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NEW BOOKS!

Red, White and Boom!
a picture book by Lee Wardlaw
illustrated by Huy Voun Lee
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Starred Review in SLJ
A California Readers/California Collections Book
ages 2-7

The Poetry Friday Anthology
edited by Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell
Pomelo Books
http://pomelobooks.com/Pomelo_Books/Home.html
Features poems from 75 of today's top children's poets (including 3 Catku by Lee Wardlaw)
The Poetry Friday Anthology offers a set of 36 poems for each grade level, K-5 (a poem-a-week for the 9 months of the typical school year). The Poetry Friday Anthology makes it easy for you to take 5 minutes every Friday to share a poem, connecting it with children's lives and capitalizing on a teachable moment. Common Core and Texas TXS editions available.


PRESENTATIONS AND BOOKSIGNINGS

Teachers! Librarians!
I love to do Skype Visits!
They're fun - - and less expensive than flying me into your town.
Visit the My Presentations page for more info, or email me at author@leewardlaw.com

Saturday, October 6, 2012
Presentation and Book Signing
60th Annual Breakfast with the Authors
Santa Barbara County Education Office Auditorium
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Saturday, October 27, 2012
SCBWI-Central/Coastal Region Writer's Day
Crystal Kite Award Presentation to Lee Wardlaw for Won Ton
Cal Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
To register: email: AlexisInCA@aol.com

Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Presentation and Book Signing
Cat Writers' Association Conference
Los Angeles, CA

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
Fall Gala and Award Presentation
Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry - Won Ton
Children's Literature Council of Southern CA
Skirball Museum

Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Battle of the Books
SBCEO
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
http://www.sbceoportal.org/ets/pages/events/battle-of-the-books.php

HAIKU CONTEST ANNOUNCED!

Do you have a favorite animal?
A pet cat, dog, horse or...rhinoceros?
Write a haiku poem or poems about him or her and win a copy of Lee Wardlaw's newest book:
Won Ton ~ A Cat Tale Told in Haiku.

For details on how to enter, scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the Just for Kids icon.
Or, click on the Contact Me icon and send Lee an email with your questions.