What a launch day for MIRROR TO MIRROR! A school visit with Copper Dog Books, signing books at The Concord Bookshop, and a fabulous IN PERSON launch last night at The Silver Unicorn Bookstore!! I'm so grateful for everyone who came, especially Casey Robinson, who interviewed me about writing MIRROR … [Read more...]
RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE is a BookPage Best Middle Grade of 2021!
I'm thrilled and honored to see RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE on BookPage's list of Ten Best Middle Grade and Chapter Books of 2021! They say the book "showcases the best of what verse can do, telling a story that is spare and direct and rings with truth." I'm so incredibly delighted to see RED, WHITE, AND … [Read more...]
RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE on the Children’s Book Corner Blog!
I loved chatting about RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE with Judy Bradbury on her Children's Book Corner blog! In addition to asking some fantastic questions about writing, Judy includes classroom exercises as well as poetry and verse novel recommendations. Read the whole post here! … [Read more...]
RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE Finished Copies Arrive!
I was so thrilled to see the finished copies of RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE, a book of my heart that will publish with Quill Tree Books/Harper Collins on February 2, 2021! The fact that they arrived on Inauguration Day, when Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first woman, first Black person, and first … [Read more...]