I'm SO thrilled to be working with amazing Abhi Alwar again on a new picture book, FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS, coming from Abrams Books in fall 2025! FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS features lots of things we love about the season — a new school year, leaf pile jumping, and friendships, old and new.❤️📚🍁 … [Read more...]
A Free School Visit Opportunity with Kate Messner and Rajani LaRocca This Spring!
Last week, THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS, a multi-author chapter book series, was announced! One third grade classroom. 18 amazing kids. 18 secrets. 18 stories, each written by a different beloved author. Check out the article about the series in Publishers Weekly! Kate Messner is writing the … [Read more...]
Meet THE KIDS IN MRS. Z’S CLASS!
It's a SERIES announcement and a COVER REVEAL! I couldn't be more thrilled to be part of THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS, a multi-author chapter book series launching from Algonquin Young Readers in June 2024! The stories are about a group of kids in the same 3rd grade class. The series is edited by … [Read more...]
A New Picture Book on Naturalization!
I'm SO thrilled that SOME OF US: A STORY OF CITIZENSHIP AND AMERICA will be illustrated by amazing Huy Voun Lee and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in 2025! As an immigrant and a naturalized citizen, this book is very important to me, and I can't wait to share it with the … [Read more...]
A New Middle Grade Novel!
The only thing better than writing a book is writing a book with a dear friend—Chris Baron!! Chris and I are so thrilled to be working on THE SECRET OF THE DRAGON GEMS, our nerdy, out-of-this-world epistolary novel with Charlie Ilgunas at Little Bee Books! We're eternally grateful to our agents, … [Read more...]
A Fun New Picture Book—MAUNTIE, coming in 2024!
I’m thrilled to announce that I have another picture book coming with Candlewick Press in 2024!! Mauntie is about a little girl who loves her favorite auntie...and finds it really hard to share her. This story featuring family, food, and riddles will be illustrated by amazing Nadia Alam!! I can’t … [Read more...]
A New (Little Golden) Book!
I am THRILLED to announce that I wrote a Little Golden Book about our wonderful Vice President, Kamala Harris! I'm so honored to have my name on a Little Golden Book—they have been among my favorites since I was little! Vice President Harris is the first in so many ways, and as a woman and an … [Read more...]