Thank you to the Nile Book Awards for including The Boy Who Grew A Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng as a nominee on the Nile Delta...

It's cover reveal day! Hooray! 🎉 I love this blog and am so excited to share the cover of Jack Horner, Dinosaur Hunter! with The Tiny...

I'm thrilled to learn that THE BOY WHO GREW A FOREST is among the nominees for the 2021-2022 South Carolina Children's Book Award! What...

New book news! THE IS YOUR WORLD: THE STORY OF BOB ROSS will hit bookshelves September 2021. I'm excited to work with Robin Boyden, Julie...

New book news! I am excited to announce a new book! A HISTORY OF TOILET PAPER (AND OTHER POTTY TOOLS) will roll into bookstores in 2022!...

It was a huge honor to join this 2021 SCBWI Florida Regional (virtual) Conference this year to accept the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for...

New book news! I'm so excited to share this news! I'm working with the wonderful team at Sleeping Bear Press, along with talented...

When I stumbled upon the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators almost a decade ago, I never could have imagined this...

Thank you to The Nature Generation for naming THE BOY WHO GREW A FOREST as a 2020 Green Earth Book Award Honor Book! I am so grateful to...

I have just received word that THE BOY WHO GREW A FOREST: The True Story of Jadav Payeng has been selected as the winning book in the...