HAZEL AND MABEL: TWO HEARTS APART (illustrated by Anita Bagdi, releasing from Gnome Road Publishing, September 30, 2025) Did you ever move away, and when you came back to visit your best friend – the one you spent every afternoon with – your friendship wasn’t exactly the same? OR did your best friend – the… Read more »
Do you want to learn about writing picture books and getting them published? I’ll be presenting at this free Kidlit event along with many amazing #authors! Join me, Rosie Pova, and more!! It’s online and all the workshops are recorded. The fun starts 3/6/23 and continues through 3/12/23. Hosted by author Rosie J. Pova: Top… Read more »
I’m so happy to be a Bronze Sponsor for the 2022 Multicultural Children’s Book Day (“MCBD”). This year, in honor of MCBD, I’m delighted to help shine the spotlight on one of my favorite kidlit authors and friends, the wonderful VIVIAN KIRKFIELD. WHAT IS MCBD: Here is the group’s description of its purpose and mission:… Read more »
We hope kids at home will enjoy these book-related activities, including writing prompts and a challah recipe, as well as coloring sheets – based on SADIE’S SHABBAT STORIES, written by Melissa Stoller and illustrated by Lisa Goldberg (releasing from Clear Fork Publishing in Fall 2020): 1) Writing About Jewish Objects: In Sadie’s Shabbat Stories, Nana… Read more »
I’m so happy to be participating in World Read Aloud Day for the second year in a row. According to LitWorld, “Every year, on World Read Aloud Day, people all around the globe read aloud together and share stories to advocate for literacy as a human right that belongs to all people.” Today, I’m Skyping… Read more »
I’m so happy to be a reviewer for Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019! Thank you to author Sylvia M. Medina for sending me a review copy of MOLELO THE FIRE ELEPHANT (co-written with Krista Hill, illustrated by Morgan Spicer, GreenKidsClub Publishers, 2018). This is a beautiful and hopeful book focusing on animal conservation and protection…. Read more »
This post originally appeared on Epic Eighteen. I can’t believe that my debut picture book, SCARLET’S MAGIC PAINTBRUSH, is out in the world! On release day, I brought my author copy to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, my favorite museum in the world (which is about a ten-minute walk from my apartment in New York… Read more »
This post originally appeared on Epic Eighteen. I’m happy to be on the #Epic18 blog today talking about the inspiration for my debut picture book, SCARLET’S MAGIC PAINTBRUSH (illustrated by Sandie Sonke, www.SandieSonkeIllustration.com). My inspiration story starts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, one of my favorite places in the world…. Read more »
This post first appeared on A Song of Six Pens. I’m delighted to be here with you Lisa, to discuss my magical debut picture book, SCARLET’S MAGIC PAINTBRUSH (Clear Fork Publishing, August 2018). Illustrator Sandie Sonke is an incredible artist and I’m thrilled that we’re collaborating on this book. Gathering the Idea and Writing the… Read more »
On February 12, I was honored to present at the University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers House through the Sensible Nonsense Project. The theme was to speak about a favorite childhood book and how it connected to your life today. I discussed the idea of secrets in FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER…. Read more »