Have Robert Liparulo visit or call your school or book group

“Our sixth graders discovered your series first and it spread like wildfire! Now the seventh and eighth grades are going crazy for them! I’ve never seen them reading like this.
Thank you!”

—Alexandra Seabourn, Lewis Palmer Middle School, Monument, Colorado

“Awesome!! You won’t believe how excited these kids are about your series! Your Dreamhouse Kings books are now required reading here!”
—Bentley Brown, Teacher, Parkview Baptist School,
Baton Rouge, LA

“I wanted to let you know that your visit to our school was one of our best events in the last few years. Our students and teachers were so impressed with your genuinely friendly manner and your obvious care and concern for them. We are truly excited by the response to your books.”
—Rick Slenk, AACS, Annapolis, MD

The Dreamhouse Kings series has been a big hit with schools and book clubs. To say "Thank you," we've put together some programs to give readers a more meaningful experience with these books:

• School visits: Over the past year, I've visited schools all around the country. I generally address an assembly, as well as visit individual classes. I talk about writing as a career, how I came to write Dreamhouse Kings, and how to tap into your passion (for any vocation) at an early age. Email me to request information about bringing me to your school.

• Calls to classes and book group: Another popular event. Once your class or group reads a book or two from the Dreamhouse series (or one of my other books), I'll phone in to answer questions. Click here to request more information.

• Classroom reading: We're looking for schools that are interested in using the Dreamhouse books in the classroom. Each book comes with discussion questions and have been approved by Scholastic. Information packages include a copy of House of Dark Shadows, testimonials from educators, and ways in which students can enrich their reading experience through writing assignments and history lessons. Educators are welcome to request more information; just click here.

• The Dream the Scene Contest: Get your students thinking about history and storytelling by asking them to tell me where in history the King family should go to look for their missing mother—and what they find there. If I select the idea, I'll write it into a future Dreamhouse Kings book and give the entrant credit for the idea and an iPod Nano. Find out more here, and about the first two winners here.

• Coming soon. We're turning the discussion questions at the back of each book into easily printed and copied documents, as well as working with educators on an Ideas for Teachers pamphlet. Check back soon, or let me know you're interested, and we'll give you a head's-up when they're ready.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to email me.