My next picture book will be out on July 9!
“A delightful tale of fostering connection through art.” - Kirkus Reviews
Available for Preorder

MacKids Books barnesandnoble
#picturebooks #kitlit

Was excited by this surprise package from Charlesbridge ! WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKET? is coming out in paperback soon!

✨✨BIG NEWS!! Capstone 📚 💻 🌈 acquired my new #nonfiction expository book, UP, UP HIGH!! ✨✨

I'm flying high now that I can finally announce it :)

#WritingCommunity #amreading #amwriting #books #STEM #science #AuthorsOfTwitter #kidlit Miranda Paul #writers Katie Rewse

Have been sitting on a Delta plane for three hours and we still haven’t taken off. No staff has offered food/drinks, (I’m in in Comfort+). I am generally happy w/Delta, and am in good spirits rn, but I feel like I would offer people who boarded at 4:30 am some snacks at least?

Hey, look at this great initiative! signedink.org/donor-dashboar…

SCHOOLS - DON'T MISS OUT!! To celebrate her newest book, Lydia Lukidis🏳️‍🌈 DANCING THROUGH SPACE is doing free author visits. Sign up first: signupgenius.com/go/10C0B49ADAA… #authorvisit #space

Announcing our 2024 WNDB Mentorship Program mentees! Congratulations to the talented class of 2024 📚🎉

With this year’s incoming class, WNDB is proud to have awarded 111 mentorships to up-and-coming creatives!

Check the link in our bio to learn more about our mentees 📝

Congratulations to Vashti Harrison for winning the 2024 Caldecott Medal for her best-selling picture book, BIG. With this win, Vashti became the first Black woman to win the Caldecott Medal, and we are so proud of her!

I'm over the moon and stars to see that STARS OF THE NIGHT by Caren Stelson and Selina Alko is on the American Library Association Notable Children's Books list!

Full list:
Notable Children's Books - 2024 | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) (ala.org)

The best takeaway from watching #ALAYMA live w our class? Undoubtedly the book joy. ❤️

“We read that one!”
“That’s OUR book!”
“I read that on Sora, by OverDrive Education!”
“I want to read that one!”
“I want to be on the judging committee”
“I want to be an author”

Huge cheers for Heartdrum's ALAYMA winners & honorees! Makwa Giniw Christine Day (Upper Skagit) Kim Rogers Jonathan Nelson Laurie Goodluck Madelyn Goodnight Brian Young Shonto Begay Tara Audibert Dawn Quigley, not on this app much HarperKids HarperStacks 📚 WeNeedDiverseBooks

Celebrating my #CSK Honor books KIN: ROOTED IN HOPE and HOW DO YOU SPELL UNFAIR with the #CorettaScottKingAward committee. ⁦Simon Kids⁩ ⁦Candlewick Press⁩ ⁦Jeffery the Artist⁩ ⁦Frank Morrison⁩

Congratulations #alayma #sibert honor titles. Hooray for nonfiction!
Jessica Lanan 🌍 Sy Montgomery

NEWBERY HONOR BOOK. My book got a Newbery sticker!!!

Thanks to the American Indian Youth Literature committee and American Library Association for this honor. Traci and I are humbled. Also, thanks to Charlesbridge for their continued support and for creating this graphic to celebrate this lovely news.

WOW!! Congrats to my PB Spree buddy Jyoti Rajan Gopal AMERICAN DESI for winning an American Library Association HONOR book!
#kidlit #writingcommunity #STEM #amreading #amwriting #books

I'm so honored that the CCBC chose FINDING FAMILY as an Honor Book for the #CharlotteZolotowAward for #picturebook text. Congrats to all the honorees--proud to be among you! uwmadison.app.box.com/s/vrirganwo1vz… Lerner Books @ccbcuwmadison @nationallooncenter @loonproject #kidlit #nonfiction

Honored that JUST LIKE GRANDMA won the 2024 Charlotte Zolotow Award. A LETTER FOR BOB was named as a Highly Commended Title. 😭 Thank you to my agent and team at Heartdrum & the award committee. I am truly grateful. Cynthia Leitich Smith Read the release here: uwmadison.app.box.com/s/vrirganwo1vz…

Congratulations to the one and only Jacqueline Woodson

And
Nancy Paulsen
Ari Tison

Hannah V. Sawyerr S. K. Ali
Huda Al-Marashi Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow Aisha Saeed

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🚨Our 2024 Scholarship Application Period is NOW OPEN!🚨