Launch Day for Pardalita!
April 18, 2023 is another big book birthday for me. It's the launch day for the first YA book I've translated, the hybrid graphic novel/verse novel Pardalita, by author-illustrator Joana…
April 18, 2023 is another big book birthday for me. It's the launch day for the first YA book I've translated, the hybrid graphic novel/verse novel Pardalita, by author-illustrator Joana…
My poetry prompt for Authors Take Action, centered on the #ClimatePoemProject to encourage young people to write poetry about nature and caring for the environment.
Introducing my latest Lego original creation in Little Brick Township, a Fashion and Design Boutique.
A pitch for speaking to high school language classes about translation and what it's like to work as a translator.
Now that I have four recently published books and pandemic restrictions are coming to an end, I'm starting to look for school visits. In the years following the publication of…
Announcing a second workshop I'm teaching for Highlights this summer, the Whole Novel Historical Fiction Workshop. My favorite topic!
A community event in my neighborhood marking the first anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine and why we need to keep a focus on it.
It's hard to sit on good news, and even harder when it's very good news -- like a book from a relatively unknown author with a smaller publisher becomes a…
A discussion of ableist language in books for children and teens and how to challenge the way kids talk about disability.
My first World Read Aloud Day was a fun experience as I read Moonwalking and Torch to students around the country.