Celebrating the release of WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE + a giveaway!

My latest picture book, WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE, is a whole two weeks old today! 🎉 But of course, this manuscript began much earlier than that. And the research took longer than I expected. Why? Well, I sold this book on spec to my editor, …

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Cover Reveal! WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE & Interview with Illustrator Youa Vang

I’m thrilled to reveal the cover of my next picture book, WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE, illustrated by Youa Vang! It’s a nonfiction biography of a Chinese boy who was sold to an American ship captain in 1855 and raised by the captain’s family in Connecticut. …

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