Three Balls of Wool, Maker Spaces, and Cultural Differences
A review of Three Balls of Wool in American Craft magazine and some thoughts on how picture books from other countries reflect their place and time.
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The Time Has Come for Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World)
Release day for the Amnesty International co-sponsored Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World), a picture book of a refugee family in their new home.
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Taking Chances, Writing Outside Walls: Diverse Authors at the 2017 Brooklyn Book Festival
A report on two events on Children’s Day at the 2017 Brooklyn Book Festival and thoughts on taking chances and writing outside one’s comfort zone.
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A Fable for Our Time: The Queen of the Frogs
Discussing a book I translated from Portuguese, The Queen of the Frogs, which since last November has become a timely story of democracy’s erosion.
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Good News for Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words!
I’m not one of those authors who goes around tooting my own horn. My grandmother taught me the value of modesty and warned me that “what goes up must come...
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
