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Press Releases: Love, Agnes | Can I Touch Your Hair? | Dear Wandering Wildebeest | Don't Feed the Boy | Leaving Gees Bend

Book Covers: If I Could Choose a Best Day | The Mistakes That Made Us | Museum On The Moon | Be A Bridge | 12 Days of Kindness | Snail's Ark | African Town | Miss Fancy | Can I Touch Your Hair? | Love, Agnes | Antarctica | Fresh Delicious | Dear Wandering Wildebeest | Don't Feed the Boy | Leaving Gees Bend | The Color of Lost Rooms | The Sky Between Us | Dictionary For A Better World | Cat Man of Aleppo | NINE | Nest | D-39: A Robodog's Journey | Wild Peace

Questions & Answers:

Q & A about D-39: A ROBODOG'S JOURNEY

Q & A About NINE: A BOOK OF NONETS

Q & A about DICTIONARY

Q & A about CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR?

Q & A about LEAVING GEE'S BEND

Q & A about POETRY

Q & A about DON'T FEED THE BOY

School Visits:

Locust Fork High School (Locust Fork, AL), Talladega College (Talladega, AL), University of Montevallo (Montevallo, AL), Shades Cahaba Elementary (Homewood, AL), Hall-Kent Elementary (Homewood, AL), Monroeville Elementary (Monroeville, AL), Monroeville Middle (Monroeville, AL), Edgewood Elementary (Homewood, AL), Mobile County Training School (Mobile, AL), Auburn City Schools literacy camp (Auburn, AL), Red Mountain Community School @ Avondale Park (Birmingham, AL), Berry Middle (Hoover, AL), Vestavia Hills Cahaba Heights School (Vestavia Hills, AL), Shelby County Instructional Services (Alabaster, AL), Troy University (Troy, AL), Troy University Dothan (Dothan, AL), Hammond Elementary (Baltimore, MD), Our Lady of Sorrows (Homewood, AL), Green Valley Elementary (Hoover, AL), Appalachian High School (Oneonta, AL), Underwood Elementary School (Florence, AL), Oneonta Middle School (Oneonta, AL), Springville Middle School (Springville, AL), Thompson Intermediate School (Alabaster, AL)University of Alabama - Birmingham (Birmingham, AL), Butler County Schools (Greenville, AL), PS 276 Battery Park School (New York, NY), P.S. 15 Patrick S. Daly School (New York, NY), The Co-Op School - Joyful Learning (Brooklyn, NY), Shades Mountain Elementary (Hoover, AL), Wealthy Elementary (Grand Rapids, MI), East Grand Rapids Middle (Grand Rapids, MI), East Limestone County High (Athens, AL), Samford University (Birmingham, AL), Calhoun Community College (Decatur, AL), Chelsea High School (Chelsea, AL), Hobbs Elementary (Camden, AL), Wilcox Academy (Camden, AL), Salem Elementary (Orrville, AL), Oakwood University, Thompson Intermediate (Alabaster, AL), Berry Middle (Hoover, AL), South Smiths Station Elementary (Smiths Station, AL), Islander Middle School (Mercer Island, WA), Vestavia Hills Elementary East (Vestavia, AL), Vestavia Hills Elementary Central (Vestavia, AL), Prince of Peace Catholic School (Hoover, AL), Underwood Elementary (Florence, AL), Wilson School (Florence, AL), Riverhill Academy (Florence, AL), Gresham Elementary (Vestavia, AL), Inverness Elemenetary (Birmingham, AL), Aucilla Christian Academy (Monticello, FL), Walter Jackson Elementary (Decatur, AL), Somerville Road Elementary (Decatur, AL), Lake View Elementary (McCalla, AL), Desert Island Supply Co. (Woodlawn, AL), Gadsden State Community College (Gadsden, AL), Chelsea Park Elementary (Chelsea, AL), Forest Oaks Elementary (Chelsea, AL), Inverness Elementary (Birmingham, AL), Florence Academy of Fine Arts (Florence, AL), Waterloo High School (Florence, AL), McBride Elementary School (Muscle Shoals, AL), John S. Jones Elementary (Gadsden, AL), Oscar Adams Elementary (Gadsden, AL), GW Floyd Elementary (Gadsden, AL), Jefferson State Community College - Shelby campus (Birmingham, AL), Crestline Elementary (Mountain Brook, AL), Eura Brown Elementary (Gadsden, AL), Hampton Cove Middle School (Owens Cross Road, AL), Lauderdale County High School (Florence, AL), Shoals Christian School (Florence, AL), Anderson Elementary School (Florence, AL), Golden Gate High School (Naples, FL), Rock Quarry Middle School (Tuscaloosa, AL), Goldsmith-Schiffman Elementary (Huntsville, AL), Birmingham-Southern College (Birmingham, AL), University of West Alabama (Livingston, AL), Chelsea Intermediate, Straughn Middle School (Andalusia, AL), Monroe County High School (Monroeville, AL), Alabama Christian Academy (Montgomery,AL), Mountain Brook Elementary (Mountain Brook, AL), Brookwood Forest Elementary (Mountain Brook, AL), Cherokee Bend Elementary (Mountain Brook, AL), Judson College (Marion, AL), University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL), University of Alabama Gadsden Center, Homewood Middle School, Thompson Intermediate School, Bruno Academy (Birmingham, AL), University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL), Inverness Elementary (Birmingham, AL), Underwood Elementary (Florence, AL), Brooks Elementary (Killen, AL), Riverhill School (Florence, Alabama), Hibbett Middle School (Florence, AL), Barrett Elementary (Birmingham, AL), Wesley Lakes Elementary (McDonough, GA), University of Montevallo (Montevallo, AL), Pizitz Middle School (Vestavia Hills, AL), Central School (Florence, AL), Wilcox Academy (Camden, AL), Camden School of Art and Technology (Camden, AL), W.J. Carroll Intermediate (Fairhope, AL), Fairview Elementary (Heiskell, TN), University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL), Trussville High School (Trussville, AL), Rolling Hills Elementary School (Huntsville, AL), Liberty Park Middle School (Vestavia Hills, AL), Central Elementary School (Blytheville, AR), Blytheville Middle School (Blytheville, AR), Collegeville Elementary School (Bryant, AR), Reeltown School (Notasulga, AL), Berry Middle School (Hoover, AL)

Virtual Visits:

Calera Intermediate (Calera, AL), Pine Crest School (Boca Raton, FL), Monroeville Elementary (Monroeville, AL), Monroeville Middle (Monroeville, AL), Villa Madonna Academy (Villa Hills, KY), Friends Seminary (New York, NY), Leonard Lawrence Elementary (Bellevue, NE), Fox Meadow Elementary (Scarsdale, NY), Heathcote Elementary (Scarsdale, NY), South Knoll Elementary (College Station ISD, TX), Friends Seminary School (New York, NY), International School Bangkok (Bangkok, Thailand), New Horizons UAB (Birmingham, AL), Fay B. Kaigler 2021 (Hattiesburg, MS), Cardinal Rule Press poetry panel, Advent Episcopal School (Birmingham, AL), The Writer's Loft (Sherborn, MA), Deschutes Public Library (Bend, OR), Homewood Public Library (Homewood, AL), Bryant Public School (Bryant, AR), Meek Elementary (Arley, AL), J.E. Hobbs School (Camden, AL), John Eaton Elementary (Washington, D.C.), Trace Crossing Elementary (Hoover, AL), Durham Community School (Durham, ME), Sherman School (Sherman, CT), Mountain Brook Elementary (Mountain Brook, AL), Dublin City Schools (Dublin, OH), Warwick Elementary School (Jamison, PA), Villa Madonna Academy (Villa Hills, KY)Madiera Elementary (Cincinnati, OH), Yellow Medicine East School (Granite Falls, MN), Daniel Wright Elementary (Columbus, OH), St. John the Baptist Catholic School (Madison, AL), West Jessamine Middle School (Nicholasville, KY), Needham Free Public Library (Needham Heights, MA), Mt. Sinai Elementary (Mt Sinai, NY), Goshen Elementary (Gosen, IN), Forest Oaks Elementary (Chelsea, AL), Hollis Elementary School (ME), George E. Jack Elementary School (ME), Patton Middle School (Kennett Square, PA), Iberia Parish (New Iberia, LA), North River Christian Academy (Tuscaloosa, AL), Jackson County Central Middle School (Lakefield, MN), Lee School (Springfield, IL), Cherokee Bend Elementary (Birmingham, AL), Mitchellville Elementary (Mitchellville, IA), Glacier Ridge Elementary (Dublin, OH), Vincent Middle High School (Vincent, AL), State Street School Room 209 (Skaneateles, NY), Hillcrest School (Lebanon, MO), The Phoenix School (Salem, MA), Mitchellville Elementary (Mitchellville, IA), Southaven Public Library (Southaven, MS), Jefferson State Community College - Shelby campus (Birmingham, AL), Crestline Elementary (Mountain Brook, AL), Eura Brown Elementary (Gadsden, AL), Hampton Cove Middle School (Owens Cross Road, AL), University of Central Arkansas (Conway, AR), Golden Gate High School (Naples, FL), Clark Middle School (Winchester, KY), Terrill Middle School (Scotch Plains, NJ), Patton Middle School (Kennett Square, PA), Buckhorn High School (New Market, AL), Meek Elementary School (Arley, AL)

Library and Museum Visits:

Blount County Memorial Museum (Oneonta, AL), Florence-Lauderdale Public Library (Florence, AL), Oneonta Public Library (Oneonta, AL), Blountsville Public Library (Blountsville, AL), Monroeville Public Library (Monroeville, AL), Helen Keller Public Library (Tuscumbia, AL), Ben May Main Library (Mobile, AL), Oneonta Public Library (Oneonta, AL), Auburn Public Library (Auburn, AL), Town Village (Vestavia, AL), Clay Public Library (Clay, Alabama), Oneonta Public Library (Oneonta, AL), Prattville Public Library (Prattville, AL), Florence-Lauderdale County Library (Florence, AL), Avondale Library (Birmingham, AL), Homewood Library (Homewood, AL), Pell City Library (Pell City, AL), McWane Science Center (Birmingham, AL), Dauphin Island Sea Lab (Dauphin Island, AL), Children's Hands On Museum (Tuscaloosa, AL), Anniston Museum of Natural History (Anniston, AL), Tennessee Aquarium (Chattanooga, TN), Poets House (New York, NY), Gulf County Public Library (Port St. Joe, FL), Homewood Public Library (Homewood, AL), Rogersville Public Library (Rogersville, AL), Decatur Public Library (Decatur, AL), Anniston Museum of Natural History (Anniston, AL), JCLC Youth Services Roundtable (Birmingham, AL), Sheffield Public Library (Sheffield, AL), Muscle Shoals Public Library (Muscle Shoals, AL), Trussville Public Library (Trussville, AL), Daphne Public Library (Daphne, AL), First Regional Public Library (Hernando, MS), Emily J. Pointer Public Library (Como, MS), Huntsville-Madison County Public Library (Huntsville, AL), Walnut Gallery (Gadsden, AL), Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library (Bismarck, ND), Lafayette County, Oxford Public Library (Oxford, MS), Hammonds House Museum (Atlanta, GA), South Fulton Arts Center (Atlanta, GA), Gadsden Public Library (Gadsden, AL), Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC, Emmet O'Neal (Mountain Brook, AL), New York Public Library - Mulberry Street Branch (NY), Flint Institute of Art (Flint, MI), North Shelby Public Library (Birmingham, AL), Hoover Public Library (Hoover, AL), Florence-Lauderdale Public Library (Florence, AL), Springville Road Public Library (Birmingham, AL), Leeds Public Library (Leeds, AL), Dauphin Island Parkway Public Library (Mobile, AL), Birmingham Public Library (Birmingham, AL), Bob Herzfeld Memorial Library (Benton, AR), Calera Public Library (Calera, AL), Alys Stephens Center (Birmingham, AL)

Bookstore signings:

Little Professor Books (Homewood, AL), Alabama Booksmith (Birmingham, AL), Ernest & Hadley (Tuscaloosa, AL), The Bookshelf (Thomasville, GA), Barnes & Noble, Jones Valley (Huntsville, AL), Yellow Book Road Bookstore (San Diego, CA), Beehive Books (Monroeville,AL), Brooke's Bookstop (McCalla, AL), Coldwater Books (Tuscumbia, AL), Davis-Kidd Bookseller (Memphis, TN), Books of Wonder (New York City), The Voracious Reader (Larchmont, NY), Flint Institute of Art Museum Store (Flint, MI), Milestone Books (Birmingham, AL), Books a Million (Florence, AL), The Bookstore (Huntsville, AL), Page & Palette (Fairhope, AL), Bienville Books (Mobile, AL), Lemuria Books (Jackson, MS), Sherlock's Books (Lebanon, TN), Black Belt Treasures (Camden, AL), Davis-Kidd Bookseller (Nashville, TN), Square Books, Jr. (Oxford, MS), Carpe Librum Books (Knoxville, TN), That Bookstore (Blytheville, AR)

Book Festivals and Conferences:

2024 NCTE (Boston, MA), Blount County Retired Teachers Assoc. (Oneonta, AL), 2024 Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival (Hattiesburg, MS), South Carolina Assoc. of School Librarians (Columbia, SC), SCBWI Southern Breeze 2023 (Atlanta, GA), Highlights Foundation "Poetry for Kids" 2023 (Honesdale, PA), Jefferson County (AL) Diversity in Storytelling (virtual), Highlights Foundation "Poetry for Kids: a World of Publishing Possibilities" (Honesdale, PA), Southern Kid Book Festival (Murfreesboro, TN), Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival 2022 (virtual), Alabama Historical Institute (Montevallo, AL), Alabama Library Association closing keynote (virtual), Michigan Reading Association 2021 (virtual), Monroeville Literary Festival (Monroeville, AL), SCBWI Southern Breeze 2020 (virtual),Texas Library Association 2020 (virtual),The Book Love Summer Book Club (virtual), NCTE (Baltimore, MD), Alabama Book Festival (Montgomery, AL), 2019 Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival (Hattiesburg, MS), Shelby County Book Imagination Festival (Alabaster, AL), Shelby County Write Connection (Birmingham, AL), NCTE18 (Houston, TX), SSEF Literacy Event (Sandy Springs, GA), nErDcampGA18 (Lawrenceville, GA), Mississippi Book Festival 2018 (Jackson, MS), PEN-World Voices Festival (New York, NY), SCBWI Southern Breeze WIK18 (Birmingham, AL), NCTE17 (St. Louis, MO), AASL17 (Phoenix, AZ), Shoals Reader Riot Book Festival (Florence, AL), SCBWI MidSouth17 (Franklin, TN), Writer's Anonymous (Pell City, AL), Georgia COMO (Athens, GA), Poetry Camp: Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA), Mississippi Book Festival (Jackson, MS), 2016 Alabama Writers Conclave (Birmingham, AL), 2016 ASLA - Corner High School (Dora, AL), 2016 Texas Library Association (Houston, TX), Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival (Hattiesburg, MS), 2016 Birmingham Public Library Local Author Expo (Birmingham, AL), 2016 Alabama Library Association (Gadsden, AL), Bismarck Cancer Center Leadership Team Conference (Bismarck, ND), SCBWI Southern Breeze WIK15 (Birmingham, AL), Alabama School Library Association 2015 summer conference (Birmingham, AL), InSpero Magic City Storytellers event (Birmingham, AL), SCBWI Southern Breeze WIK14 (Birmingham, AL), SCBWI Southern Breeze WIK12 (Birmingham, AL), Alabama Library Association (Huntsville, AL), Alabama School Library Association 2013 summer conference (Birmingham, AL), Kentucky Book Fair (Frankfort, KY), Louisiana Book Festival (Baton Rouge, LA), National Council of Teachers of English - NCTE (Las Vegas, NV), Chattahoochie Valley Writers'Conference (Columbus, GA), Black Belt Symposium (Livingston, AL), Historical Novel Society (San Diego, CA), Huntsville Literary Association (Huntsville, AL),Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival (Hattiesburg, MS), Alabama Library Association (Orange Beach, AL), ACETA (Tuskegee, AL), Write in the Middle (Montevallo, AL), Auburn Writers Conference (Auburn, AL), SCBWI Southern Breeze WIK10 (Birmingham, AL), SCBWI Mid South (Nashville, TN). Alabama Reading Association (Birmingham, AL), Mississippi Library Association (Vicksburg, MS), Southern Christian Writers Conference (AL), Red Mountain Writing Project (AL), Southern-Breeze SCBWI Springmingle (Atlanta, GA), Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville, VA), Alabama Book Festival (Montgomery, AL)

Print: Writer Magazine, Discover Magazine, Hartselle Enquirer, Union Springs Herald, Florence Times Daily, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Hoover Sun, Florence Courier Journal, Shelby Living Magazine, Naples News, Florence Times Daily, The Courier News, Author Makes Connection (PDF), Currents, Stitching Together A Story (PDF), Portico, Local Author Challenges Childern (PDF), UAB Magazine The Wilcox Progressive Era, Gadsden Times, Birmingham Parent Magazine, Shelby County Reporter, Birmingham Parent magazine, Portico magazine, 280 Living, Fairhope Courier, Courier Journal, Florence Times Daily, News Observer

Online Press: Poetry from Daily Life column, Vestavia Voice, WVTM Channel 13, Bham Now, AL.com, Al Jazeera, Alabama Public Radio, Birmingham Watch, Union-Bulletin, Ezvid Wiki, Montgomery Advertiser, St. Clair News-Aegis, WHNT News 19, Lerner (Can I Touch Your Hair?), Poetry Tea Time, Mountain Times, Port St. Joe Star, Books & Coffee, Hope for Women Magazine, Nerdy Book Club, Cynsations, Sharing Our Notebooks, The Poem Farm, Poetry For Children, Kirby's Lane, Shine Memoirs, See Jane Write, The Other Side of the Story, Publisher's Weekly (Fay B. Kaigler 2013), AL.com, Publisher's Weekly (SIBA), No Water River (video of Irene reading "Dolphin Learns to Spin"), Writing with Cheryl, Author Amok (habit #19 of Highly Effective Poets), Jama Rattigan, Negative Capability (interview), Left Bank of the Coosa, AL.COM, Cynsations, Books Are My Thing, Sacramento Book Review, Barb's Favorites, IMPCL Kids, Birmingham Magazine, Love Books A-Z, ALAN's Picks, Musings of a Book Addict, Book Lovers Inc. (Irene on Fate), Joelle Anthony, Writing Snacks, Through the Wardrobe, Lindsey Leavitt, Doraine Bennett (interview), Amy Brecount White, Other Shelf Tours, The Children's Book Reporter, Saundra Mitchell, April Nichole, Liyanaland!, Liyanaland! part 2, Elevensies, Shrinking Violets Promotions, Linda Gerber, Sarah C. Campbell (video), Mindi Scott, Elizabeth O. Dulemba, Denise Jaden, Quilter's Muse, Publisher's Weekly, DeepFriedKudzu (interview), Juvenescence (interview), Teaching Authors (interview), Publisher's Weekly, Publisher's Weekly In Brief, Media Darlings, sharpread, I Read Banned Books, Bermuda Onion, Check it Out, The OWL for YA, Mother Daughter Book Club, Green Bean Teen Queen, There's A Book, Roots in Myth, The Children's Book Review, The Book Monsters

Audio:
Highlights Foundation podcast with Charles Waters: "Poetry for Kids", The Children's Book Podcast "I Followed a Little Cat One Day", Reading with Your Kids podcast (Snail's Ark), NPR Weekend (African Town), Kid Lit Studio - The Cat Man of Aleppo, The Children's Book Podcast (DICTIONARY/Charles Waters), The Children's Book Podcast (The Cat Man of Aleppo), Booklist Shelf Care podcast, The Children's Book Podcast, Kirkus Fully Booked podcast "Irene Latham and Charles Waters", The Horn Book Magazine "Exploring Race, Mistakes and Friendship Through Poetry" with Roger Sutton, Travis Jonker, The Yarn , Pat Sloan's Creative Talk Radio, 7-19-10 , WBHM Tapestry - All Things Considered with Andrew Yeager

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Television: WAAY-31 Morning Show (Huntsville, AL), WVTM Channel 13 Birmingham - Midday Show with Rod Carter