NAME THE MYSTERIOUS MAN IN THE PICTURE

By Kristyn Crow -

Today I had a terrific time gathering with fellow authors at the Provo Children's Book Festival. Pictured above are: (From left) Anne Bowen, myself, Carol Lynch Williams, Emily Wing Smith, and Ann Dee Ellis. If you can name the mysterious man hiding in this picture, I will send you an autographed copy of one of my books (your choice). That is, if you're the first one to respond correctly. (Rock canyon writers excluded.)


The read-aloud was fun--especially reading to my neices and nephews. I feel very blessed to have family members who are so supportive. I thought, man, these kids have heard my stories so many times, do they really want to hear them again? But they listened and played along with me. It was great! The festival had face painting, puppet shows, classes, readings, free books, food, and more. There was a bit of frustration for everyone when the fire alarm was pulled by a child and the whole building flashed and screamed like it was WW IV. The alarm kept going for quite some time and I thought I might have to try to read in sync with the loud bursts of angry noise.


I feel very privileged to have met Laura Vaccaro Seeger in person. I had seen her before when she received the Caldecott Honor award at the Caldecott banquet in Anaheim, California. It was nice to talk to her today, even just for a few minutes.


At the festival there were banners with the author names hanging high on the walls. Each one had our book covers and a fun fact. My fun fact said: Her husband was on President Obama's Inauguration Security Team. So when Steve came to pick me up and saw that tidbit written about him on my banner, I noticed there was an extra bounce in his step.

Comments

Jodi said…
My kids LOVED hearing you read to them... they were talking about it all day. Thanks for letting us know about this fun activity.
May 17, 2009 at 6:10 AM
loo said…
It's James Dashner!
May 21, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Kristyn Crow said…
Loo, you win the prize! If you'd like a signed copy of one of my books, email me at kriscrow@qwest.net.
May 21, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Kate said…
You don't know me Kristyn but I googled some stuff on Aspergers and was reading some things you wrote on it. When I read you were the mother of 7 at the end, I said to myself "This lady has got to be LDS" :) How wonderful that you are a children's book author as well! Your books look great. I have 4 children myself and graduated BYU in 97. Now I'm excited to get some new reading for my kids! Just wanted to say hello and thanks for all the info you put out there about your son and Aspergers. And congrats on your successes!
May 23, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Kristyn Crow said…
Hey Kate,

Thanks for writing! It's great to hear from you and I'm glad you found me through the Aspergers articles. I think I'm going to start writing special needs articles again (I took a bit of a hiatus), because it's very fulfilling, and I hear from such wonderful people. It's nice to know that some of my information is getting to people, and I hope it's helpful. I appreciate your words of congratulations, and if you do happen to see my books, I'd love to hear what you think.

Best to you and your cute family,

Kristyn
May 23, 2009 at 11:36 PM
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