by Pam | Oct 3, 2015 | Blog
I just came out of this newly-released documentary about a music teacher who helped kids living around a Paraguay landfill make instruments from the garbage, and learn to play them. He coached them into an orchestra that now tours the world. The organization...
by Pam | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog
Nobody sleeps through my school presentations! Especially not boys, who particularly like my 17 bestselling adventure and extreme-sports novels. Hey, Toronto: I’m coming your way the week of May 9, 2016. That means schools can book me for author presentations...
by Pam | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
Kids learn in different ways, and parents and mentors who know this end up being more effective in relating to and teaching them. There are three “learning styles”: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. Auditory learners like it when parents read in a dramatic way,...
by Pam | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog
Next week I’m giving four free presentations on helping to turn around underachieving boys, based on my book Jump-Starting Boys. All my books will be available for sale and I’ll be there to autograph them. Here’s where I’ll be presenting around...
by Pam | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog
Richard, Cynthia and Anita Miller, 1955 I just got this precious photo from my older sister, and figured it’s worth sharing. It made me reflect on how adventure runs in our family. My parents spent their early years above the Arctic Circle in Allakaket, Alaska....
by Pam | Sep 4, 2015 | Blog
Pam, Steve and Jeremy Withers A few weeks ago I had the best birthday ever. Why? Not just because my husband and son took me out to dinner on the ocean-side deck of the Springwater Lodge on Mayne Island, British Columbia, but because as we were dining, an orca and her...
