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...

I'm excited to learn that THE BOY WHO GREW A FOREST has been shortlisted for a Keystone to Reading Book award in the intermediate...

When I set out on the journey of writing about Jadav Payeng, I began with an image of him standing in his forest. Years later, this...

THE BOY WHO GREW A FOREST has just been awarded the Gold Medal for Young Children's Literature in the Florida State Book Award for...

I wrote a blog for the Nonfiction Chicks' Nonfiction Fest this month. You can check out my post about Visual Storytelling by clicking the...

The Children's Book Council (CBC) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) has just released their 2020 list of The Notable...