Tomorrow, LINE LEADS THE WAY onto bookstore & library shelves! It's a celebration of shapes, wordplay imperfection, resilience, and libraries! Here's a little vid by my daughter, #madelenamou. #capstone #alicecaldarella #librarylove #capstone #kidlit #alicecaldarella #librarylove

Just held my brand new picture book, LINE LEADS THE WAY, in my hands for the very first time. Whee! i.mtr.cool/oosgqqlspl #capstone #alicecaldarella #picturebook #kidlit #librarylove #resilience #imperfection #acceptance #shapes #belonging #sel #unboxing #unboxingkindof

It's the #bookbirthday for LINE LEADS THE WAY! A couple w mobility issues walking together at the gym inspired this book. The #leonardcohenquote was my mantra. & now it's a tale of shapes vying to be the library's Treasure Keeper! A strange journey! #capstone #alicecaldarella

It's publication day, so to celebrate (haha), I'm working my p.t. job...where they have decorated for HALLOWEEN! 😮 What the heck?

Just read the adorable THUNDER PUG, by Kim Norman & Keika Yamaguchi. Sometimes we all need to get creative when our friends find sudden glory 😅 I love the mostly prose but bits of rhyme text and the sweet art. #kidlit #picturebook #friendship #sterlingchildrensbooks

After some crazy days, it's fun to turn the page on my Kinder Kalendar and see my mosquito riddle-ku from LION OF THE SKY! All the poems from around the world appear in German and their original language in this cal. from the International Youth Library. #lernerbooks #mercelopez

It looks like the last week in Aug will be a little busy 😅 Hope you can join me at a For the Love of Loons interactive #storytime w the #KitchigamiRegionalLibrary. We'll read, move, make some noise, & chat about #loons! #familyfun #mnstorytime #lernerbooks #MHSP #MYRA

Today, the deck is my writing studio. There's a touch of fall 🍁 in the air!

Yay! We rescheduled this #backtoschool storytime! Twin Cities families--feel fall in the air? It's almost school time! Come celebrate school, friends, & learning at Wentworth Library on Sat, Aug 17.  #twolions #amazonpub #capstone #dakotacolib #familyfun #tcfamilyfun #storytime

Got my eye on #flightaware because my sister Patty arrives from Florida this morning! I'm so excited for some sister time!

Today, we're off to the Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota. But soon, I'll be touring Kitchigami Regional Library with my For the Loons storytime! Hope you can come! #lernerbooks #minnesotahistoricalsocietypress #loons #storytime #mnstorytime #familyfun

Incredibly honored to have bits from several of my poems arranged into a choral work by #shruthirajasekar & performed at the #royalnortherncollegeofmusic! Proud to be an element of this artistic collaboration: "Heart of Earth." ❤️🎵👏 i.mtr.cool/vhkvwrmfxg #choralmusic #poetry

For the Love of Loons--I'll be on the road next week in central MN sharing  some loon love with SECRETS OF THE LOON & FINDING FAMILY! Hope to see you at one of these Kitchigami Regional Library events from Aug 26-30! #minnesotahistoricalsocietypress #lernerbooks #storytime #loons

Moving out? No, just heading out for my week-long story time tour in Central Minnesota!

Is it a road trip if you don't get a blizzard? #dairyqueen

It's Day 1 of my For the Love of Loons storytime tour w Kitchigami Regional Library! Near Wadena or Park Rapids, MN? Join me! Can't wait to share some loon love & SECRETS OF THE LOON & FINDING FAMILY! #minnesotahistoricalsocietypress #lernerbooks #storytime #loons

Shared loon love this morning at Green Island Preserve in Wadena, MN. Many thanks to librarian Dan (in pic), GIP hosts Kent & Vicky, 6th-grade teachers Ms. Pulver & Ms. Grendahl, and Ginger + family! Up next, Park Rapids storytime at 2:30! #wadenamn #parkrapidsmn

I've been listening to the audiobook (through NetGalley) of A BIT MUCH, by Lyndsay Rush. I'd never heard of her/her Instapoems. I love this funny, heartfelt collection, & I'll be buying copies for my sister who hates her knees, my older daughter, & myself in September! #poetry

Terrific For the Love of Loons storytime at Pine River Library this morning. Had a great group of readers, divers, and flyers! TY to librarian Tammy (in aqua) & tour organizer Allison Royce (in brown). Note to self: must ask someone to take pics during one of the storytimes!

What a terrific For the Love of Loons storytime at Pequot Lakes Library! TY to gracious librarian Linda (pictured), the attending families, & the group from Brainerd. One family was late because they'd been watching a Golden Eagle try to take a juvenile loon. Harrowing story!