BOOK DEAL!

I feel so incoherent and amazed at this news, but here it is: I have a book deal! I am super crazy excited to announce that Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) will be published by Viking Children’s in the summer of 2015. My critique...

We Love Picture Books!

A week ago, we were lucky enough to be featured on Candlewick’s year-long We Believe in Picture Books video project! Want to know what books we’re grabbing for? They are, in order: Baby Penguins Everywhere by Melissa Guion Hello! Hello! by Matthew Cordell...

Happy Summer!

I never really liked summer until we moved to Maine. It was always so sweaty before. But now it’s when the weather is perfect and everything is green and bursting. Everyone is home! Though this is not our home. It’s the high school track. The boys took...

How I Got My Agent

I am SUPER excited to be featured today on Julie Hedlund’s How I Got My Agent series! When I was looking for an agent, I always felt like “how I got my agent” posts were very helpful — both for outlining what to do, and also for showing how...

I HAVE AN AGENT!

I am so, so excited to announce that I am now represented by the amazing Danielle Smith at Foreword Literary! Do you know Danielle? She’s runs a book review site called There’s a Book, where I saw that she has essentially the exact same taste in...

These are the consequences of diminished electronic usage

So, remember how I was hollering with love for Matthew Cordell’s HELLO! HELLO! last month? I have given this book to people, forced it on people, talked about how much I love it. But you know what happens when you turn off electronic devices? I’ll tell...