Best-selling and Award-winning Author of Young Adult Thrillers
Jo Treggiari, author of The Curious Misadventures of Feltus Ovalton visited with my fourth grade library students to share her writing experiences. She discussed the writing process and gave the students practical ideas for their own work. Her openness and […]
Fantasy lovers will be captivated by the suspense and adventure in The Curious Misadventures of Feltus Ovalton , as they get caught up in the magical world of Feltus and the PoodleRats. Jo Treggiari has written an engaging story that […]
Jo Treggiari has written a wonderful and comical adventure story that is rich in its description and vocabulary. Readers will delight in the magical, topsy-turvy world of Feltus, an unlikely hero, his eccentric but immensely interesting Great-aunt Eunida, and his […]
Jo Treggiari’s Mini-Writing Workshop was a great opportunity for 9-12 year olds to learn about the craft of writing from a published children’s book author. The children had a chance to hear the author read from her book, The Curious […]
I wish I could take sole credit for my hero’s name,  Feltus Ovalton LeRoi, but in fact I stole it from my  husband’s family. When he was born, his maternal and  paternal grandparents were equally determined that  he would be […]
_________Feltus Ovalton is a 12-year-old, friendless, only child who is barely noticed by his workaholic father and status conscious mother. His yearning for something to happen is answered when he chants a spell from an old binder he finds in […]
Pulling the wool over your ears Jo Treggiari reads from her magical new kids book in Woodstock A yarn is a story, and this story will unravel in a wool shop. The Golden Notebook bookstore of Woodstock, knowing its synonyms […]
Ever since 12-year-old Feltus Ovalton LeRoi’s parents moved him from a comfy suburban home to a city apartment, he’s been miserable. His new school is packed with bullies, and his parents, a self-absorbed duo obsessed with upward mobility, seem barely […]
“Jo Treggiari has the most imaginatively powerful voice in young people’s fiction since the likes of Roald Dahl, Madeleine L’Engle and L. Frank Baum. I love her work.” Abigail Thomas, author of A Three Dog Life (Harcourt, 2006) – – […]
Here’s a pic from the “Fantastic Heroes & Villains” workshop I led at the Woodstock Library. We had a lot of fun discussing writing techniques and then everyone got a chance to do some writing and reading of their own […]