Links for Ordering Amy's Books

1. Links to bookstores:

Booksense (my favorite)

Amazon or (for England) Amazon UK

Barnes and Noble

Borders

2. Links to publishers:

Farrar Straus & Giroux.

G. P. Putnam.

Houghton Mifflin.

3. Reproducible book order forms for school book sales:
Available by e-mailing Amy.

Links for Teachers

1. The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts "Partners in Education" Touring Program.

This program provides resources for schools interested in professional development for teachers using an arts-integrated approach to learning.

2. Aunt Mattie and Uncle Philbert's World is a complete "in character" web environment for my novel series that includes the books, No More Nice, No More Nasty, andToo Much Flapdoodle that includes many downloadable activity and lesson sheets.

3. Parker's Blog is a character blog for the main character in Too Much Flapdoodle that picks up where the book leaves off. Readers can have even have email exchanges with the character.

Links for Kids

1. River of Words. Web site of the River of Words yearly student poetry and art competition for all grade levels. This is a wonderful web site, with resources for both students and teachers, examples of past winners, and contest guidelines.

2. Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest is a PBS-run yearly contest for young writers and illustrators from grades K-3. Contact PBS or go to the web site.

3. Aunt Mattie and Uncle Philbert's World is a website created by Simon and Parker from Amy's books, No More Nice, No More Nasty, andToo Much Flapdoodle. Readers can find all of Aunt Mattie and Uncle Philbert's Un-Lessons there from making Armpit Noises to doing Multi-Qwick Math Tricks.

4. Parker's Blog takes over where Amy's book, Too Much Flapdoodle leaves off. Read what Parker really though of his summer with Aunt Mattie and Uncle Philbert and email him!

Links to Good Sites: Writers, Friends, Favorite Sites, Et Cetera

Novelist Monica Wood a wonderful writer. Her site has good writing tips for adult writers.

Husband (and author) Thomas Urquhart

Poet Wesley McNair

Author Bill Roorbach

Some Useful Author-Listing Sites

America Writes for Kids

Marilee's Pages