Lisa Rogers, Nancy Tupper Ling, Andrew Hackett, and I are doing a Story Time together at Newtonville Books! Please join us on Saturday, August 10th, from 11 am to noon! We will be reading our picture books and doing fun activities! Hint: I am bringing boxing gloves and mitts for the kids! Picture Book…
Category: My Book Events
My SUMO JOE Author Visit to Hansen Elementary School
My author visit coincided with the total solar eclipse in the New England area. I myself had viewed the partial solar eclipse in Newton before heading out to Stoughton. Despite competing against the eclipse, the cafeteria at Hansen Elementary School was packed. Even more amazing were the banners that the kids made for me. At…
I’m on a panel for nErD Camp PA & GIVEAWAY!
We are thrilled to be presenting a panel on Farm Children’s Books for nErD Camp PA on July 12th! Calling Educators & Librarians! Please join me, Maria Gianferrari, Nancy Castaldo & Lindsay H Metcalf for a farm picture book panel moderated by Dr. Wendy Stephens on 7/12 for NerdCamp PA! We hope you can…
NCTE 2023// Food: The Universal Language that Connects Us All panel
Thank you to my husband for taping our NCTE panel: Food: The Universal Language that Connects Us All panel What’s a more universal experience than sharing a meal? Food brings people together, connects communities, and unites generations through tradition. In this moderated panel, four authors will discuss how food is a multidimensional cross-curricular topic that…
I’m Signing Books at ALA San Diego!
I’ll be doing two book signings at the upcoming American Library Association (ALA) Conference in San Diego. On Saturday, June 29th, I’ll be signing Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World at 11:00 am. On Sunday, June 20th, I’ll be signing We Sing From the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their…
Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! book launch with Andrew Hacket
Thank you to everyone who came out to Andrew Hacket and my book launch Storytime at Newtonville Books. Andrew read his hilarious Curlilocks and the Three Hares and had a photo frame activity which was a lot of fun! I read from my newest picture book, Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!, and had the kids put…
Gnomes and Ungnomes by The Writers’ Loft Book Launch
I am so glad that I found the courage within myself to submit three haiku to be part of The Writers Loft poetry anthology. I missed the first two even though I was a member of The Writers Loft because I simply did not think of myself as a poet. It wasn’t until there was…







