Events
Contact [email protected] to discuss availability and rates for events, virtual sessions, school visits, etc.
2024
June 15 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Turning the Page Children's Book and Literary Festival - Ronald Reagan Bldg, Washington, D.C.
April 16 - Letters to the Homeland - Spotlight Politics and Prose class with translator Andrea Emily Stumpf (Sequel to Memoirs of an Arabian Princess)
February 5 - March 18 "Life from a Different Perspective" - Teaching a 4-session class featuring adult and young adult authors with disabilities; online class with Politics and Prose
2023
October 1 - Celebrate Muslims in America - Screen Great Muslim Road Trip and more
3:00 - 5:00 pm Islamic Leadership Institute, 4903 Liberty Heights Avenue, Baltimore MD - Details and tickets here
September 14 - leading a Politics and Prose class on Andrea Emily Stumpf's newly translated
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess (her great-great grandmother!) - in conversation with Andrea Stumpf
June 17 - Turning the Page Capital Book Fest, Washington, D.C.
May - gathered books with Do Kind Works' Summer Fun Stuff, Children's Book Guild Literacy Award winner
April 18 - Egypt presentation at Woodmoor Elementary School, Baltimore, Maryland
April 11 - MEAAG/BLASCC Stories to Broaden Understanding - conversation with Diana Abu-Jaber, author
Fencing with the King
March 7 - MEAAG/BLASCC Stories to Broaden Understanding - conversation with Mojdeh Bahar, Milkvetch and Violets
Feb 7 - Middle Eastern American Advisory Group/Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee Stories to Broaden U
Understanding - conversation with Reem Faruqi, author of Milloo's Mind: the Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for
Women's Education
2022
December 4 - Greenbelt Festival, Greenbelt, MD
October 15 - Celebrate! King Tut, the Rosetta Stone and Modern Egypt - 1-4pm, Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD
(sponsored by Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee)
June 29 - Turning the Page Children's Book Fest, Washington, D.C.
April 19 - June 14 - Stories to Broaden Understanding:
Eman Quotah, author Bride of the Sea
Ruby Namdar, author The Ruined House
Laila el-Haddad, author The Gaza Kitchen: a Palestinian Culinary Journey
April 4 - May 31 - Voices of Arab American Authors: Discovery and Beyond - 4 Mondays, 1 Tuesday Biweekly; co- taught with Heba el Shazli
March 22 - I'm Packed! Hosting writing workshop led by Naomi Shihab Nye with Politics & Prose Bookstore
Based on Turtle of Michigan (sequel to Turtle of Oman)
Feb 2 - World Read Aloud Day and Kate Messner's Virtual Author Visits
Virtual Visits with
4th graders/Miller Elementary School/Canton, Michigan
3rd graders/Glenallan Elementary School/Silver Spring, Maryland
5th graders/School 17/Clifton, New Jersey
5th graders/Tonda Elementary School/Canton, Michigan
2021
Nov 27 - Conversation with former Egyptian Ambassador and novelist Mohamed Tawfik for Arab World Books: A Writer, A Vision, A Journey - online via Zoom
Nov 4-5 - Virginia Association of School Librarians (VAASL) Williamsburg, VA - presentation/booth about school visits w/members of Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) & Children's Book Guild
of Washington, D.C.
June 9 - Conversation with Teachers, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
May 26 - Schutz American School, Alexandria, Egypt - Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words - 2nd-5th graders
May 19 - Ambassador Mohamed Tawfik, retired - "A Novelist's Journey Across 20th Century Egypt" with
Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee and Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore
March 26 - May 21 - Co-teaching with Heba El Shazly (George Mason University) "Arab American Authors: Perspectives on America," Politics and Prose (Washington, D.C. - class is virtual)
Feb 26 - Virtual visit with 2nd graders at Petrides School, Staten Island, New York
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words)
Feb 16 - July 20 - Moderating Middle Eastern American Advisory Group Virtual Author Conversations with
Montgomery County Public Library - RSVP here
Feb 17 - Virtual author visit with Carolina Beach Elementary School, Carolina Beach, NC
Feb 6 - Apr 6 - Co-teaching workshop with Amy Neugebauer (The Giving Square) on how YOU, uniquely, can
make a difference in your community
Feb 3 - World Read Aloud Day
Johnson Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA (3rd grade)
Alward Elementary School, Hudsonville, MI (2nd grade)
CREC International Magnet School for Global Citizenship, Windsor, CT
2020
August 27 - Middle Eastern Author Series for Middle East American Advisory Group, Montgomery County Maryland
April 26 - Kensington Day of the Book, MD 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
February 5 - World Read Aloud Day -
Glenallan Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD
Wellwood Middle School, Fayetteville, NY
2019
December 4 - University Club Book Fair, Washington, D.C.
November 22 - National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore Convention Center - signing books with Middle
East Outreach Council
July 23-25 Multiple presentations by Heba El-Rafey, Director of Public Relations for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, "The Ancient Alexandria Library Anew for the 21st Century" - Washington, D.C., and Baltimore
May 18 - Gaithersburg Book Festival Featured Author
April 29 - Children's Book Week Live Readings at Young Readers Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
March 16 - 11:00 am Children's Bookstore of Lauraville, MD, with Kathy MacMillan, author of She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World
March 13 - Author Visit to Browne Educational Campus, Washington, D.C., with An Open Book Foundation
March 9 - 10:30 am Bard's Alley, Vienna, VA, with Jenni Walsh, author of Malala Yousafzai: She Dared
March 2 - 2:00 pm - Books with a Past, Historic Savage Mill, MD, with with Kathy MacMillan, author of She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World
February 27 - 7pm Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington,D.C.
Launch Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words with Giving Square
February 25 - Author Visit to Farmland Elementary School, Bethesda, MD
February 23 - 1:00 - 3:00 pm - Sweet Frog Laurel - 20% discount on yogurt for all book buyers!
June 15 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Turning the Page Children's Book and Literary Festival - Ronald Reagan Bldg, Washington, D.C.
April 16 - Letters to the Homeland - Spotlight Politics and Prose class with translator Andrea Emily Stumpf (Sequel to Memoirs of an Arabian Princess)
February 5 - March 18 "Life from a Different Perspective" - Teaching a 4-session class featuring adult and young adult authors with disabilities; online class with Politics and Prose
2023
October 1 - Celebrate Muslims in America - Screen Great Muslim Road Trip and more
3:00 - 5:00 pm Islamic Leadership Institute, 4903 Liberty Heights Avenue, Baltimore MD - Details and tickets here
September 14 - leading a Politics and Prose class on Andrea Emily Stumpf's newly translated
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess (her great-great grandmother!) - in conversation with Andrea Stumpf
June 17 - Turning the Page Capital Book Fest, Washington, D.C.
May - gathered books with Do Kind Works' Summer Fun Stuff, Children's Book Guild Literacy Award winner
April 18 - Egypt presentation at Woodmoor Elementary School, Baltimore, Maryland
April 11 - MEAAG/BLASCC Stories to Broaden Understanding - conversation with Diana Abu-Jaber, author
Fencing with the King
March 7 - MEAAG/BLASCC Stories to Broaden Understanding - conversation with Mojdeh Bahar, Milkvetch and Violets
Feb 7 - Middle Eastern American Advisory Group/Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee Stories to Broaden U
Understanding - conversation with Reem Faruqi, author of Milloo's Mind: the Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for
Women's Education
2022
December 4 - Greenbelt Festival, Greenbelt, MD
October 15 - Celebrate! King Tut, the Rosetta Stone and Modern Egypt - 1-4pm, Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD
(sponsored by Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee)
June 29 - Turning the Page Children's Book Fest, Washington, D.C.
April 19 - June 14 - Stories to Broaden Understanding:
Eman Quotah, author Bride of the Sea
Ruby Namdar, author The Ruined House
Laila el-Haddad, author The Gaza Kitchen: a Palestinian Culinary Journey
April 4 - May 31 - Voices of Arab American Authors: Discovery and Beyond - 4 Mondays, 1 Tuesday Biweekly; co- taught with Heba el Shazli
March 22 - I'm Packed! Hosting writing workshop led by Naomi Shihab Nye with Politics & Prose Bookstore
Based on Turtle of Michigan (sequel to Turtle of Oman)
Feb 2 - World Read Aloud Day and Kate Messner's Virtual Author Visits
Virtual Visits with
4th graders/Miller Elementary School/Canton, Michigan
3rd graders/Glenallan Elementary School/Silver Spring, Maryland
5th graders/School 17/Clifton, New Jersey
5th graders/Tonda Elementary School/Canton, Michigan
2021
Nov 27 - Conversation with former Egyptian Ambassador and novelist Mohamed Tawfik for Arab World Books: A Writer, A Vision, A Journey - online via Zoom
Nov 4-5 - Virginia Association of School Librarians (VAASL) Williamsburg, VA - presentation/booth about school visits w/members of Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) & Children's Book Guild
of Washington, D.C.
June 9 - Conversation with Teachers, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
May 26 - Schutz American School, Alexandria, Egypt - Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words - 2nd-5th graders
May 19 - Ambassador Mohamed Tawfik, retired - "A Novelist's Journey Across 20th Century Egypt" with
Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee and Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore
March 26 - May 21 - Co-teaching with Heba El Shazly (George Mason University) "Arab American Authors: Perspectives on America," Politics and Prose (Washington, D.C. - class is virtual)
Feb 26 - Virtual visit with 2nd graders at Petrides School, Staten Island, New York
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words)
Feb 16 - July 20 - Moderating Middle Eastern American Advisory Group Virtual Author Conversations with
Montgomery County Public Library - RSVP here
Feb 17 - Virtual author visit with Carolina Beach Elementary School, Carolina Beach, NC
Feb 6 - Apr 6 - Co-teaching workshop with Amy Neugebauer (The Giving Square) on how YOU, uniquely, can
make a difference in your community
Feb 3 - World Read Aloud Day
Johnson Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA (3rd grade)
Alward Elementary School, Hudsonville, MI (2nd grade)
CREC International Magnet School for Global Citizenship, Windsor, CT
2020
August 27 - Middle Eastern Author Series for Middle East American Advisory Group, Montgomery County Maryland
April 26 - Kensington Day of the Book, MD 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
February 5 - World Read Aloud Day -
Glenallan Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD
Wellwood Middle School, Fayetteville, NY
2019
December 4 - University Club Book Fair, Washington, D.C.
November 22 - National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore Convention Center - signing books with Middle
East Outreach Council
July 23-25 Multiple presentations by Heba El-Rafey, Director of Public Relations for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, "The Ancient Alexandria Library Anew for the 21st Century" - Washington, D.C., and Baltimore
May 18 - Gaithersburg Book Festival Featured Author
April 29 - Children's Book Week Live Readings at Young Readers Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
March 16 - 11:00 am Children's Bookstore of Lauraville, MD, with Kathy MacMillan, author of She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World
March 13 - Author Visit to Browne Educational Campus, Washington, D.C., with An Open Book Foundation
March 9 - 10:30 am Bard's Alley, Vienna, VA, with Jenni Walsh, author of Malala Yousafzai: She Dared
March 2 - 2:00 pm - Books with a Past, Historic Savage Mill, MD, with with Kathy MacMillan, author of She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World
February 27 - 7pm Politics and Prose 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington,D.C.
Launch Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words with Giving Square
February 25 - Author Visit to Farmland Elementary School, Bethesda, MD
February 23 - 1:00 - 3:00 pm - Sweet Frog Laurel - 20% discount on yogurt for all book buyers!
2018
April 12 - SoMIRAC panel with authors Mary Quattlebaum and Debbie Levy - Nonfiction: Real World Fun and Facts (Featured Author Session + Authors' Night)
April 11 - National Library Week Celebration (April 8 - 14) at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
February 24 - SCBWI MD/DE/VA Real Local Challenge Webinar with Ann McCallum and Lezlie Evans 4:30 pm
February 1 - World Read Aloud Day - Skype with 3rd graders at A.J. Schmidt Elementary School, Angola, NY and 4th graders at T. Baldwin Demarest School in Old Tappan, New Jersey, and 4th graders at Northern Hills Elementary School in Onalaska, Wisconsin
January 27 - Author Sponsor for Multicultural Children's Book Day
April 12 - SoMIRAC panel with authors Mary Quattlebaum and Debbie Levy - Nonfiction: Real World Fun and Facts (Featured Author Session + Authors' Night)
April 11 - National Library Week Celebration (April 8 - 14) at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
February 24 - SCBWI MD/DE/VA Real Local Challenge Webinar with Ann McCallum and Lezlie Evans 4:30 pm
February 1 - World Read Aloud Day - Skype with 3rd graders at A.J. Schmidt Elementary School, Angola, NY and 4th graders at T. Baldwin Demarest School in Old Tappan, New Jersey, and 4th graders at Northern Hills Elementary School in Onalaska, Wisconsin
January 27 - Author Sponsor for Multicultural Children's Book Day
2017
December 15 - Joined Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI MD, DE, WV) at Barnes & Noble Ellicott City, MD
December 1 - Attended Baltimore Council on Foreign Relations 16th Annual Foreign Policy Conference for Maryland's Secondary School Social Studies Teachers
November 8 - St. Thomas More Cathedral School, Arlington, VA - lead digital conversation with librarians at Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Alexandria, Egypt)
November 3 - 4 - 25th anniversary dinner and family festival to celebrate 2017 Children's Africana Book Awards
October 29 - High school English Club Lycée Chouiter, Marrakech, Morocco - Morocco Library Project
September 23 - D.C. Public Library Summer Reading Celebration
June 17 - Chesapeake Children's Book Festival, Easton, Maryland
June 11 - Books in Bloom - First Columbia, MD Book Festival
April 22 - Children's Literature Conference, Salisbury, Maryland
April 11 - Africa Access Teacher Workshop at Howard University
March 15 - Arlington Community School, Arlington, Virginia with An Open Book Foundation
March 7 - Plummer Elementary School, D.C., with School Girls Unite and An Open Book Foundation
December 15 - Joined Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI MD, DE, WV) at Barnes & Noble Ellicott City, MD
December 1 - Attended Baltimore Council on Foreign Relations 16th Annual Foreign Policy Conference for Maryland's Secondary School Social Studies Teachers
November 8 - St. Thomas More Cathedral School, Arlington, VA - lead digital conversation with librarians at Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Alexandria, Egypt)
November 3 - 4 - 25th anniversary dinner and family festival to celebrate 2017 Children's Africana Book Awards
October 29 - High school English Club Lycée Chouiter, Marrakech, Morocco - Morocco Library Project
September 23 - D.C. Public Library Summer Reading Celebration
June 17 - Chesapeake Children's Book Festival, Easton, Maryland
June 11 - Books in Bloom - First Columbia, MD Book Festival
April 22 - Children's Literature Conference, Salisbury, Maryland
April 11 - Africa Access Teacher Workshop at Howard University
March 15 - Arlington Community School, Arlington, Virginia with An Open Book Foundation
March 7 - Plummer Elementary School, D.C., with School Girls Unite and An Open Book Foundation
2016
November 20 - National Cathedral Storytelling Hour - Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words
October 20 - Virginia Association of School Librarians - Global Understanding through Picture Books
October 8 - Children's Africana Book Awards, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
April 18 - Norwood School, Bethesda, MD
February 28 - Girl Scout Thinking Day, Elkridge, MD
November 20 - National Cathedral Storytelling Hour - Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words
October 20 - Virginia Association of School Librarians - Global Understanding through Picture Books
October 8 - Children's Africana Book Awards, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
April 18 - Norwood School, Bethesda, MD
February 28 - Girl Scout Thinking Day, Elkridge, MD
2015
November 14 - For Love of Children Book Festival, Washington, D.C.
October 12 - 13 Informal Education Conference at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
September 19 - Teach Africa! Silver Spring Cultural Center
July 8 - 7:00 p.m. - Howard County Central Library, Columbia, MD
May 16 - 10 am - 6 pm - Gaithersburg Book Festival with author Ann McCallum and SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators)
April 1 - Howard University: Children and Youth Literature Projects and Techniques for the Classroom: Africa and the Middle East
March 24 - Excel Academy for Girls with An Open Book Foundation (Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words)
March 4 - Library of Congress - Washington School for Girls (Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words)
February 27 - Girl Scout Troop 2158, John Eaton School, Washington, D.C. (Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words)
November 14 - For Love of Children Book Festival, Washington, D.C.
October 12 - 13 Informal Education Conference at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
September 19 - Teach Africa! Silver Spring Cultural Center
July 8 - 7:00 p.m. - Howard County Central Library, Columbia, MD
May 16 - 10 am - 6 pm - Gaithersburg Book Festival with author Ann McCallum and SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators)
April 1 - Howard University: Children and Youth Literature Projects and Techniques for the Classroom: Africa and the Middle East
March 24 - Excel Academy for Girls with An Open Book Foundation (Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words)
March 4 - Library of Congress - Washington School for Girls (Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words)
February 27 - Girl Scout Troop 2158, John Eaton School, Washington, D.C. (Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words)
2014
November 7 - Presentation in Arabic and English at Nebny Foundation Manshiet Nasser After School Program, Cairo, Egypt
July - Summer Arabic Classes, Anne Arundel County, Meade Middle School
May 31 - Celebrate Egypt Garden Party to raise funds for Children's Library and kick off expansion of Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandria to DC/VA/MD
May 7 - Presentation to 3rd graders at Wheaton Woods Elementary School, Wheaton, MD, An Open Book Foundation
April 30 - Presentations to 3 classes at Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland
April 29 - Presentations to 2 Arabic language classes, Meade Middle School, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
April 12 - Salisbury University Children's Literature Festival - session on Multicultural Storytelling with Sushmita Mazumdar
April 9 - Arabic reading and class discussion at Young Readers Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (with Tharwat Abouraya)
March 21 - Signed books available for Multicultural Night, Stonegate Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD
March 12 - Kick off Virtual Book Drive for Children's and Young People's Libraries at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organized by Baltimore/Washington Friends of the BA
January 13 - AIMS - Association of Independent Maryland DC Schools - Building Global Consciousness with Picture Books
November 7 - Presentation in Arabic and English at Nebny Foundation Manshiet Nasser After School Program, Cairo, Egypt
July - Summer Arabic Classes, Anne Arundel County, Meade Middle School
May 31 - Celebrate Egypt Garden Party to raise funds for Children's Library and kick off expansion of Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandria to DC/VA/MD
May 7 - Presentation to 3rd graders at Wheaton Woods Elementary School, Wheaton, MD, An Open Book Foundation
April 30 - Presentations to 3 classes at Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland
April 29 - Presentations to 2 Arabic language classes, Meade Middle School, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
April 12 - Salisbury University Children's Literature Festival - session on Multicultural Storytelling with Sushmita Mazumdar
April 9 - Arabic reading and class discussion at Young Readers Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (with Tharwat Abouraya)
March 21 - Signed books available for Multicultural Night, Stonegate Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD
March 12 - Kick off Virtual Book Drive for Children's and Young People's Libraries at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, organized by Baltimore/Washington Friends of the BA
January 13 - AIMS - Association of Independent Maryland DC Schools - Building Global Consciousness with Picture Books
2013
December 14 - Arabic reading at StudioPAUSE, Arlington, VA
November 16 - Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
November 14 - 17 - American Association of School Librarians, Hartford, Connecticut
November 9 - Children's Africana Book Awards, Smithsonian Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
November 2 - Arab American Book Award Ceremony, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
October 29 - St. Thomas More Cathedral School, Arlington, Virginia
October 16 - St. Andrew Apostle School, Silver Spring, Maryland
October 11 - School Girls United - International Day of the Girl, Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, Maryland
May 18 - Gaithersburg Book Festival
GBL Blog - Librarians of Congress: Protecting America's Treasured Books
April 27 - Texas Library Association presentation
April 11 – State of Maryland International Reading Association (SoMIRAC)
April 6 - Maryland Writers Association, Montgomery County Chapter
March 23 – Virginia Festival of the Book Publishing Day panel, Charlottesville, VA
March 22 - Venable and Meriwether Lewis Elementary Schools, Charlottesville, VA
March 19 – Turning the Page Community Night - Tyler Elementary School - Washington, D.C.
March 9 - National Children's Museum Reading Ft. Washington, MD
February 5 – Burnt Mills Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD with An Open Book Foundation
January 30, 2013 – Easttown Library, Berwyn, Pennsylvania (school presentation)
October 24 – Takoma Park Public Library, Takoma Park, MD
September 30 – Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore, MD
September 29 – NAIBA (New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association)
September 14 – Westminster Retirement Community, Woodbridge, VA
September 14 – Springwoods Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA
September 13 – Celebrate the launch of Hands Around the Library at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
September 12 – Ketcham Elementary school with An Open Book Foundation, Washington, D.C.
September 12 – Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C.
December 14 - Arabic reading at StudioPAUSE, Arlington, VA
November 16 - Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
November 14 - 17 - American Association of School Librarians, Hartford, Connecticut
November 9 - Children's Africana Book Awards, Smithsonian Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
November 2 - Arab American Book Award Ceremony, Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
October 29 - St. Thomas More Cathedral School, Arlington, Virginia
October 16 - St. Andrew Apostle School, Silver Spring, Maryland
October 11 - School Girls United - International Day of the Girl, Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, Maryland
May 18 - Gaithersburg Book Festival
GBL Blog - Librarians of Congress: Protecting America's Treasured Books
April 27 - Texas Library Association presentation
April 11 – State of Maryland International Reading Association (SoMIRAC)
April 6 - Maryland Writers Association, Montgomery County Chapter
March 23 – Virginia Festival of the Book Publishing Day panel, Charlottesville, VA
March 22 - Venable and Meriwether Lewis Elementary Schools, Charlottesville, VA
March 19 – Turning the Page Community Night - Tyler Elementary School - Washington, D.C.
March 9 - National Children's Museum Reading Ft. Washington, MD
February 5 – Burnt Mills Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD with An Open Book Foundation
January 30, 2013 – Easttown Library, Berwyn, Pennsylvania (school presentation)
October 24 – Takoma Park Public Library, Takoma Park, MD
September 30 – Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore, MD
September 29 – NAIBA (New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association)
September 14 – Westminster Retirement Community, Woodbridge, VA
September 14 – Springwoods Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA
September 13 – Celebrate the launch of Hands Around the Library at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
September 12 – Ketcham Elementary school with An Open Book Foundation, Washington, D.C.
September 12 – Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C.
