APRIL 2006 NEWSLETTER A lot of news, so I'll jump right into it. A news interview of Dave Barry and me promoting America Scores and the Remainders tour, is now posted on the home page. Click here for the direct link. ROCKBOTTOM REMAINDERS: DALLAS, GYPSY TEA ROOM, WED. APRIL 26th (special guest, guitarist MONTE MONTGOMERY) DENVER, Paramount Theater, 8:30PM, THURS. APRIL 27th SPECIAL APPEARANCE ON THE LATE, LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON, CBS TV, FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 28th LOS ANGELES (LA TIMES BOOK FAIR), SAT. afternoon APRIL 28th special guest, ROGER McGUINN Besides the Music, the band interviewed by Craig Ferguson live, UCLA, 8 PM, APRIL 28th * * * The TOUR for PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES is shaping up: July 14 - Kick off at Books & Books in Coral Gables July 15 - Vero Beach Book Center (the event will be in the children's store) July 16 - Park Road Books, Charlotte July 17 - Barnes & Noble Lincoln Square, New York City July 18 - Book Revue, Huntington, NY July 19 - Bunch of Grapes, Cape Cod July 20 - Olsson's, Arlington Station, VA July 21 - Speakers at Literacy Chicago luncheon, Chicago More dates and stores to come. Check the appearances page regularly! * * * PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS has been voted the best childrens book in its catagory for 2005 in COLORADO and ARIZONA. It has been named as a "state read" in FLORIDA for fall of 2006. Thanks for the votes! THE KINGDOM KEEPERS (Disney, Sept 2005) has been nominated as best childrens book (intermediate) in NEVADA for voting in 2007. 40,000 kids voted for the nominations. THANK YOU!!! The script is in for PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS (animated feature) and is said to be fantastic. Dave and I keep our fingers crossed it might actually get made. You never know! * * * There are still two weeks (deadline April 30) to win your chance to attend the WORLD CUP SOCCER match in Germany this summer. EVERY dollar you give, to win a chance to attend, goes directly to St. Louis Scores, a division of America Scores (americascores.org) that I helped start in St. Louis and for which I currently serve as a board member. This is a wonderful and worthy cause, and I ask any of you who love kids and love soccer to consider entering for a chance to help our kids and win a trip to Germany this summer. You'll be doing kids everywhere a huge favor. Read more about it here. Keep reading! The working draft of KILLER WEEKEND has been delivered! I look forward to its publication by Putnam/Penguin in February 2007. Previous newsletters, click here!