I created a free online geography game using The Traveling Taco: p.s. Related posts: The Traveling Taco gets a SONG! Origami French Fries: Activity for THE TRAVELING TACO The Traveling Taco on Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025! The Traveling Taco featured in Booklist To examine any book more closely at Amazon, please…
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Sign up to be a Read Your World BOOK REVIEWER or BOOK DONOR!
It’s that time of year again! Sign up at Read Your World to review a book in exchange for a review or donate a book to have it reviewed. Sign up here. Sign Up for Free Book(s) in Exchange for a Review Get a FREE book in exchange for your review! Join us in celebrating diversity…
Fortune Cookies for Everyone and meeting Colleen Kong-Savage at ALA
I don’t always get to meet the illustrators of my picture books, so it’s really a treat when there is an opportunity to hang out. I often get questions about the selection of the illustrator for picture books: Do I get to choose the illustrator for my picture books? Only I am working with an…
12 Picture Books about the Supreme Court
Lindsay H. Metcalf and I have teamed up today with a picture book list on the Supreme Court. We have teamed up in other ways as well; we co-wrote a picture book biography that is currently out on submissions. This book list showcases a range of topics that the Supreme Court has ruled on. For…
My author event for Urban Farming in Ohio
I had such a wonderful time visiting an Urban Farming summer program for children in Columbus, Ohio. They made me the most beautiful cards and letters! p.s. Related posts: New! Food for the Future Activity and Discussion Guide! Food for the Future: Half Moon Miracle in the Sahal FOOD FOR THE FUTURE…
11 Picture Books on the Natural World & 5 Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Jyoti Rajan Gopal, with her book list of 11 picture books on the natural world. Her newest picture book is Over in the Mangroves. We are giving away 5 signed copies of Over in the Mangroves. To enter, please fill out the WooBox at the bottom. 11 Picture…
Maui: Kū’au Beach Park to see green sea turtles
My son spotted the lone green sea turtle on the Kū’au Beach Park in Maui. It was high tide so there wasn’t much beach. The turtle was very still for a long time and we worried that it was dead, but then it moved its eyes and we were relieved. We stayed back, as the…







