From November 1, 2008 to the 30th,

Amadi and I celebrated the release of AMADI’S SNOWMAN

with a virtual tour that took us around the world, from the US to Nigeria, and from Haiti to India. It was hosted on my blog, Scribbly Katia.

Calendar of Events

Every day of the tour, in addition to the stops listed below, there was a brief post on my blog, Scribbly Katia.

Sat.  11/1   — Tour Introduction on Scribbly Katia

Sun. 11/2   — Interview with Katia & Dimitrea Tokunbo at Bees Knees Reads

Mon. 11/3  — Review at My Readable Feast; visit with the Nsukka Children’s Centre in Nigeria.

Tues. 11/4  — Interview at Literary Safari

Wed. 11/5   — Interview at the PaperTigers blog and drawings from the children at Vidyaranya High School, in Hyderabad, India.

Thurs. 11/6 — Review at 5 Minutes for Books; Vidyaranya High School visit in Hyderabad, India, on Scribbly Katia

Frid. 11/7  — Giveaway and review at In the Pages; The children at Vidyaranya High School answer the questions asked by the children of Nsukka in Nigeria.

Sat. 11/8   — Interview with Katia and children’s author Amy Lundebrek at Shelf Elf; First day of “Author chat with Katia” on LibraryThing

Sun. 11/9   — Feature with Dimitrea Tokunbo on 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Mon. 11/10 — Review at Through the Looking Glass Book Review; Discussion Activity at Read These Books and Use Them!

Tues. 11/11 — Interview with Katia at Through the Looking Glass; Review on The Wild Rumpus Starts

Wed. 11/12 — Giveaway at Through the Looking Glass; Review at Books Together; Virtual visit with the third grade class at Quisqueya School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Scribbly Katia.

Thurs. 11/13 — A stop at Anastasia Suen’s blogs, Children’s Books Biz News, and Picture Book of the Week; video clip, Amadi and Frantzito, in the Dominican Republic on Scribbly Katia.

Fri. 11/14    —  Review and book trailer debut at Mitali’s Fire Escape; Virtual visit with the second grade class at Poupard Elementary School, in Michigan, USA on Scribbly Katia.

Sat. 11/15   — Conversation with Kelly Starling Lyons about the importance of diversity in children’s books.

Sun. 11/16  — Interview at Jambalaya, the blog of National Book Award Author Kimberly Willis Holt.

Mon. 11/17  —  A visit to Maw Books; Children from the Central School in Nsukka, Nigeria, share drawings and their thoughts on reading their first book on Scribbly Katia.

Tues. 11/18 — Review at The Well-Read Child ; A surprise from the Austin Children’s Writers and Illustrators community at Lindsey Lane’s blog, This and That.

Wed. 11/19  — Interview with Katia at The Well-Read Child ; A letter to Amadi from Florin, Aisha and Shali in Italy on Scribbly Katia.

Thurs. 11/20 — Review and Giveaway at On My Bookshelf; Virtual Visit at the British School of Enugu, in Nigeria, on Scribbly Katia.

Fri. 11/21   —  Katia’s photo essay: “Snapshots of My Life in India,” at Bri Meets Books; Interview with Dimitrea at The Well-Read Child ; a sample of drawings from the Vidyaranya High School, in Hyderabad, India on Scribbly Katia.

Sat. 11/22  — A stop at Annette Gulati’s blog, The Writing Wild Life to talk about writing spaces and inspirations.

Sun. 11/23  — Children around the world ask questions to the illustrator, on Scribbly Katia

Mon. 11/24  — Interview with Katia at Nancy Sanders’blog ; Children’s questions to the author, on Scribbly Katia

Tues. 11/25 —  Author and Photographer Ifeoma Onyefulu talks about books and growing up in Nigeria, on Scribbly Katia

Wed. 11/26  — Gallery of artwork from kids around the world on Scribbly Katia

Thurs. 11/27  — Feature on Global Sustainable libraries with an essay from Jane Kurtz, and video clip by Ramesh Raparthy and Amulya Rajan for the Karatu Library Project in Yola, Nigeria, on Scribbly Katia

Fri. 11/28 — A conversation between Amadi and Uma Krishnaswami on Uma’s blog, Writing with a Broken Tusk; children’s drawings of snowmen on Scribbly Katia

Sat. 11/29 — More on sustainable libraries on Scribbly Katia

Sun. 11/30 — Tour wrap-up, prize winners announced! Scribbly Katia

A warm, heartfelt thank you to all (children, teachers, bloggers, reviewers, and authors) who participated in this groundbreaking event that even got us a write-up in Publisher’s Weekly.