Children’s Author
I’m so excited that Copy That, Copy Cat! won the EUREKA! Award for Excellence in Nonfiction from the California Reading Association. It’s pretty cool that my first state list is my home state—and that we got Gold! You can see the other honorees at the CRA website.
The Orange County Children’s Book Festival is right down the street at Orange Coast College, where my Dad used to teach! A great day with SCBWI SoCal.
Team Copy Cat had a great time at the first OC Book Fair in Old Town Tustin! The SCBWI booth was great, as always, and lots of independent bookstores participated. Thanks to my mom and sister!
Now you can download the Copy That, Copy Cat! Teacher’s Guide all in one file!
Plus it includes a new Language Arts activity. Animals Go Vroom! by Abi Cushman was one of the inspirations for Copy That, Copy Cat!. “Good Copycat or Bad Copycat?” invites students to compare and contrast the two books and practice being good copycats in their own writing.
Hands on Science!
At long last, the last chunk of the Copy That, Copy Cat! Teacher’s Guide is available. With these inquiry-based experiments, kids will discover how planes fly, how snowshoes work, and make their own soda can submarine!
You can find the rest of the Teacher’s Guide in Resources.