If you are coming to Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival 2025, I hope to see you there! p.s. Related posts: My September Events My First Book Festival: Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival 2023 I’ll be at the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival 2024! I’ll Be at the Chappaqua Book Festival: Sept 30, 10am-4pm…
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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…
Read Your World Medallion & Author Sponsorships Now Open!
Our Read Your World Medallion & Author Sponsorships are now open! Sponsorship is a great way to support our non-profit initiative while getting amazing visibility for authors and publishers of diverse board books, picture books, chapter books, and YA. Read Your World Sponsorships. Find out more here. p.s. Related posts To examine any…
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…
Eating the Whole Fish: My Daughter’s Kickstarter Book!
My daughter’s start-up, Beam, has created a printed book called Eating The Whole Fish. It encourages people to support sustainable seafood systems through introducing underloved species, visual studies, and local narratives. Eating the Whole Fish, a 200-page book about rethinking seafood culture in Rhode Island—and beyond. It’s part interviews, part how-to guide, part recipe book….
Our 2025 Northwestern University Graduation Experience
Our middle daughter graduated from Northwestern University, where she majored in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS) and History. MMSS is a unique major at Northwestern that combines applied math and economics. The graduation celebration was a four-day whirlwind of events. Much fun was had by all! p.s. Related posts: My Daughter’s Start…







