This morning I put an "X" on the calendar + decided I'm returning to my study room at the library to get serious about my story about a certain bird. He's waited long enough. 🐦‍⬛⏰✍🏻 #MartyBird #WishMeLuck #kidlit✨

Check out "FREE Literary Pep Rally with Kwame Alexander!" eventbrite.com/e/free-literar… @Eventbrite

It’s publication day for one of the most anticipated books of the year! Congratulations to Amanda Jones: Defender of Libraries & Wonder on the release of THAT LIBRARIAN. We’re so happy for you. Congratulations, Amanda Jones!

So excited for this new picture book - especially after hearing Sarah Albee share stories at a writing retreat! Note for aspiring writers: When we talk about putting a fresh twist on the pb biography, this is an example of what we're talking about.

Book 6. Available next Tuesday.

It’s here! Amari and the Despicable Wonders out today!

when Virginia Woolf said, “Autumn is my season, dear; it is, after all, the season of the soul” and when F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall” and when Anne Shirley said, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

Pleased to present the official book trailer for IMPOSSIBLE POSSUMS! MUAHAHAHA! Watch Here: youtu.be/19mtJAhvDHU?si… Written by me Illustrated by James Rey Sanchez Published by Disney Hyperion October 22, 2024 | 40 Pages | 3-7 years ISBN: 9781368099776

This is a toast to copyeditors, who are the real unsung heroes of the publishing world.

Love the wildflowers in Maine this time of year.

When a kid says don’t like to read and you give them Stamped from the Beginning and now they’re reading it.

Ending summer the right way.

Hey library folks, Please give our new #librarianfashion & #kidlit podcast a listen, then spread the news about our launch. We start off w/ casual library fashion (t-shirts), but will discuss vests, ties (& tie bars), blazers, pants, socks and, of course, cardigans (& more) soon

Finally read this one and it was just as wild, fun, and life-affirming as I had expected.

Just read this in one sitting. What a powerful book.

Author Ryan Bani Tahmaseb (Ryan Bani Tahmaseb) shares what their picture book is perfect for. #bookcommunity #parentcommunity #teachercommunity

.Andrea Trudeau, Ph.D. , Amanda Jones: Defender of Libraries & Wonder , and I are starting a nonprofit to uplift libraries around the world. 1st project in Kenya will be @ the Jane Adeny Memorial School. Visit buildinglibraries.org to learn more about this incredible school and donate to support our inaugural project!

Interested in school-wide reading activities, but concerned about the negative impact of reading contests and incentives? This podcast excerpt from The Joy of Reading, may give you ideas and food for thought. blog.heinemann.com/podcast-beyond…?

If you'd like to visit Portland, Maine on Saturday, October 12th, I'm going to be chatting with kids and grownups and signing books with some AMAZING children's authors and illustrators. Come hang out—it's going to be a lot fun. mainewriters.org/calendar/kids-…

We have catmint in our garden and I always wondered why it was called catmint until this morning when our neighbor’s cat came over and snacked on some.