Need a book for #EarthDay2025? Let me suggest Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story illus Christopher Silas Neal! See my website for free activity guide and SONG!!! It’s gonna be huge! 🎵😂😊 Random House Children's Books Teachers & Librarian Random House Children's Books Knopf BFYR

Mixed emotions on this #EarthDay! My #PictureBook, A FOREST BEGINS ANEW, was originally debuting today. But good things come to those who wait, right? Even until May 2026? 📕 🌲 🌱 🌏 #SCBWI

I love this book! I was bummed the author wasn’t around at the Marvelous Midwest #SCBWI Conference for signings when I bought it. Maybe the next book! 😀

My latest #library #PictureBook #KidLit return stack:

Today I purged papers from my 23 years of dedication to Minneapolis Public Schools. Equal parts depressing and liberating to keep an inch and toss the rest. #Teaching #PublicEducation #WritingCommunity

Tonight’s #therapeutic #art scribbles of nothing in particular:

Catching up on some #PictureBook #Library returns. #SCBWI #KidLit 📚

Tried my first #acrylic #painting class in ages, and my first spatula knife. #Art

A reasonable #library return stack of #PictureBooks today.

PSA: The last two times a big-name #PictureBook #Author reached out to me, they both turned out to be fake. They LOOKED very real, but a website check revealed the fake handle was a tweak off. Not sure what’s in it for them, but it saddened me. #SCBWI

#KidLit #SCBWI #PictureBooks

No, YOU binged on Netflix and scribbled designs instead of cleaning your house! #ArtTherapy #MentalHealthMatters #relaxation

One #library return short stack, coming up. #PictureBooks #SCBWI

I painted some ‘fun guys’ from the yard. 😉 Well, just one but from four angles. #ArtTherapy #MentalHealthMatters #Art

Enjoying tiger lilies from the yard today. #ArtTherapy #gardening #MentalHealthMatters

Authors: Got any advice on using #Pinterest for #Promo or #Marketing?

Bucky is SO distracted by the #dog on my shirt that I can’t even brush his teeth! 😂 #pets #Boxers

Today’s self-prescribed #ArtTherapy to soothe my soul. #ProgressOverPerfection #MentalHealthMatters

Harnessing my inner Dolly as we’re on day 2 of trying to fly out of #DC. ⛈️ 🔧 ✈️ Yesterday we had 5 #flights cancelled and 3 hours in customer service lines. Today on our 3rd gate so far… #travel

While I was gone all week, these guys took over my kale and broccoli. Cabbage moths? #gardening #OrganicGardening #Nature