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I was pleased to be asked to do an interview with the Australian journal Good Reading about my early reader book April & Mae and the Animal Shelter. This is the book I’m proudest of in the series, and it … Continue reading
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It felt really good to write this post about Chris Park’s brilliant illustrations for Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic’s Touch the Sky (Lerner Publishing Group 2024). In it, I say: “Through his decision to present personal resilience embodied by a gender-nonconforming boy, … Continue reading
Many thanks to author Deborah Kalb for interviewing me about my book Read It Again: 70 Whole Book Approach Plans to Help You Shake Up Storytime! You can read the full interview here. Digital and print versions of this book … Continue reading
This is not a post related to children’s literature, but I wanted to share it here since it is something I’ve been wanting to write since I went to France with my dad in April 2023. It begins: Genealogy enthusiasts … Continue reading
I was pleased to be invited to participate in a project developed by the Public History Program at UMass-Amherst in which I was interviewed to be part of a virtual tour of Amherst’s children’s book authors and illustrators. Click here … Continue reading
I’m so grateful to Betsy Bird for inviting me to do this blog interview about Book Bonding on her Fuse Number 8 blog at School Library Journal. Have a peek! Bonds and Books: An Interview with Megan Dowd Lambert About … Continue reading
Huge thanks to the Jones Library for featuring me in their Local Author Spotlight for the months of March and April 2023! In the interview I talk about my new April & Mae early-reader books, as well as Book Bonding, … Continue reading
Many thanks to copyeditor Rebekah Slonim for this terrific post on the #WholeBookApproach, “Reading Like a Copyeditor.” I received an email from Rebekah sharing the post just one day after getting an email from another reader with the subject line … Continue reading
When I taught at Simmons University, I often brought students in my Picturebook course to visit artist studios. Diane deGroat was an illustrator who welcomed my classes time and again, and she was always incredibly generous with her time and … Continue reading
Ta-DA! Isn’t the cover art by Mia Saine for my new essay collection wonderful? I’m so grateful to the Horn Book for hosting the official cover reveal on their site, and I so look forward to sharing this book with … Continue reading