Dear Cougar Parent: 

We are very excited to announce that on Monday, May 19th, Clegern will host illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series,  Robin Preiss Glasser, and her sister, Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman, for an afternoon visit with all grade levels.   As Ms. Preiss-Glasser is best known as the illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series,  so we would like everyone to dress "fancy" on the day of their visit.  They will be promoting their latest collaboration, Flower Girls: A Story of Sisters. You may purchase an autographed copy of that title and several others by clicking HERE for a form and sending it with payment to the school.

About the book:

Everything blooms in its own time.

Lily's garden is perfect and precise, while her sister Poppy's garden is eccentric and wild. Now that their youngest sister, Daisy, is old enough to have a garden of her own, the question is what will this flower girl choose to plant, and will her sisters stand back and let her bloom, or will they get in the way in the name of being helpful?

From the talented sister duo behind Gloria's Promise and You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum, writer Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and bestselling Fancy Nancy illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser bring us a tale of the bonds of sisterhood and the flourishing roots of individuality.

About the authors:

Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman is the author of Gloria's Promise and You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum, illustrated by her sister, #1 New York Times bestselling artist Robin Preiss Glasser, as well as the Superhero Joe series. Weitzman graduated from Vassar College, where she majored in art history. She has contributed to several New York Times bestselling books for children. She lives with her family in New York State.

Robin Preiss Glasser has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including the bestselling Fancy Nancy series, Lambslide, Escape Goat, and Grand Jeté and Me: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids. She won the Children's Choice Award for Best Illustrator of the Year for Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet. Robin actually wore tiaras and tutus when she danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet. Now she happily spends her days in jeans, drawing. Robin and her family live in Southern California.

Many thanks to local bookstore Best of Books for making this visit possible.