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I want to thank all the girls from Ms. Chynsky’s class at Brearly for their wonderful letters. They made me feel really good. I am going to try and post some on the blog so everyone can see.
Today is a snow day here in the city. All the schools are canceled which is both happy [...]

Thanks Pam for telling me about winning the Monarch award for Illinois K-3 Children’s Choice Award. That kids voted it best makes it doubly great for me. It had to win the Monarch award – how many books are out there about Monarch butterflies!!
Also thank you to the wonderful children in Ms. Chynsky’s class [...]

Today I went to Brearly School on the Upper Eastside of Manhattan. The teachers there Rebecca and Anika are reading their two 2nd grade classes 100 Days and 99 Nights. The kids really are loving it. One of the students, Zoe, came up to me after and said, “Mr. Madison, you are a really good [...]

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly has been nominated for the Virginia Readers’ Choice list for the 2009-2010 school year! That is so exciting for me. Now Velma has been honored in Maine, Maryland and California. My favorite part of this nomination is that Virginia and Velma start with the same letter. Maybe in [...]

I had a great time reading Velma Gratch to grades 1-4 at Brearly School on the upper Eastside of Manhattan. The girls had great questions and several good ideas for the next Velma. One of the best things that they did as an activity was to create butterflies out of tissue paper and then tie [...]

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly has been nominated for the 2008 -2009 Young Hoosier Book Award, Currently, close to 1,000 schools (and more than 72,000 kids) participate in this state award program of Indiana. Students across the state will read the nominated titles and select a winner for each category— Primary Grades/Picture Book, [...]

With my two nice nieces and one naughty nephew sleeping over we had a great time! This morning we made hats out of construction paper for my dog Lola. (see picture) Then I found out some really Good news! 100 Days and 99 nights received a 2008 National Parenting Publications Honor Award. The [...]

Fri. Sept. 26th. I went to the Hendrick Hudson Library in Montrose to read some of my books. It was great fun. Elizabeth, the Librarian picked me up from the train and took me to the library. She was very nice and liked my books a lot. The library is beautiful. It looks almost new. [...]