Thank you Highlights Foundation for the Summer Camp for Illustrators. So inspiring to to stretch, experiment, make messes, and find solutions. Check out their amazing programs. highlightsfoundation.org/upcoming-works… The Highlights Foundation

Today is the day!!!! Book birthday of SENSE OF PLAY. If you're curious about the story behind the story, check out my latest blog entry here: danameachenrau.com/finding-the-wo… Huge thanks to @capstonepub and Doruntina Beqiraj!

Looking forward to this event with lots of bookish pals next month. I'll be there on the 10th. Hope to see you there! #RBBAuthorStage23 @RiverBendBookshop

Please join me Aug 16 at 8 pm ET for an online Book Birthday celebration with VCFA WCYA authors! 📚Dana Rau, SENSE OF PLAY 📚Me, MONSTER VS. BOY 📚@mariannabaer, WOLFWOOD 📚Jonathan Kastin, TRANSMOGRIFY! 14 FANTASTICAL TALES OF TRANS MAGIC Link: vcfa.edu/event/wcya-boo…

To kick off my new studio this fall, I'm offering a writing workshop. Read all about it on my website danameachenrau.com/classes. I'm so eager to share my space and writing time with other curious creative people! @whitingmills

Pop onto zoom Wednesday night for a book birthday party! Vermont College of Fine Arts is sponsoring this fun event where I'm going to read Sense of Play, and you'll hear some other fabulous authors read from and talk about their books as well! vcfa.edu/event/wcya-boo…

Looking forward to a fun author event coming up in September, and grateful to River Bend Bookshop for the chance to meet and greet readers! #rbbauthorstage23

Still time to register! Why not jump into writing like you used to jump into a pile of bright autumn leaves? Adventurers and introverts welcome. :-)

Looking forward to this fun event. I'll be selling my felted pots and other bits as a guest artist, and the resident artists at Farmington Valley Arts Center will have open studios as well. Sure to be a fun day! FVAC

Check out my list for the best children's books to engage the senses. Thanks Shepherd.com 📚! shepherd.com/best-books/chi… Shepherd.com 📚

This week Who Was Betty White? celebrates its book birthday! Next time you have cheesecake (the ultimate supportive necessity on Golden Girls), think of this trailblazing, kind, and funny actress and advocate.

Rain is forecasted for this Sat Oct 7, but a little extra water is no match for the artists at the Fall Arts Market at the Farmington Valley Arts Center in Avon! Come join us. I'll be set up with other visiting artists in Classroom 5A. artsfvac.org/fall-arts-mark… @artsfvac

Grateful to Dana Rau, Doruntina Beqiraj, Mari Schuh, & Isabel Muñoz for creating these uplifting books. Kids are naturally curious about adaptive tools. These teach while supporting kids who are often overlooked. (FYI - the white cane is from TheButterflyPig.) #libraries

A fun event is planned at Whiting Mills in Winsted this weekend! We've been working hard transforming the mill into a winter wonderland. Stop into my studio #518 for some punch, cookies, and hellos!

Open for visitors and shopping this Sunday! Come visit the studios (including mine 518) at Whiting Mills. @whitingmills

The event of the season is here! Open Studios at Whiting Mills! In the past, I've attended as a guest artist, and this time I have my own studio! A lot can happen in a year. The Mill is decked out in all of its holiday finery. Come join us!

Registration is open for my spring classes at Whiting Mills in Winsted, CT! I’m offering a felting class, an alcohol ink class, and a 6-week writing class. Check out the details here! danameachenrau.com/classes/

Celebrating a book birthday today! What Is a Solar Eclipse? is ready to prepare everyone for the total solar eclipse on April 8 that will cross Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Learn why eclipses happen and what to except with this upcoming sight of a lifetime!

Nerd Camp is only a week away! The CT Association of School Librarians has organized an amazing lineup. Can't wait to spend the day with book lovers and creators. And it's free! If you haven't registered yet, read all about it here: nerdcampct.org