I’m thrilled to be on two panels at NCTE in Philadelphia: Here are more details about each panel: Date Time Session Title Room Venue Session Type 11/20/2026 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST Seeking Home: Literature of Heartache and Hope to Inspire the Imaginations of Readers & Writers, Creators & Communicators Speaker(s) Nancy…
I’m thrilled to be on Innovation Showcase, hosted by Jay Sugarman, to talk about the 3rd Annual Newton Children’s Book Festival 2026! The Newton Children’s Book Festival is organized by the nonprofit Read Your World. p.s. Related posts: Save the Date for the 3rd Annual Newton Children’s Book Festival 2026! 2nd Annual Newton…
Please join Kathy Choi and me for a storytime and craft at Newtonville Books! Saturday, November 6th 11 am Newtonville Books 10 Langley Rd Newton, MA 02459 We will be reading Giving Thanks with Halmoni: Celebrating Chuseok, the Korean Harvest Festival and The Traveling Taco: The Amazing and Surprising Journey of Many of…
If you are attending the CT Association of School Librarians, I hope to see you there! I will be there on Monday, November 2nd, between 9 am and 3 pm. p.s. Related posts: 22 Life-Changing Librarians in Children’s Books 50+ Best Books for Middle Schoolers: From Our Wonderful Middle School Librarian!…
I’m excited to be on a picture book panel at Books of Wonder in New York City: These picture books tell brilliant true stories that you just can’t miss. Join us in-store to hear all about them! Picture Books to Inspire From activists to artists to brave children, these picture books tell the tales of…
It was a great pleasure to host a storytime and craft session with Kathleen Choi at Turtle Books in Brookline Village, Massachusetts. This is a new bookstore, dedicated solely to children’s books! Kathy read Giving Thanks with Halmoni: Celebrating Chuseok, the Korean Harvest Festival, illustrated by Sook Nyul Choi, with a beautiful craft creating a…
We had another great Red Comet Crawl with Alison Goldberg, Kathy Choi, Andrew Hackett, and me, this time in Boston. We visited Beacon Hill Books & Cafe, Trident Booksellers and Cafe in the Back Bay, and I Am Books in Boston’s North End. Lunch was a giant slice of pizza at Ernesto’s, followed by coffee…