So honored that @Felicia_Hoshino's and my #picturebook, A Place for Harvest: The Story of Kenny Higashi, is a finalist for the @Western_Writers Spur Award! (Congrats to our fellow author/illustrator @HectorCurriel with @sdhspress on winning the Spur for kidlit NF category!)
You know what's better than being a famous author? Being faithful. Faithfully feeding people... food, words, knowledge... washing plates, sweeping floors, teaching souls. It's the best kind of glorious.
There's nothing quite as lovely as this... sitting around the living room on the first Sunday of Advent, sipping tea and listening to A Christmas Carol with my kiddos. Lights shining, story carrying, kiddos smiling. It's idyllic. #AChristmasCarol
Happy Book Birthday to Not Finished Yet: Trusting God with All My Feelings! @ivpkids#bookbirthday#kidlitart#kidlit
Image by <a href=“https://t.co/EfDHvVJ9QT”>Freepik</a>
Sad to hear of the end of #PBPitch I still remember what an important step pitch events were in my author journey. ☺️ Will always have a special place in my heart. Best of luck to all participating! 🤓
CHERRY ON TOP It's Ruby's first day working at her family's 🍦 shop and she has the most important job - 🍒 topper! Just as she goes to top her pickiest customer's sundae, she realizes - she’s run out of cherries! Ruby must scramble to find the perfect finishing touch. #pbpitch
FRIDAYS ARE FOR FISH FRYS
You're invited to a special dinner! There's fresh fish, creamy coleslaw, tangy tartar sauce—all the makings of a perfect fish fry - but will there be enough for everyone? A community comes together to celebrate this delicious Midwest Tradition🎣 #pbpitch
ALL THE SWEETER
Looking forward to a Sunday breakfast of sweet, sticky pancakes, Quinn is disappointed to find -no maple syrup! Until she has a brilliant idea -she and Grandpa can make their own! But maple syrup takes time and patience - will it be worth the wait? #pbpitch#SEL
'In June, when the jewel climbs up
highest in the year into the heavens,
brightest of stars...
At that time the fairest of lights
likes to gaze longer upon the earth,
to move more slowly across the meadows.'
Anglo-Saxon writers on the summer solstice: https://t.co/koxgcemjp7
What are the best funny English words? Maybe they sound silly, or maybe they are old and have fallen out of use.
I'm teaching 3rd grade next year, and I think it would be fun to have a "funny word of the week" to add life and joy to our classroom. #writingcommunity#teaching
Trying to market a book while living a full life with lots of kids can be funny. Here are a few off-kilter ideas I’ve had lately 😂
Captions:
1) Dragon on a sled
2) Dragon in the car
3) Dragon in a pile of laundry
4) Dragon with a stomach bug
See? You can read it anywhere 😆