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In The Name Game!, Daphne has never (ever) loved her name, but it is her name and she cant do much to change it. So when the first day of fourth grade comes, Daphne is flustered when the new teacher cant seem to remember her name. Its not Duffy or Daffy or Doffy. Its Daphne! And if you ask her, theres a lot in a name ... . In The Vampire Dare!, Daphne wonders why everyone is so crazy for vampires. She decides its kinda cool to be bitten by a vampire because youll live forever - and if you cant die, you cant get old and wrinkly. So when the teachers announce a costume day (even though Halloween is long past) , Daphne wants to be the best vampire ever! But what is cool and what is nerdy in Vampire Land? Daphnes about to find out!
About the Author
I've been making children's books for a looooong time. I sent my first picture book to publishers when I was nine, but it wasn't very good and they didn't publish it. I didn't try again until I was a grown-up and then it took five years of sending out stories, getting them rejected, revising them and sending them back over and over until I got my first book. Now I've published more than forty books and each new one is still hard in its own way. Each one takes a lot of revising because I never get things right the first time. That used to frustrate me. Now I expect it. And I don't mind, because that gives me permission to make mistakes. It means I can take risks and try new things because I don't have to be perfect - I can always make changes.I had already published nearly a dozen books when I got the idea for Amelia's Notebook. I was buying school supplies for my son when I saw one of the black-and-white composition books. It reminded me of the notebook I had when I was a kid, so I bought it (for myself, not my son) and I wrote and drew what I remembered from when I was nine. Amelia's what came out. I didn't plan on the book becoming a series, but the first one sold so well and Amelia had so much to say, I kept on going.Now I'm playing with other notebook formats, like in the historical journals and Alien Eraser (where I get to play around with making comics, something I love) . My first chapter book, a long story with no pictures (well, a few) just came out. It's also my mystery, another challenge. And I'm playing with a graphic novel, something completely different. That's one of the things I love about writing and illustrating -- there are always new worlds to explore!
