People are selling used copies of Foxy’s Tale on Amazon.com. The cheapest one is 1 cent and the most expensive is $99.99. For $100 you can buy 2 books. What a deal? But wait there’s more. They are selling new copies for seventy and eighty dollars. What am I doing wrong? I wonder how many they have sold at those prices.
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I had to laugh.
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Little Bigfoot in Fairbanks, Alaska
Thursday, July 1st, 2010Sometimes when I visit schools and talk to the students about Foxy’s Tale and sled dog racing I show a video of a girl falling off of her sled and walking back to the finish line. When I stop the video, she is usually in this position on the screen.
I tell the students that she looks like Bigfoot and they look at me as too say, “Who is Bigfoot?” Guess I’ll have to add this picture to the presentation when I see that look on their faces again.
Doesn’t she look like a little Bigfoot?
Now this is really cool.
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010I received this from some students in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Nice way to end the school year.
Click on triangle to play.
Last Skype session of the school year.
Thursday, May 27th, 2010I had another good time with 3rd graders in Hilton, NY. Ms Thompson’s class had some great questions, that I have never been asked before.
Foxy gets some LOVE.
Thursday, May 20th, 2010I think there may be a conspiracy out there in elementary school land. Here are the last three comments I have received from teachers in different parts of the country. They all have used capital letters to spell the word loved and love.
From a teacher in Pennsylvania: We just finished your awesome book Foxy’s Tale . The students and I LOVED it. We couldn’t read it fast enough. They were so excited throughout the story. Of course at the end we wanted more.
From a teacher in New York: My students LOVED your book. What a wonderful story. Every time we had to stop I had lots of whining and complaining – even when we were going out for recess! Amazing.
From a computer lab teacher in Michigan: I want to tell you that the third grade class has been reading your book and they LOVE it! Their teacher said that they have not been as excited about any other book all year.
What could make me happier you ask? That’s easy, if they all would LOVE to buy a copy of the book.
Skype is great.
Thursday, May 13th, 2010I have just started using Skype to visit with school students. It has been a great way to reach kids and talk about Foxy’s Tale without leaving home. My first session was two weeks ago with some older students in Florida. They were really excited and had some great questions.
Tuesday I met with some second grade students from a school in the Philly area. No pictures from that visit yet.
Then today, I visited with first grade students in Springfield, Tennessee. They had lots of questions most centered on the ages of everyone involved in the story and how Foxy and Rosie died. One student even wanted to know how old Sandy and Michael were. First graders are a fun bunch.
I wish there were more kids like this one.
Saturday, February 27th, 2010I received this letter from a mother of a student I visited with a few weeks ago.
I have a 6 year old daughter who attends Scenic Hills Elementary in Springfield Pennsylvania. She has been hounding me ever since I missed her chance to get your signed autographed copy of Foxy Tale when you visited her kindergarten class. I would like to know if it is possible to mail to you a money order for a signed book as well as shipping cost so that you may send us a copy. Thank you for considering, goodnight.
Scenic Hills Elementary
Friday, February 5th, 2010I’m at Scenic Hills Elementary school in Springfield, PA, just outside Philly today talking to kids from kindergarten through 4th grade.
Hope to be on the road home before the snow arrives.
I made it home before it started snowing. Had a great time at the school today. Saw some teachers’ heads shake when I showed the picture of me standing next to the stuffed Balto in the Cleveland Museum. Guess I won’t show that picture anymore.
Foxy’s Tale season has started
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009It is early into the 2009-2010 school year, but the Foxy’s Tale season has already started. Last month I was invited to talk to the Crazy Chickens’ Book Club. They meet once a month to discuss books that they have read. The book they selected for their meeting in October was Foxy’s Tale. I started off the meeting by showing the students the videos I normally show in schools. We also talked about sled dog racing and the Iditarod Sled Dog race.
Then we went outside to have fun with the dog sled. First I explained how to ride the sled and the different things on the sled like the brake and the snow hook.
Then it was time to hook some of the students to the sled and pretend they were sled dogs. I explained the role of each dog in the team and how they each had a different but important job to do. We also discussed what the musher’s responsibilities were to ensure the dogs had a safe run.
The musher Ryan learned how to peddle or kick as we call it, to help the dogs run a little faster. Ryan also wrote a book report on Foxy’s Tale for school. I can’t wait to read it.
I had a great time with the Crazy Chickens Book Club. Finally it was time for a group photo. (Note to Ed, hold your head up when you are having your picture taken, that way you won’t look so bald.)
Going back to your elementary school
Sunday, October 11th, 2009Have you ever wanted to return to your elementary school? I had the opportunity to do just that a few years ago. My first elementary school in Poland, Ohio invited me to talk to their students about Foxy’s Tale. My only memory of first grade was the picture I have had since 1951. We moved to Pennsylvania in 1951, so I only attended there for kindergarten and first grade. Here is the picture of my first grade class. I am in the second row, second from the right.
In May of 2007, I returned to Poland Union school and had my picture taken in the same place 56 years later. I had a great time at the school and even made the newspaper.
After we moved to Pennsylvania, I attended Holy Trinity in Morrisville, Pa. Everything you ever heard about Catholic schools in the 1950′s was true especially for Holy Trinity. As you can see from this picture, we were model students and did not deserve to be beaten like we were.
I am in the back row, forth from the right. Smallest of all the students. When I returned in 2004, for a school visit to talk to the students, I didn’t bring a camera. I wanted to get in and out in a hurry in case they remembered me. I didn’t want any more beatings. But the nuns were all gone, just lay teachers, so I had a good time.
While we are talking about elementary schools, I also had the opportunity to visit a school in Texas named after me. Well it really wasn’t named after me, but the astronaut by the same name. He was the first American to walk in space and died in the Apollo 1 accident. I had to take a picture though.
