SCHOOLS
Heidi has visited the following Illinois schools. She returns to several schools each year as an author-in-residence.

Jane Addams Elementary, Chicago, 2005, 2006

Bridgeview School, Bridgeview, 2010

Brooks Elementary, Aurora, 2007

Cardinal Bernadine School, Orland Park, 2008

Chavez Elementary Academy, Chicago, 2010

Christian Heritage, Northfield, 2010

Centennial Elementary, Orland Park, 2004

Christian Heritage Academy, 2010

Crete Elementary, Crete, 2008

Culbertson Elementary, Joliet, 2008

Henry Clay Elementary, Chicago, 2004 - 2008

Robert Davidson Center, Orland Park, 2007

Jose de Diego Community Academy, Chicago, 2009

Dirkson Elementary, Joliet, 2007

Fierke Education Center, Oak Forest, 2007

Flanagan Elementary, Flanagan, 2010

Franklin Loebe Center, Orland Park, 2008, 2010

Freemont Elementary, Mundelein, 2006

Eisenhower Academy, Joliet, 2008

Hoover Elementary, Calumet City, 2005

Anne M. Jeans Elementary, Burr Ridge, 2007

Jefferson Elementary, Joliet, 2007

Infant Jesus of Prague, Flossmoor, 2005-2008

Irene King Elementary, Romeoville, 2007

Kennedy Elementary, Chicago Heights, 2008

Lawn Manor Primary Center, 2010

Henry Lee Elementary, Chicago, 2005- 2008

Marycrest Elementary, Joliet, 2007, 2010

Christa Mcauliffe, Tinley Park, 2004

McKinley Elementary, Ottawa, 2007

Memorial Elementary, Tinley Park, 2006

Lincoln Park Elementary, Oak Park, 2006 - 2010

New Life Home School, New Lenox, 2005, 2006

Orland Center School, Orland Park, 2005

Prairie Elementary, Orland Park, 2005

Reed Elementary, Homer Glen, 2009, 2010

Sandidge Elementary, Tinley Park, 2007

Sandburg Elementary, Joliet, 2010

Southwest Christian School, Tinley Park, 2006

St. Frances Xavier, LaGrange, 2009, 2010

St. Cletus School, LaGrange, 2009

Steeple Run School, Naperville, 2008, 2009

Sward Elementary, Oak Lawn, 2007

Taft Elementary, Joliet, 2010

Tibbott Elementary, Bolingbrook, 2006

Bernard J. Ward Elementary, Romeoville, 2007

Harold Washington Elementary, Chicago, 2004 - 2008

Universal School, Bridgeview, 2010

Wharton Elementary, Summit, 2002

West Pullman Elementary, Chicago, 2005

White Career Academy, Chicago, 2005 - 2008

Whittier Elementary, Oak Park, 2005

Willow Elementary, Homewood, 2010

Woodgate Elementary, Matteson, 2006

Woodview Elementary, Bolingbrook, 2006, 2007

LIBRARIES
Heidi has visited the following Illinois libraries:

Alsip Library, “Poetry Party!” 2010

Burr Ridge Library, “The Story of a Book,” 2005

Elmhurst Library, “The Story of a Book,” 2008

Dole Library, “Poetry for Children,” 2004

Elmhurst Library, “How to Get Published,” 2008

Evergreen Library, “Poetry Party!” 2009

Flossmoor Library, “The Story of a Book,” 2007

Fountaindale Library, Author Fair, 2008 - 2010

Harold Washington Library, “Seeds on the Go,” 2007, 2009

Homer Township Library, Author Fair, 2004, 2007

Joliet Library, Author Fair, 2007

Justice Library, Author Talk, 2004

Mokena Library, Monarch Award Festival, 2007, 2009

Orland Park Library,  2007, 2009, 2010

Park Forest Library, “How to Get Published” 2005, 2007

South Holland Library, “How to Get Published” 2006

OTHER VENUES
Heidi has also presented or participated in these venues:

Anderson’s Children’s Literature Breakfast, 2004 - 2010

Book Blast-Kidlits, Orland Park, 2009, 2010

Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, 2001 - 2004

Illinois Reading Recovery, Chicago, 2007

Illinois Reading Council, Springfield, 2005, 2006, 2008

Illinois State Young Authors, Normal, 2005

Lemont Park District, Lemont, 2003, 2004, 2008

Macon Reading Council, Decatur, 2008

Midwest Literature Festival, Aurora, 2004, 2005

St. Xavier University Lit. Conference, Orland Park, 2008

SCBWI Nuts and Bolts Program, River Forest, 2007

Scholastic Book Fair, Oak Lawn, 2006, 2007

Poetry Power! Savanah, 2004