I Received this message through my Ask Lilly Badilly question box . . .

name: yashna
age: 6
question: i am your biggest fan ever

Yashna was a little girl who came to my presentation on author night last week with her parents and older sister in Palm Beach. She danced with me, and I asked her some geography questions. She was dressed as a fairy and used her wand to help me have a good presentation.Thank you Yashna! I do not have your email address, so I hope you are reading this.

Yashna, I am YOUR biggest fan!

During my author visits, I welcome students to send me samples of their writing or ask me any question they’d like to ask. Madeline, a 5th grader from Miami sent me her poem about sharks. She has 30 shark books at home, and wants more! Madeline has great passion for school and reading, and that’s what we like to hear at Smart Poodle Publishing. Thank you for the poem, Madeline and thank you for the kind words about Lilly P Badilly!

Sharks

I like sharks, I have since I was little.
People are surprised to find this out, it’s like a riddle.
Sharks are smart and have survived for a long time.
They are bad in some movies so they are some people’s biggest fear, but not mine.
Sharks are like people they come in many different colors and sizes.
We should get along with them respect their world and we will have no undersea surprises!
I will work to study sharks one day and watch how they live, swim, and play.
I hope my studies will help you to like sharks like me.
If we can understand them we will not be afraid and let them live freely in the sea.

Your favorite reader,
Madeline S

P.S= You’re my #1 author!

We love getting feedback here at Smart Poodle Publishing. Today I received a letter from Courtney, who was one of our Smart Poodle Publishing Youngest Travel Contest writers. She sent me a thank you note for The Travel Adventures of Lilly P Badilly: Costa Rica, and drew some beautiful pictures. The smile on my face when I opened this letter was so HUGE, that my cheeks started hurting. Courtney, you really made my day! THANK YOU for taking the time to write this and draw the pictures! I will be posting your letter on the wall in my office, so I can look at it every day. To read Courtney’s excellent story as well as all the other winning stories, click here.

The most impressive part of Courtney’s letter was that she recycled the envelope I sent her with her certificate by cutting it and turning it around. That is the ultimate in conservation. What if each of us recycled an envelope every day? How many trees would we save?

Tomorrow the entire Badilly family will be performing in millipede costumes at the Hialeah Literacy Fair. Stay tuned for photos and info about the event.