Recent and Upcoming Appearances

Timber Lane Elementary, Fairfax County, October 2018

Randolph Elementary, Arlington County, October 2018

SCBWI Conference, Reston, Virginia October 2018

Jewish Book Month Visit, Montreal, Canada, October 2018

Brookfield Elementary, Fairfax County, November 2018

Oseh Shalom Synagogue, Laurel, Maryland, November 2018

B'nai Shalom Congregation, Olney, Maryland, November 2018

VAASL Conference, Williamsburg, Virgina, November 2018

Preparing Your Poems for Publication, Writer's Center, Bethesda, Maryland, November 27, December 4, December 11, 2018

Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, Virginia, December 2018

Phelps Luck Elementary, Columbia, Maryland, January 2019

VSRA Annual Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, March 2019


2018 Bay to Ocean Writer's Conference, March 2018

Smithland Elementary School, Harrisonburg, Virginia, March 2018

B'nai Shalom Day School, Greensboro, NC, March 2018

West Springfield ES, Fairfax County, VA, March 2018

Oakridge Elementary School, Arlington, VA, April 2018

Woolridge Elementary School, Midlothian, VA, April 2018

Ecoff Elementary School, Chester, VA, April 2018

Pine Spring Elementary School, Fairfax County, VA, April 2018

AJL Convention, Boston, MA, June 2018

Short Pump Elementary, Richmond, Virginia, February 2018

Poetry Reading, Kensington Row Bookshop, Wednesday, January 31, 2018  7 p.m.

Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, Virginia, January 2018

Claremont Elementary, Arlington Virginia, December 2017

Writer's Center, "Creating Memorable Characters for Young Reader's" Workshop, November 2018

VAASL Conference in Chantilly, VA, November 2017

September 2nd, National Book Festival, Washington Post Booth, 1:00 p.m.

National Archives, Washington, DC July 7, 2017

AJL Conference, New York City, June 2017

King's Park Elementary, Fairfax, Virginia, May 2017

Bailey's Elementary, Fairfax Virginia, May 2017

MoLit Camp, May 6, 2017

Conversation and Connections Writing Conference, Arlington, VA, April 22, 2017

Howard County Reading Celebration, Ellicott City, Maryland, April 2017

Fauquier County Title I Family Engagement Night, April 2017

Temple Micah Book Fair, Washington, DC, May 7, 2017

Shrevewood Elementary, Falls Church, VA, March 2017

Story Hour at National Cathedral, February 2017

Wright to Read Event, Hooray for Books, Alexandria VA, January 2016

Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, VA, January 2016

Congregation Kehilat Shalom, New Jersey, December 2016

The Weinstein JCC Bookfair, Richmond, VA, December 2016

Writing for Children and Young Adults, Martin Luther King Library, Washington, DC, Sunday, November 2016

Kentucky Reading Association Annual Conference, Galt House, Louisville, KY, October 2016

Carson Scholars Fund Workshop, Baltimore, MD, October 2016

MASL Conference, Hagerstown, MD October 2016

Youth for Tomorrow, October 1 2016

National Book Festival, September 2016, The Washington Post Booth

DC Public Library, Summer Reading Luncheon, September 17, 2016

Millersville University Poetry in the Classroom Institute, Millersville, PA, July 2016

American Library Association, June 2016

Chesapeake Children's Book Festival Saturday, June 2016

Emcee for Poetry Reading and Rhyme On! Poetry Contest Awards Presentation Leesburg, Virginia, June 2016

Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., May 2016

Carlin Springs Elementary School, Arlington, County, May 2016

Stonegate Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD, April 2016

44th Annual SoMIRAC Conference, April 2016, Hunt Valley, MD

Newton-Lee Elementary School, Ashburn, VA, March, April 2016

Big Blue Marble Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA, November 2016

Ashburn Elementary, Ashburn, Virginia, November 2015

Beth El Congregation, Baltimore, MD, November 2015

George Mason University, Fall for the Book Festival, October 2015

KidlitCon2015 Conference, October 2015

Selden's Landing Elementary School, Leesburg, Virginia, September 2015

Federal Poets Poetry Reading, July 2015 at The Writer's Center Bethesda, MD

Association of Jewish Libraries Conference, June 2015

Iota Poetry Series, Arlington, VA, May 10, 2015

Day of the Book, Kensington, MD, April 2015

Washington Grove Elementary, Gaithersburg, MD, April 2015

St. Stephens & St. Agnes School, Alexandria, VA, April 2015

Montgomery County, MD, Staff Development Program, April 2015

Cedar Forest Elementary School, Fredericksburg, VA, April 2015

Reading Between the Wines, Sunset Hills Vineyard, Purcellville, VA, March 2015

Winchester, VA, Public Schools, March 2015

Sully Elementary School, Sterling, VA, March 2015

Adas Israel Congregation, February 2015

Oberle Elementary School "I Love Reading" Event, Bear, DE, February 2015

Kensington Row Book Shop Poetry Reading, January 2015

Agudas Achim Sisterhood, Alexandria, VA, December 2014

NCTE Conference, November 2014

PJ Library of Toronto, Canada, November 2014

Temple Beth Shalom, Arnold, MD, November 2014

Collingswood Book Festival, Collingswood, NJ, October 2014

Temple Sinai, Washington, DC, September 2014

Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore, MD, September 27, 2014

Bethany Beach Books, August 2014

Readers Garden, The Lucketts Fair, Loudoun County, VA, August 2014

JAM-DC Story Time, Mary Riley Styles Library, Falls Church, VA, July 2014

Millbrook Literary Festival, Millbrook, NY, June 2014

Nottingham Elementary School, Arlington, VA, June 2014

BEA Book Expo America, Javits Center, New York, NY, May 2014

Shenandoah Valley Reading Council's Young Author's Celebration, April 2014

Poetry Chapbook Reading, Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library, Washington,  DC  April 2014

Virginia State Reading Association Conference, Roanoke, VA, March 2014

Authors Fair, Cascades Library, Potomac Falls, VA, March 29, 2014

Bancroft Elementary School, Washington, DC, An Open Book Foundation event, March 2014

Robert E. Lee Elementary School, Spotsylvania, VA, January 2014

ALA Midwinter Conference, January 2014

Congregation Beth Shalom, Northbrook, IL, January 2014

JAM DC Fam Jam Story Time, Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Falls Church, VA, January 2014

Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning, Scotch Plains, NJ, December 2013

Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington, DC, December 2013

Book signing, NAEYC Conference, Washington, DC Convention Center, November 2013

Oakridge Elementary School, Arlington, VA, November 2013

Galway Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD, October 2013

Agudath Israel of Riverdale, NY, September 2013

Preschool of the Arts, New York, NY, September 2013

One More Page Books, Arlington, VA, September 2013

The Reading Connection, Columbia Grove Center, July 2013

Damascus Public Library, Sleepover Party, July 2013  

Davidsonville Elementary School, Davidsonville, MD, May 2013

Laura and Joel Greenzaid Early Childhood Center, Potomac, MD, May 2013

Oakridge Elementary School, Arlington, VA, April 2013

JAM DC Jewish and Muslim Family Story Time, Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Falls Church, VA, April 2013

PJ Library Conference, Baltimore, MD April 2013

Kent Gardens Elementary School, Fairfax County, VA, April 2013

Clearview Elementary School, Reston, VA, March 2013

Clopper Mill Elementary, Germantown, MD, March 2013

VAASL Potomac Regional Conference, Keynote Speaker, Front Royal, VA March 2013

Woodburn Elementary School, Falls Church, VA, March 2013

Woodfield Elementary, Gaithersburg, MD, February 2013

Har Sinai Congregation, Baltimore, MD, January 27, 2013

Pumpkin Theater, January 27, 2013 (Press Release: HTML, PDF)

The Day School at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, January 2013

Krieger Schechter Day School, Baltimore, MD, January 2013

Killing the Angel Book Launch Party, KGB Bar, New York, NY, December 2012

Skype Visit, Salem Public Library, Salem, OR, December 2012

Oseh Shalom Congregation, Laurel, MD, November 2012

Kids Spotlight, NAIBA Fall Conference, September 2012

Longwood University Summer Literacy Institute, July 2012

Bookapalooza, Central Library, Columbia, Maryland, June 2012

Sleepy Hollow Elementary Elementary School, Fairfax County, VA, May 2012

Partners in Print Family Day, University of Maryland, May 2012

Battlefield Elementary School, Fredericksburg, VA, April 2012

Woodlin Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD, April 2012

Oakridge Elementary School, Arlington, VA, April 2012

Highland Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD, March 2012

Centreville High School, March 2012

Literacy Council of Northern Virginia, March 2012, Falls Church, VA  

Book Launch party at One More Page Books, March 2012

Chancellor Elementary School, Fredericksburg, VA, March 2012

Claremont Elementary School, Arlington, VA, December 14, 2011

KidLit Authors' Club, Children's Book World, Haverford, PA, November 2011

Global Day of Jewish Learning, Wilf Jewish Community Center, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, November 2011

Randolph Elementary School, Arlington, VA, November 2011

Hope for Henry Reads, Georgetown Hospital, November 23, 2011

Virginia Educational Media Association, November 2011

The Optimist Club, Arlington, VA, Wednesday, October 19th

Creekside Elementary School, Suffolk, VA, October 2011

Princeton Children's Book Festival, September 2011

Fall for the Book, September 2011

Alexandria Story Festival, September 2011

Jamestown Elementary School, September 2011

LUCY Continuing Education Day, August 2011

Pine Springs Elementary School, Falls Church, VA, June 2011

IRA Convention, Orlando, FL, May 2011

Gaithersburg Book Festival, May 2011

Epstein School, Atlanta, GA, April 2011

Dresden Elementary School, Atlanta, GA, April 2011

Texas Library Association, April 2011

Tuckahoe Elementary School, Arlington, VA, April 2011

Laytonsville Elementary School, Laytonsville, MD, April 2011

Westlawn Elementary School, Fairfax County, VA, April 2011

Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary School, Germantown, MD, April 2011

Turning the Page Author Visit, March 2011

Mt. Vernon Elementary School, Alexandria, VA, March 2011

Shrevewood Elementary School, Falls Church, VA, March 2011

Virginia Festival of the Book, March 2011

Grand Opening of One More Page Bookstore, February 2011

Artisan-Bookfair, Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, DC, February 2011

Holy Redeemer School, College Park, MD, February 2011

Barnes & Noble Bookfest to Support Robinson Academic Booster Club, December 2010, Fair Lakes Mall

Sixth and I Synagogue, December 2010

TASL Librarians' Conference, November 2010

For Love of Children Book Festival, Washington, DC, November 2010

Timber Lane Elementary School, November 2010

VEMA Librarians' Conference, October 2010

Abingdon Elementary School, October 2010

Richmond Public Library, October 2010

Charles E. Smith School, October 2010

Association of Jewish Libraries, July 2010

American Library Association Convention, Washington, DC, June 2010

Matsunaga Elementary School, May 2010

Kesher Israel Congregation, West Chester, PA, Sunday, April 18, 2010

Reading: A Family Affair, Saturday, March 20, 2010, Literacy Council of Northern Virginia