detail of illustration from Growing Up Pedro

Events, 2019  2018  2017  2016  2015 Jan 10 3:00 pm, signing Growing Up Pedro and Jubilee! at the Massachusetts Book Awards celebration at Fablevision Studios in Boston, MA Jan 15 6:00-8:00 pm, signing Growing Up Pedro at Nerdy Author Night, at Falmouth Elementary School, Falmouth, ME March 12 1:00-2:00 pm, signing at Barnes & Noble in Newington, NH, to support Wells Junior High School March 12 5:00 pm, reading and signing with author Ali Benjamin at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, MA, a fundraiser for Cambridge Friends School April 5 Keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Library System 2016 Summer Reading Program Kickoff Event, Marlboro, MA April 12 Crossing Niagara release date! April 23 2:30 pm, Crossing Niagara presentation, drawing demonstration and book signing at the Niagara Falls Public Library, Niagara Falls, NY April 24 11:00 am, Crossing Niagara book signing and story time at Talking Leaves Bookstore in Buffalo, NY May 14 1:00 pm, Crossing Niagara book signing at G. Willikers in Portsmouth, NH May 31 3:30 pm, presenting and signing books at the Saugus Public Library, in Saugus, MA June 4 Boston Book Festival's Hubbub, Copley Square, Boston, MA June 23 Shenandoah University Children's Literature Conference, Winchester, VA. "Words and Pictures: The Art of the Matter" June 27 4:00 pm, presentation, drawing demonstration and book signing at Fanwood Memorial Library in Fanwood, NJ July 18-22 The Growing Up Pedro Boston Public Library Tour I'll be visiting 14 branches of the Boston Public Library over 5 days. Each event will include a presentation about my book, Growing Up Pedro, followed by a fun art project for kids. Every participating child will receive a free hardcover copy of Growing Up Pedro! August 10 2:30 pm, presentation, drawing demonstration and book signing at Memorial Hall Library in Andover, MA August 11 5:00 pm, presentation, drawing demonstration and book signing at the Wenham Museum, Wenham, MA August 16 3:00 pm, presentation, drawing demonstration and book signing at An Unlikely Story, Plainville, MA Oct 9 2:00-4:00 pm, book signing at Look Up Ogunquit, Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, ME Nov 5 10:00-1:00, Family Literacy Day, Windham Public Library, Windham, ME Nov12 1:00-4:00 pm, I'll be reading, drawing, and signing books with pal Ryan T. Higgins at Barnes & Noble in Newington, NH to support Wells Elementary School. There might be a Higgins Vs. Tavares draw-off! School Visits, 2016 Jan 15       Eliot Elementary School, Eliot, ME Feb 10 Greenwood Elementary School, Wakefield, MA Feb 16 Bush Elementary School, The Woodlands, TX Feb 17 Lamar Elementary School, The Woodlands, TX Feb 18 Galatas Elementary School, The Woodlands, TX Feb 19 Tough Coulson School, The Woodlands, TX Feb 22 Mitchell School, The Woodlands, TX Feb 22 Glen Loch Elementary School, The Woodlands, TX Feb 23 Deretchin Elementary School, The Woodlands, TX March 1 Plainfield Elementary School, Meriden, NH March 2 Memorial Spaulding Elementary School, Newton, MA March 3 Berta Palacios Elementary School, Pharr, TX, with the Texas Book Festival's Reading Rock Stars program March 4 Robert E. Lee Elementary School, Edinburg, TX, with the Texas Book Festival's Reading Rock Stars program March 9 Wentworth School, Scarborough, ME March 10 Wentworth School, Scarborough, ME March 18 Central School, South Berwick, ME March 22 Memorial Elementary School, Paramus, NJ April 1 Burr School, Newton, MA April 8 Lawrence School, Brookline, MA April 11 CK Burns School, Saco, ME April 12 Winchester Authorfest, Winchester, MA (public book singing at Winchester town hall, 3:00-5:00 pm) April 13 Wheelock School, Medfield, MA April 14 Dolbeare School, Wakefield, MA April 15 Penn Brook School, Georgetown, MA April 22 Pashley Elementary School, Scotia, NY April 22 Greenfield Elementary School, Greenfield Center, NY April 27 Foster School, Hingham, MA April 27 East School, Hingham, MA May 2 Hoover School, Pittsburgh, PA May 2 Foster School, Pittsburgh, PA May 3 Markham School, Pittsburgh, PA May 3 Lincoln School, Pittsburgh, PA May 4 Markham School, Pittsburgh, PA May 4 Howe School, Pittsburgh, PA May 5 Washington School, Pittsburgh, PA May 17 Mason Rice School, Newton, MA May 20 Calera Intermediate School, Calera, AL May 20 Calera Elementary School, Calera, AL May 31 Veteran's Memorial Elementary School, Saugus, MA June 2 Thoreau School, Concord, MA Sept 26 Ward Elementary School, Newton, MA Oct 5 Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth, ME Oct 7 Mill Pond School, Westboro, MA Oct 19 Long Lots School, Westport, CT Oct 20 Coleytown School, Westport, CT Oct 21 Kings Highway School, Westport, CT Oct 24 Greens Farms School, Westport, CT Oct 25 Saugatuck School, Westport, CT Oct 26 William O. Schaeffer School, South Orangetown, NY Nov 3 Martha Jones School, Westwood, MA Nov 4 Martha Jones School, Westwood, MA

presenting at the JFK Library in Boston, 2011


drawing at Barnes and Noble, 2011