Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Newton Children’s Book Festival 2026! We have a NEW location! It’s bigger and has a lot more parking! It’s also accessible via an elevator. This year, we will all be in one big room! Date Sunday, November 15th, 2026 11 am to 3 pm Snow date None…
I’m excited to announce the release of my newest picture book, scheduled for October 13, 2026. I struggled for a long time to write a picture book biography about Yuri Kochiyama. Most people haven’t heard of her. She preferred to help in the background and not be front and center. Most people have heard of…
I’m taking a figure drawing class with Martin R. Anderson at the Brookline Senior Center. He recommended drawing exhibit at the Harvard Fogg Art Museum so I went with my friend and classmate, Helena. I hadn’t been to the Fogg Art Museum since it was extensively renovated. It’s a beautiful space that is now free…
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We had more than 60 children’s book authors and illustrators at our event, meeting more than 1,500 attendees. It was a wonderful day to celebrate our KidLit community! CBS News covered our event: Owen Roy captured our event in this video: Even the chaos of set up was a lot of fun!…
We are thrilled to get a starred review for Barbed Wire Between Us from Publishers Weekly! “Via a reverso structure and layered images, Wenjen and Encarnación trace the stories of two children, seemingly generations apart, in a haunting dual narrative of imprisonment and family separation. Spare reportorial lines and visual context clues appear first…
Let’s fold origami fortune cookies as an activity for my picture book, Fortune Cookies for Everyone! (Smithsonian): The Surprising Story of the Tasty Treat We Love to Eat, illustrated by Colleen Kong-Savage. This is the true story of who invented the fortune cookie. Spoiler alert: it’s a mystery, and the reader gets to decide! [nonfiction…