Merida is getting braver! After taking over a year to get used to me, once she decided she could take food from my hand, she seems to have quickly gotten comfortable... and become quite the little glutton! 😄

Merida says, "Hello there, humans!"

After a few days away, Merida showed up to get a little breakfast this morning!

Merida just showed up for a little breakfast, and I took an up-close video this time....

The sound of light rain falling on the trees is beautiful this morning (turn up the sound)...

Merida is posing for her close-up during breakfast this morning!

Where world's intersect and a soccer parent spots your books in your fave local indie bookstore - Park Road Books! ⚽️📚

Have a peaceful Friday morning!

Have a peaceful Friday morning!

I was gardening & found another carpenter bee floundering around with a damaged wing. She continued climbing across the ground & continually trying to fly, but couldn't. She ended up climbing on my shoe & stopped trying to move, & seems to be resting. So, now I am stuck here...

Now THIS is a gold-medal response!!!

One of my favorite parts of the drive to/from Florida! 😄

Happy National Underwear Day, everyone! 🩳🎉🩲 If you're looking for a fun book to celebrate the occasion, check out I Made These Ants Some Underpants, written by myself and illustrated by K-Fai Steele! In fact, it's on sale now! 🐜🐜🐜 amazon.com/Made-These-Ant…

It's always fun when a friend spots your books out in the wild! So it was wonderful to receive this photo of copies of THE LONGEST LETSGOBOY, illustrated by the amazing Catia Chien, in PlayOddity in Illinois!

A huge congratulations to the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team on winning Olympic gold with a hard-fought, inspiring, emotional, incredible 1 - 0 victory over Brazil! ⚽️🥇🎉 PS That win pulls them even with the Tigers for the number of major championships in 2024! 😄🐯⚽️ sports.yahoo.com/2024-olympics-…

When my weeds start making fun of my outdoor lighting, that's just going too far!!!

A beautiful morning to sit outside in the cool air, test out the new mini fireplace, and (hopefully, maybe, with a little luck) get a wee bit of writing done... pic.x.com/kqn5cctu7h

Publishing has many more lows than highs. But today is one of the latter - my agent sent me the announcement for our next book! I'm excited for my first info-fiction title, a fish tale with Monika Filipina. From Sleeping Bear Press, it'll hit shelves only 11 yrs after the 1st draft!

The announcement for our new book came out in this past week's Children's Bookshelf email by Publisher's Weekly. If you scroll past the famous authors with their book's graphics, you'll get to the "Rights Report". And if you keep scrolling, you'll land on Hide, Fish Hide! 🌊🦈🐡

My roommate was testing out this bloody skull appetizer for Halloween. I took one bite and it now looks infinitely worse... 😆