#WhereIsSmallGirlToni -- she's on Amazon's January best book list, that's where she is!!! 🥳🥰🎉 #SoExcited #SmallGirlToni #ToniMorrison #picturebook

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!

Today is the one month book birthday of #SmallGirlToni - woot woot! I'm still keeping up with her travels & it is amazing to see she has made it to my ❤️ home ❤️, Trinidad! 🇹🇹 #WhereIsSmallGirlToni - she's enjoying coconuts and coffee in the Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad.

🖊️Today's #SELSpotlight is all about Toni Morrison. Anatol & Figueroa have crafted a original tale inspired by the life of Toni Morrison. Small-Girl Toni and the Quest for Gold honors one of America’s most important writers and is a testament to the power of storytelling. 🖊️

I'm honored to have the book featured - thank you Barnes & Noble Classwork! Excited at the thought of young minds being exposed to Toni Morrison through #SmallGirlToni.

Happy Heavenly Birthday to my favorite author & the inspiration behind *Small-Girl Toni and the Quest for Gold*, Toni Morrison. Join me today at Raven Book Store for a reading & birthday celebration - and YES, cake! 🥳😁 #SmallGirlToni #ToniMorrison #WhereIsSmallGirlToni #KidsLit

I had so much fun sharing #SmallGirlToni with Cordley Elementary to help them kick off their Black Lives Matter At School Week. #WhereIsSmallGirlToni - she was at Cordley Elementary in Lawrence, KS reminding all the students to let their stories shine! Lawrence USD 497

It was a packed house at Raven Book Store for our Toni Morrison Birthday Celebration! Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate & support my new book, *Small-Girl Toni and the Quest for Gold.* Your support means everything! 🥰 #SmallGirlToni #WhereIsSmallGirlToni #kidlit

I'm honored to have been selected as the next director of Hall Center for the Humanities. Thank you to the amazing staff who helped me so much during my interim term. I look forward to continued collaborations across campus and the region to showcase all that the humanities have to offer. #KU

So many celebrations! (#BlackHistoryMonth, #WomensHistoryMonth, birthdays) As I enjoy my blessings, #SmallGirlToni continues to make her way to #readers far & wide. So ... #WhereIsSmallGirlToni? She's hanging out with her new friend, Julian Sebastien Ceccagnoli, in Lawrence, KS.

#WhereIsSmallGirlToni - At Haggerty School in Cambridge, MA. The students were INCREDIBLE! Thanks to Nili Pearlmutter for bringing #SmallGirlToni to the Northeast & to Jennessa (she/her) for giving her a home on the school wall for all to see. 🥰 @Cambridge_CPSD you've got a great team!

#SmallGirlToni is on her way to more schools on the east coast today, but exactly one week ago today she was at the top of the bestseller list at Raven Book Store! 🤩🥳 Look out NY Times -- we're coming for you next! #WhereIsSmallGirlToni #kidlit lawrencekstimes.com/.../raven-best…

A bit of a surreal moment -- seeing a book I wrote being used in #ReadAcrossAmerica activities at my alma mater. Wow! 😊 Thanks Scotch Plains - Fanwood Public Schools and thank YOU, Robert McGarry, Ed.D. for including #SmallGirlToni! 🥰 NEA

Join us April 18th-20th at the FREE festival "Stories For All" in Lawrence, KS. Enjoy storytelling, art, food, film, exhibits, & networking. Full program here: rb.gy/b3ewut To register, scan the QR code or visit this link: bit.ly/SFA-REGISTER #StoriesForAll #art

It's been a minute since we checked in on Small-Girl Toni, but no worry ... she has been spotted on Amazon's Best Children’s Books of 2024 So Far: Ages 6 to 8 List! In the words of my agent, Alexandra Levick, "WOOHOO look at that small girl go!!!" #WhereIsSmallGirlToni #SmallGirlToni

#WhereIsSmallGirlToni ... Today she is celebrating her 6 month book birthday! 🎂🎉To help celebrate, please consider purchasing a copy for a favorite teacher, elementary classroom, or school library. My hope is for her to reach as many young people as possible! #SmallGirlToni

OUT TODAY! *The Haunted States of America* is a collection of 52 scary stories by 52 individual authors (including me - I represent PA! 😉) and illustrated by Solomon Hughes. Hardcover and E-Book editions available for online purchase. Buy your copy now, in time for Halloween!

I'm so looking forward to it Jo Renfro PEG GETS PLUCKY Spring 2025! #kansasbookfestival2024

Nine months ago today #SmallGirlToni was released and there are still moments, like this one, where it all seems surreal. #WhereIsSmallGirlToni - She's at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. WOW! 🥰🥳

I'm honored to be included in the 2025 Women Build calendar! Please consider purchasing tickets to the Women Build Gala on 9/20 or make a donation to support Lawrence KS Habitat and their community works. Tickets/donate: one.bidpal.net/womenbuild24 #WomenofLawrence #HabitatForHumanity