Come see me at Cover to Cover Booksellers in San Francisco on Kids Otter Read Day on May 16 from 1-3 For other upcoming events, click here

Want signed copies of The Sea Serpent and Me, Baby Shoes, and Firefighters in the Dark? You can get them if you order from my neighborhood bookstore, A Great Good Place For Books. Call (510) 339-8210 or Email and put "signed books by Dashka Slater" in the subject line. They'll ship anywhere in the US.

Check out the new teacher guides for Firefighters in the Dark and The Sea Serpent and Me

• Walking,
• Flying,
• Hypermiling,
• Going Solar,
• Offsetting,
• and more – Read my articles in the New York Times Green Issue, April 20, 2008

An Interview with Dashka Slater
about her collection of short stories at www.toobeautiful.org