My picture book Real Sisters Pretend (Tilbury House Publishers 2016) was inspired by a conversation I overheard two of my daughters having about adoption after a stranger questioned whether they were “real sisters.” My daughters, pictured here with their … Continue reading
I was pleased to contribute to this piece in Baystate Parent, “Roald Dahl at 100: Why His Legacy Lives On” in part because he is my 11 year-old’s favorite author. He fell in love with Dahl’s work when his second grade … Continue reading
Last night Embrace Race posted the follow-up post to my first piece: https://medium.com/embrace-race/my-responses-and-yours-to-the-tiresome-question-im-often-asked-about-my-brown-kids-where-are-bee4f4ec7395#.2ftgmqplp Check it out, share it with others, and please join in the conversation. I’m so proud to be a part of this community and eager to support … Continue reading
On May 18 a podcast I recorded with Gabriela Pereira was posted on DIYMFA. I am so pleased with how it came out, and I hope you’ll take a moment (well, about 45 minutes, really) to have a listen. Take a … Continue reading
I just published two new blog posts and thought I might as well share them here, too. First, here’s a post for my publisher, Charlesbridge Publishing, about my attendance at the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival at USM where I … Continue reading
I love getting emails and photos from readers, and I was thrilled to get this adorable picture from a woman I met at USM when I was there last week. She had me sign a copy of A Crow of … Continue reading
Many thanks to Julie Danielson for the wonderful piece she posted about Reading Picture Books with Children over at Kirkus Reviews today. I’ve followed her work on the Seven Impossible Things before Breakfast blog for many years, so it was especially thrilling to have her respond … Continue reading
I’m delighted to share this interview with School Library Journal, in which I talk about Reading Picture Books with Children and how Visual Thinking Strategies inspired my development of the Whole Book Approach. … Continue reading
I no longer lead regular storytimes in my professional life, but I get to read at home with my kids every day (the photo above is from a few years ago and pictures me and five of my kids, long … Continue reading
Amid all of the necessary work of #WeNeedDiverseBooks discussions and activism (these are different things) in my professional life, I asked my family to tell me what they’re reading right now. I wondered if our reading lives would reveal a … Continue reading