Here's the deal---I love reading blogs but I am whack at keeping one up to date. So I thought I'd just keep
a nice, updated schedule page so that you'll be able to stay up on my travels. Schools, conferences
bookstores and library visits are rolling in. Who knows, I may be in your vicinity soon. If so, come out and
show a brotha some love. I'll also try to take photos at the scheduled events and post them on this page.
...Don't hold me to it though. I'll definitely try to chronicle my visits and share my amazing travels with you
all.
Promise (fingers crossed tight)
peace and blessings
ddb
2008
October 10th
P.S. 190
Brooklyn, NY
9-10:30
October 11-12th
New York, New York
Cirle of Sisters
Jacob Javits Center
Scholastic Kids Pavillion
10AM-5PM
Life Size Ruby!
Ruby fans
Reading to Ruby fans
The beautiful illustrator of Ruby & the Booker boys and yours truly
Reading to Ruby fans
October 17th
Hearst Elementary
Chicago, IL
10-11AM
October 17th
Pershing East
Chicago, IL
5-7PM
October 18th
Book-It-Black-To-Bronzeville Book Festival
Afrocentric Bookstore
Chicago, IL
11AM-3PM
November 9th
St. James Book Expo
St. James United Methodist Church
with illustrator Shane Evans
8AM-1PM
December 6th
Barnes and Noble
Zona Rosa
Kansas City, MO
2-4 PM
December 11th
Allen Village Charter School
Kansas City, MO
2-3 PM
December 13th
The Reading Reptile Bookstore
Kansas City, MO
1-3 PM
2009
January 15-16th
Ruth Searcy Literacy Conference
Jackson State University
Jackson, MS
January 28
Winwood Elementary
North Kansas City, MO
9AM-2PM
February 12
The Brown Bookshelf-28 Days Later
Interview
February 13
Celebration of Reading Conference
Bonita Springs, FL
April 18th
Borders Bookstore
1664 NW Chipman Rd.
Lee's Summit, MO
2-4 PM
April 21st
Visitation School
5134 Baltimore
Kansas City, MO
10-11:15 AM
April 25th
Barnes and Noble
19120 East 39th St.
Independence, MO
12-2 PM
April 29-30
Chapel Hill Elementary School
3220 N. E. 67th Ter
Gladstone, MO
1-4
May 2nd
Paseo Performing
4747 Flora
May 15th
Benjamin Banneker Elementary School
7050 Askew
Kansas City, MO
June 19th
July 14th
NAACP Centennial Convention
Authors Pavilion
New York Hilton Hotel
New York, New York4-6 PM
July 21
University of Illinois-Chicago
Reading Clinic
9AM-2PM
August 28-30
Tulisoma Book Fair
Dallas, TX
10 AM-4 PM
September 24
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Author Pavilion
Convention Center-Exhibit Hall E
Washington D.C.
2-3:30- PM
October 9
Maplewood Richmond Heights Elementary
12:15-2:15 PM
Richmond Heights, MO
October 10
Big Read Book Festival
Clayton High School at Mark Twain Circle & Topton Way
St. Louis, MO
9AM-4PM
October 30th
Pillow Elementary
8:30-9:30
Austin, TX
October 31
Texas Book Festival
State Capital Building
Austin, TX
Morgan County Primary School
Madison, GA
November 9-10
November 13
One Year Ruby and The Booker Boys Celebration
Kansas City Plaza Public Library
Truman Forum Auditorium
4801 Main St Ste 100
7-8:30
Kansas City, MO
November 15
Little Sistahs In The Know Book Club
San Diego, CA
Teleconference
1:30 PM (CST)
November 19th
National Alliance of Black School Educators
Marriott Indianapolis Hotel-Indiana Convention Center
6-9 PM
Indianapolis, IN
November 21
Allison’s Book Club
(ABC)
Nashville, TN
Teleconference
3:00 PM (CST)
November 22
Houston, TX
Teleconference
3:00PM (CST)
2010
January 14th
Missouri Valley College
Murrell Library
8 AM-1 PM
February 12th
Celebration of Reading
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa
Bonita Springs, FL
March 5th
Northview Elementary School
Kansas City, MO
3 Presentations!
March 11-13
Virginia State Reading Association
Annual Conference
Virginia Beach, VA
April 11th
The National Conference on Family Literacy
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter
5-8 PM
April 14th
Gashland Elementary
Kansas City, MO
April 23rd
Ravenwood Elementary
Kansas City, MO
May 26-28
Celebration of Black Writing Festival
Philadelphia, PA
July 11th from 12pm to 2pm
July 12th from 4pm to 6pm
2010 NAACP Author Pavilion
The Kansas City Convention Center
Kansas City, MO
July 13-14
University of Illinois-Chicago
Reading Clinic
9AM-2PM
November 6
The Capital BookFest
Marion Square
Charleston, SC
November 20-22
2010 National Council of Teachers of English Conference
Orlando , FL
