Caring for Your Lion, written by yours truly and illustrated by Troy Cummings, is the 2025 Read Across Oklahoma Book. In honor of this, I wanted to share a post I wrote about this book for Nerdy Book Club. Enjoy! For me, the hardest part about writing a picture book …
Hello, Picture Book Builders people! I’m in a critique group called PBJeebies. The members include Kim Norman, Janee Trasler, Jessica Young, and, well, me. Today, Janee stopped by Picture Book Builders to tell us allll about a recent master class that she participated in and learned a lot from courtesy …
It’s that time again. 🙂 I hereby give you my list of 22 Picture Books I’m Looking Forward to in ’22! I’m very much looking forward to these books in 2022 as well. 🙂 Still anxiously awaiting covers on these…. The Underpants (Scholastic Press, Summer 2022) Mary Had a Little …
WARNING! Brace yourselves for some barnyard ridiculousness on October 19. That’s the release date for my latest book with Troy Cummings called One Sheep, Two Sheep. Feel free to pre-order a signed-by-yours-truly copy: Click here! Click here! Click here! This is what Kirkus has to say about this bedtime barnyard …
It has been YEARS since I posted about my love for a well-placed barcode on the back of a picture book. This was the initial post. Welcome to Picture Book Barcode Bonanza Part 2! I was inspired to gather more of these barcode wonders because of the wild joy I …
Hello, Picture Book Builders people. I hope you’re in the mooooooood for a book that features one cow, four seasons, and lots of silliness. NOT NOW, COW is written by yours truly and illustrated by the one-and-only Troy Cummings. Rooster and his farm friends are ready for springtime play. But …
I have been fortunate to have created books with many wonderful illustrators: Jeff Berger, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Troy Cummings, Guy Frances, Alison Friend, Goro Fujita, Arthur Howard, Victoria Hutto, Dan Krall, Jeff Mack, Scott Magoon, Dave Mottram, Lynn Munsinger, Mike Reed, Angela Rozelaar, Dan Santat, Bob Shea, Michael Slack, Liz Starin, …
Back in the Before Times when we were still crowding into libraries, I’d checked out stacks of picture books to prepare for a writing workshop (which happened) and my weekly one-on-one, side-by-side reading sessions with two first graders (not happening any time soon). I’ve since returned the books to our …
It’s almost 2020, and I don’t know about you, but I am really excited about what’s in store for us book-wise. These are just 20 of the books I’m looking forward to in 2020….. Happy New Year, everybody! ************************************************************** WINNER: Congratulations, Linda Skeers! You won a signed copy of Everybody …
Have you ever ordered a kitten, but the pet delivery truck dropped off a lion instead? Then this book is for YOU! (It’s also for everyone else.) CARING FOR YOUR LION (Sterling), my latest book, is illustrated by the oh-so-fierce Troy Cummings. Troy’s art is warm, wonderful, and, well, purrrr-fect. …