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Student Workshop at The Field Museum
Thursdays, October 5, 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16, 2006
For grades 2-5
Plan an enriching field trip that lets your students see the new exhibition Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics and have a student workshop with Cheryl Bardoe, author of Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas. Hear excerpts from Bardoe's book, learn the basics of heredity, and engage in hands-on activities based on Mendel's experiments. Cost: $3 per Chicago student, $4 per non-Chicago student. Pre-Registration Required. Plan your field trip directly through The Field Museum’s Education Department.

Cover to Cover Book Store, in Columbus, Ohio
Saturday, November 4
I grew up two blocks from this great children’s bookstore. If you’re in Columbus, mark the date on your calendar. Details to come.

Past events

Public Book Reading at The Field Museum
1:30pm on Saturday, September 16 & Sunday, September 17
These readings were part of the DNA Discovery Days, which celebrated the opening of the exhibition Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics.

Printers' Row Book Fair in Chicago
On June 3 I was one of four authors who took part in a panel discussion. Entitled Show, Don't Tell, the panel was moderated by Esther Hershenhorn and discussed the thrills, surprises, rewards and reality of getting published for the first time. Seen here are (l. to r.) Aaron Reynolds (Chicks and Salsa, Bloomsbury); Cheryl Bardoe (Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas, Abrams); Andrea Beaty (When Giants Come to Play, Abrams); Hershenhorn; and Barbara Gregorich (Waltur Buys a Pig in a Poke, Houghton).

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