Steve Talks to Teachers

Steve presented at the Nebraska State Reading Conference in Kearney, NB, on Feb. 27 - 28. He gave the luncheon speech where everyone clapped, except one teacher who was finishing her pie. Steve liked Nebraska, especially the flat prairies with Canada geese and sand hill cranes overhead.

Steve flew to San Antonio, TX, for the Texas Library Association conference on March 17 - 20. On March 16, it snowed 8 inches in Vermont, so he was very happy to fly to Texas where the temperature was 84 degrees. Steve likes being a children's book author.

Steve presented a program called "From Blank Page to Book" at the Young Author's Conference in Birmingham, AL, on April 24. He inspired these young authors from Alabama with tales of wealth and travel and fame.

Steve was the guest poet at the Poetry Safari at New York City's Bronx Zoo on April 25. Steve read some animal poems; played his Ashiko African drum and got out of the way of the zoo elephants.