I think one of the best ways I can connect with my readers is actually to meet them. That’s actually my favorite part of my job is to go out and to shake hands and to sign books and to talk to the kids. Last night we had an event with over 1,200 children and parents and teachers and librarians and reading specialists and it was so much fun to get together and share with them and really connect.
Kids will always tell me what they like about the books and who their favorite characters are. And right now children are really into Dog Man it seems like that and also Captain Underpants because I think the movie was a big boost for the books.
Kids are very honest, especially when I meet them in public. A lot of times they’ll just tell me things that I already know like you’re sweaty or, you know, you’re — you don’t have very much hair, you know. Like well thanks. Thanks. Yeah, that’s true as well. But a lot of times they’ll say things like, you know, I like to draw Dog Man and they’ll show me a comic book that they made, and that is really meaningful to me.
A lot of times they’ll even give me comics that they’ve made for me, and I love to take them home and look through them and, you know, laugh at the jokes and the stories. It’s a lot of fun.