The latest in the Recipe for Adventure series releases this month! Alfie and Emilia are cooking up excitement in Hawaii this time. So hula on over to your favorite bookstore and snag a copy!

Look – it’s Miss Fortune in Japanese! This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. It looks and reads like Japanese manga and I love it. So fun.

I’m so excited to announce the launch of my first collaboration with Giada de Laurentiis. Recipe for Adventure #5: Rio de Janeiro is out this month. It’s so exciting to see it in print.

It’s Oliver! Isn’t he the sweetest thing? He’s for sale along with his story The Littlest Elf in Scholastic Reading Club this winter.

Big news today! I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be partnering with celebrity chef Giada de Laurentiis to write the next four books in her Recipe for Adventure chapter book series. Each story follows siblings Alfie and Emilia as they embark on a food-related adventure in a new city – all thanks to the magical cooking of their great-aunt Zia Donatella. Get caught up on Books 1-4 and I’ll be sure to let you know as soon as #5 is available!

Look at what just arrived. It’s Miss Fortune…in French! C’est magnifique!

I’ve got some fabulous Bay Area events lined up to celebrate the release of The Littlest Elf. Here they are:

Sunday, November 4 at 11am: Storytime and crafts at The Reading Bug in San Carlos. Here is a link to the event.

Saturday, December 1 at 1pm: Reading, signing, and craft time atBarnes and Noble in San Bruno. Here is a link to the B&N page.

Sunday, December 2 at 2pm: Reading and signing at Green Apple Books in San Francisco. Here is a link to the event.

Wednesday, December 5 at 11am: Reading and signing at Barnes and Noble in Corte Madeira. Here is a link to the event.

Hope to see you there!

I can’t believe it’s almost time for the debut of The Littlest Elf. I’m so excited to see the finished product and the best part is that this Littlest book includes stickers! Sweet. And just look at this adorable cover.

I’m so happy to announce that I have a new Littlest book coming out in 2012. The Littlest Elf will debut in bookstores on September 1, 2012. Oliver is the smallest elf in the North Pole and he’s searching for his special job in Santa’s workshops.

I can’t wait to be able to show the cover art for The Littlest Elf. The best part is that it is illustrated by Kirsten Richards who did such a fantastically sweet job on The Littlest Pilgrim. I’m so excited to be working with her again. So, stay tuned for more Oliver-related news in 2012!

In preparation for the launch of Miss Fortune I thought it would be fun to post instructions for creating your own fortune teller (or cootie catcher as some people call them). So, here you go (complete with exciting pics from my desk)!