking the stuffed bear dropped out! After a second the whole class burst out laughing. From this day on, my brother punches me in the arm when I mention that story because it was a very embarrassing for him."

Eduardo will receive a "Don't Bug Me" T-shirt and an autographed copy of either 101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher or 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents.

Second Prize goes to Sarah A., age 11, from Harrisburg, PA and
to Sierra M. (no city given). Yes, it's a tie! They both had the same great idea. Here's what they wrote:

"My favorite way to bug my brother/sister is to stand next to them and yell really loud, "I'm not touching you!" Repeat this several times until they tell "Mom!" - Sarah


"I like to bug my older sister by sitting next to her and pointing my finger at her and saying "I'm not touching you!". Or when we are doing homework at the kitchen table I will do my math problems out loud--she just gets crazy when I do that!! Or I sing along with my ipod while she is watching tv. I also like to beat her out to my mom's van and get the front seat even though she's called it--I'm bigger than she is and she can't make me move! LOL! If you can't drive your sister crazy, what fun is having one then?! (What's really great is that most of these things work on my Mom too!!) -Sierra

Sierra and Sarah will both receive autographed copies of a book of their choice.

Thanks to all of you who entered!


Lee's Blog!
It's up and running! Please stop by to: say hello, whine, recommend a good dark chocolate, tell me a funny story about your cat, rave about one of my books, rave about one of my cats, whatever! Soon there will be tips, activities, and information for students, teachers, librarians, readers, fans, writers, and friends.
Click here for Lee's blog

My School Rocks!
To read the article "Lee Wardlaw - Children's Book Author Extraordinaire" in the October issue of My School Rocks magazine, please visit http://www.myschoolrocks.com/issues/issue21/10.html

Summer Contest Winner Announced!
Congratulations to Marena, a 6th grade student at Providence Middle School in Jacksonville, Florida, who is the Summer Winner of the "Best Way to Bug Your Brother/Sister" contest!

Here is Marena's winning entry:
"Get some wrapping paper, unroll it, and take out the long tube. Swing
it around like you're in a Star Wars movie, and do it in your brother's or sister's room!"

Marena received an autographed copy of 101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher.

Send in your entries now for the Fall contest! Just click on the Just for Kids icon, below, and follow the instructions. Contest deadline is December 31st, 2006. You may enter more than once. Have fun!
 
 

2007 Events

Friday, February 23rd (morning)
School Visit/Book Signing
Miller School
1975 Miller Avenue
Escondido, CA

Thursday, March 22nd
20th Annual Peabody Charter School Author Day
3018 Calle Noguera
Santa Barbara, CA

Saturday, March 24th
AAUW Author Forum Luncheon
Santa Maria, CA
Contact: Harriet Tower, 805-934-0488
Book sales to be handled by:
The Book Loft
Attn: Kathy Mullins
805-688-6010
bookloft@solvang@gte.net

Monday, April 2nd
School Visit Book Signing
The Carey School
One Carey School Lane
San Mateo, CA 94403
Contact: Kristin Wilfong, Librarian
Phone: 650-345-8205

October 17th-20
Humboldt Author Festival
Eureka, CA
Contact: JoAnn Bauer
jbauer@co.humboldt.ca.us
www.authorfest.org