We were recently contacted by an author with book signings slated for Maine later this month. Good luck, Greg. We plan to stop by your Freeport signing. With resistance from Curtis I'm sure. Because he's never been to a book signing that I remember. So naturally, he won't want to do it. He is quite familiar with chicken finger meals, however.

Author: Gregory Allen

I am writing to tell you about a new children's picture book on autism awareness that just came out this spring. The book won the MeeGenius Publishing People's Choice Grand Prize award and was published by them after 6 weeks of the country voting on it against 400 other manuscripts.

I wrote this superhero with autism based on my godson. I spend every Wednesday night with him at his favorite restaurant (where he always eats chicken fingers) and came up with Chicken Boy: The Amazing Adventures of a Super Hero with Autism. The book is told through the child's point of view to teach others not to fear someone who may be a little different from them.

I have been traveling to different schools in New Jersey (where I live) reading and talking about the book and will be in Maine later in June. Here is a link about the book offered in both print and digital format:

http://asdpublishing.com/childrens-titles.htm

I'll be signing copies of my books at the following Maine locations:

Sat, June 23 Bath Book Shop 11 am-1 pm Bath, ME

Sun, June 24 Tugboat Inn 12-1:30 pm Boothbay Harbor, ME

Mon, June 25 Freeport Community Library 7-8:30 pm Freeport, ME

All kids are superheroes...but those living with autism hold a special place in my heart.

Story on Chicken Boy: http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/142662116_Author_wins_top_prize_in_contest_.html

"All the Borders are shutting down. How come people don't go to Bookstores? Because there's good books online?"- Curtis

Curtis is a huge fan of bookstores and libraries and rarely refuses a trip to either. He visits the library on at least a weekly basis and in addition to working his way through the Bill Nye video library, he also gets a book or two on each visit.
Curtis was disappointed to hear that Borders was closing its doors and was very curious about why they couldn't stay open. He gets the basic idea. There's still some local stores to visit but Curtis is a big fan of large chain stores. I imagine it has to do with the familiarity of seeing the advertising, signs, and stores in multiple cities. Here are some of the entries in his summer reading log of finished books, though he fails to record them all. As is his style, he tends to read in clusters.


Magic Treehouse Research Guide: Titanic- by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Treehouse Research Guide: Space- by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Treehouse Research Guide: Ghosts- by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne
Tigers at Twilight- Mary Pope Osborne
Dingoes at Dinnertime- Mary Pope Osborne
Civil War on Sunday-Mary Pope Osborne
Revolutionary War on Wednesday-Mary Pope Osborne
Twister on Tuesday- Mary Pope Osborne
Corduroy- Don Freeman
Buddy: The Puppy Place- Eileen Miles
Justin Bieber- First Step to Forever: My Story

Greg, Dad