Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!

National Gardening Day is a good time to turn kids on to gardens and our favorite pollinators, butterflies! Bees and birds and great, too.

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COVER REVEAL!
My Little Golden Book biography of BOB DYLAN will be out November 10, 2026! Check out the link for pre-ordering information.
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Here are some amazing women to celebrate during International Women's Day.

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It's a wonderful song.

BOB DYLAN: A Little Golden Book Biography is in the works. Here is sneak peek at one of the spreads by Illustrator Maike Plenzke. Sale date: 11/10/2026. Cover reveal still to come.

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I read a few of those books this year, and yes, all are worth reading.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Nonfiction Picture Books The creme de la creme! The top of the pops! These are the title you won't be able to forget, no matter how the years roll by.

Day #28: 31 Days, 31 Lists: The creme de la creme! The top of the pops! These are the title you won't be able to forget, no matter how the years roll by. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/28/3...

GENIUS BAT--A must-read nonfiction book for bat enthusiasts. The author mentions the most important bat conservationist, Merlin Tuttle, whose photographs graced my children's nonfiction on bats.
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Sounds like fun!

🎉 Congrats to @martamagellan.bsky.social on signing with her agent!

“Through 12 x 12, I got together with a group of wonderful writers who also wanted to be part of a nonfiction critique group. I took JUST WILD ENOUGH to them, and they gave me the advice to make it publishable.”

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Thank you, 12x12 Challenge for featuring me in this interview.

Oxototl. There's a way we usually pronounce it, but it's not exactly the Mayan way.

For those who care about children:

Here are some good books to try for NATIONAL STEM DAY, November 8.

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Such an honor to see ONE GIRL'S VOICE on the CRA Eureka Honors Awards list next to books by @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social @martamagellan.bsky.social @lisarogers.bsky.social @brianlies.bsky.social & so many more Thank you, California Reading Association!! AstraBooksFYR

More STEAM books honored by the California Reading Association. Eureka! Awards, 2025 This is a truly wonderful set of nonfiction books. So honored to be among them.

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Sharing Silver Honors with my friends, the fabulous Vivian Kirkfield and Lisa Rogers awarded by the California Reading Association

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Celebrating National Book Month among these great picture books.

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Rest in peace, Jane Goodall. Such a blessing to have this legend hold the book I wrote about another primatologist, Mireya Mayor, 2023.

Meet me as I present a little something about birds and a reading of The Nutty Little Vulture to the littlest.

We're honored to have two #kidlit legends interviewed in this month's issue of CBI, the wonderful Lois Lowry and Katherine Paterson. We'll share some of their wisdom over the next few days.

A huge congratulations! It’s a great agency.

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It’s too typical of doctors to do this. Your time just isn’t important to them.

Today is World Honey Bee Day!

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Attention elephant lovers: World Elephant Day is August 12!

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Perfect Picture Book Friday: LIZARD INVASION Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends. I always love featuring books that entertain and educate…and when they are written by dear kid lit folks I have met in person, that makes it e…

The fabulous Vivian Kirkfeld has featured LIZARD INVASION in her Perfect Picture Book Friday blog!
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