Happy Harvey week! In this "tale full of heart" (Kirkus Reviews) by Garret Weyr, one sweet cat turns even dog-lovers into feline partisans with a story that shows how "we all, no matter human or animal, have a story worthy of being heard."—Tricia Helfer bookshop.org/books/harvey-a…

Take a listen to what Carter Higgins Daniel Miyares and Taylor Norman hope readers take away from Big and Small and In-Between in this week’s audio pinch! Then listen to the full episode here: podfollow.com/picture-book-l…

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Finally, the sun is out! Welcome, Luz! We need you! ✨💛☀️

How about a new cover?! Book 2 is on its way and these two creative talents are back at it! New table groups, a talent show, and a new friend? (No way. Not Bettina. Right? 😩)

While making BIG AND SMALL AND IN-BETWEEN with Carter Higgins Taylor Norman and Jennifer Tolo Pierce I got to explore how the lettering would be part of the book. Jennifer Tolo Pierce even built a new font with my hand lettering! Chronicle Kids

✨Cover reveal!✨ Liz Garton Scanlon *UPDATES ONLY*'s transporting, profound, heart-wrenching LOLO'S LIGHT is out this fall and John Schu revealed the cover today, accompanied by Liz's thoughts about the book! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2022/05/lolos-…

Happy happy #bookbirthday to DOES A BULLDOZER HAVE A BUTT! Derick Wilder 🐕 🍑🐜 and K-Fai Steele, it is my buttmost honor to have worked with you on, I mean this seriously, one of the most genius books I’ve ever glimpsed. 💔

✨Cat’s out of the bag! ✨🐈 I am the artist for this year’s Summer Stride, a citywide reading program presented by SF Public Library in partnership with London Breed, SF Human Rights, National Park Foundation, SF public schools and Chronicle Books.🥳 (Thread 1/6)

new job (which I am incredibly energized & fulfilled & honored by) / new bio (which is Executive Editor at Neal Porter Books) / new link in bio (which you can click to read about all of the above) :] instagram.com/p/Cgz-P8Gv077/…

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So honored that DOES A BULLDOZER HAVE A BUTT? was included in this list of wonderful books!

Just over a year's worth of calendar flips until this one! It's been creatively stretching and satisfying and flat out fun. (Lots of gratitude for Taylor Norman and not-on-Twitter RP! 🍀) publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/ch…

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So honored to have Lolo's Light named a 2023 Children's Favorite by Children's Book Council (& alongside friends like A.S. King ☂️ Updates Only Lisa Yee - THE MISFITS have arrived! Mac Barnett Kwame Alexander and Aisha Saeed). With thanks as always to Erin Murphy Taylor Norman and Chronicle Kids cbcbooks.org/wp-content/upl…

This is the coolest and highest honor. Congratulations Liz! (And Millie, and Sam, and of course Lolo herself.) ♥️🏠✨🧡🌟

In a state with an abbreviation ending in A?! Come see me in May at the Bay Area Book Festival, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, or @bbgbbooks! #BABF2023 #someofthesearesnails 📚🐌 Chronicle Kids