I’m not sure if I’m doing this right, because I’ve never participated in SOL. But I’ve seen lovely stories on many blogs and thought I’d give it a try. I love words! One of my favorite things about words is when I come across a word I’ve never seen before, and then I come across […]
Jaime Kim Is Illustrating My Next Picture Book, and I’m Over the MOON (hint, hint)
I recently learned that Jaime Kim will be illustrating my next picture book, which is about the moon and will be coming out from Millbrook in spring 2017. (No, it’s not a can be… book.) I was unfamiliar with her work, and Carol Hinz sent me to Jaime’s website, which features this slideshow of her […]
Inviting a Reader in
Teachers, I’m in the editing/revision process for my next book with Millbrook Press. Carol, my insightful editor, wondered if the book needed more of an opening to orient the reader. I wrote the book as a Things To Do If… poem (see some quick TTDI poems here and here and here), and if you go […]