I have to admit, I was tickled to see this picture that included my book, Saving Armpit, gracing the shelves of Fitzhenry & Whiteside’s booth at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy.  

There it is in the middle section, third row down, second from the left. 

As it had just come from the printer before my editor left for Italy, this was the first chance I had to see it in book form.  

It’s a strange feeling to see the words I strung together finally printed and bound and ready to make their way into the world.  It’s a little like sending your child off to kindergarten; soon your little one will be meeting new people and be judged by others and either treasured or left in a corner all alone.  

Here’s hoping Saving Armpit makes a lot of friends and passes the grade.