a cover reveal and pre-order discount code for my next children's book The Great Big ME Experiment, out on October 17, 2023

Here are the results of the build-a-sleigh challenge to build a sleigh from natural materials like the one from Bright Winter Night.

Hey kidlit-loving friends! I am so excited to announce the release of my new rhyming picture book, Bright Winter Night, which published...

I am SO excited to tell you about my next picture book, BRIGHT WINTER NIGHT, which is coming out on December 1 of this year. It's...

My picture book Lobstah Gahden released two weeks ago! And, today being Earth Day, I am celebrating this delightfully punny story about...

This week, the American Library Association announced their 2020 Youth Media Award winners. Exciting! But this is NOT about those books.

From now until the end of 2020, in honor of my 3rd business anniversary, I am offering a whopping 30% discount off all my editorial services

One of the ways I've been handling being on lockdown during the COVID pandemic is by going outside at least once per day. Most days,...

In times of grief, I've found there is one thing that helps me tremendously: reading poetry. Specifically the poetry of Emily Dickinson;...

Welp, I had grand plans of posting a new picture book review more than once per week. But alas! Homeschooling, freelance editing,...

Hi, everyone! Happy what-day-is-it? As I mentioned here last week, I placed an order to my local independent bookstore, in order to: a)...

Oh my, friends! What a summer it has been so far. We're hitting the beach. We're spending time with friends and family. We're doing math...

Blogger and friend Ashley Muir Bruhn invited me to share my current children's book favorites to read with your kids on Valentine's Day....

Last week, my friend Ashley Bruhn of the fantastic blog Hither & Thither asked me to put together a round-up of children's books that...

I'm sure thousands of reviews and posts already exist about the amazing, 2017 Caldecott Honor book They All Saw a Cat, by Brendan Wenzel....