Love this creative look at what some people would call trash and simply throw away! Sourcebooks Kids Andrew Larsen Oriol Vidal Kelly Crull 🦊 Susan Hood #BookAllies-Check the sharing doc & sign up for your turn.

Thank you Basil E. Frankweiler 🎗️! So glad you enjoyed the book. I dedicated it to my British mother-in-law, an evacuee herself. She was the same age as Bess and Beth and that’s one reason I had to tell their story! ❤️

Loved having this conversation about forgiveness in #kidlit. Thanks for joining us and thank you @nErDCampPA for hosting! ❤️

Thanks for joining us! ❤️

What???!!! How exciting! My first picture book was about an axolotl. 😍

Thanks, Raven!

Yes, can you believe it? How lucky was I?

Happy to share that #Lifeboat5 was just named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! Publishes 10/8/24 and is available now for pre-order: tinyurl.com/uffs7hr4 Simon Kids Junior Library Guild

Hope you enjoy it, Megan!

Many thanks for reading and sharing, Megan!

Thank you, Heather! ❤️💙❤️

Hooray! Congratulations, Anna and Elena. I am one lucky author! #HarboringHope HarperCollins

As if you didn’t need another reason to vote in November, the next president will appoint the new Librarian of Congress. Make your voices heard friends!

Agents: I am now actively acquiring #PB and #MG for the Beach Lane Books imprint. Any projects I currently have on submission for Paula Wiseman Books are still being considered, just now for Beach Lane Books. Thank you!

New sensory experiences “light up” your child’s developing brain. I just love this video, which has gone viral in recent days, of a toddler being exposed for the first time to a new and fascinating sound: a violin being played by a street performer in Valencia. It’s almost as

New school year, new books, including one from me! Looking forward to celebrating with Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival Pequot Library #nErDcampLI National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Simon Kids For more info, visit susanhoodbooks.com Krista (Vitola) Tepedino Kristen Picone (she/her)

Wow, what timing for my author copies to arrive! It was on this day 84 years ago—Friday, September 13, 1940—that this ship set sail for Canada to escape the Blitz. #Lifeboat5 is the true story of two real girls who survived a Nazi torpedo. @SimonKids Out 8/10

#GIVEAWAY time! To celebrate the release of this new companion book to #Lifeboat12, I'm doing 2 giveaways to #educators. F, RT, and tag a #teacher by 9/17 @ 5pm EST. US only (due to postage costs). #MG #Lifeboat5 @SimonKids

In honor of National Voter Registration Day tomorrow, the Broadway company of Hamilton headed into the booth to record “The Election of 2024”. We’re proud to partner with When We All Vote and VoteRiders to make sure everyone’s voice is heard at the polls. Register to vote now!

Congratulations 🍎 Mrs. Arata and The Page Ladies! You are the winners of this #GIVEAWAY. Pls DM me your addresses and the book will go out next week! #Lifeboat5 #Lifeboat12 #MG #HF Simon Kids On shelves 10/8!