Events, Gifts, and other Cool News
You are invited
In conjunction with my visits to schools Sarah Greenwood, Winship Elementary, and Umana Academy sponsored by the Wondermore organization of Boston, MA, I will be at The Carle Museum of Picture Book Art located in Amherst. Join me at the museum for a lively and informative program on Saturday, April 1, 2023. For details click here.
Silent auction
This year marks the first time that The Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to literacy, representation and amplifying Latinx book creators, is having a silent auction. You can bid on hundreds of items, including a one-on-one chat with BIG FIVE editors, to help the organization.
You can bid on an illustrator portfolio critique, a picture book manuscript/dummy critique or a set of signed copies of Cool Green from me. Open bidding for all items until February 17. Click here to bid!
win a Virtual Visit to your school
Three Simple steps
There is still time to win this prize! I celebrate the release of Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees and Verde Fresco: Árboles asombrosos y extraordinarios with a free virtual author visit to your school. The visit can be scheduled anytime between between Arbor Day 2023 and Arbor Day 2024. I present in English or español. To enter the raffle:
1) pre-purchase the book by March 28, 2023 and email me to know you did!
2) sign up for my twice-a-year newsletter, if you haven’t yet
3) forward this newsletter to a friend
I will announce the lucky winning school on the book’s birthday, March 28, 2023!
“…a deep dive into a fascinating aspect of the natural world… A thought-provoking arboreal exploration.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Verde fresco es una hermosa e instructiva introducción a algunos de los árboles más fascinantes del mundo.” —Margarita Engle, autora de The Surrender Tree, Libro de Honor Newbery, y Poeta Laureada Juvenil Emerita
Just for you!
new cool Green Teacher’s Guide
Today’s teachers go far and beyond the call of duty! To help them in a small way we’ve created the Cool Green Teacher’s Guide. Packed with 32 lessons aligned to familiar teaching standards one can choose from, there is a lesson for every taste. Be the first to view the lessons!
Spotlight on Schools
Every successful writer remembers that one teacher that made an impact. You remember the person who believed in you, showing you the path to becoming a better writer, the path to making your dream possible. So, when Mr. James Scott Brodie, 7th Grade ELA Instructor at James Lick Middle School, proudly shared some of his students’ work with me, I couldn’t resist. I had to re-share the work of these young writers learning much more than how to write with their reading responses to Us, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos. Critical thinking is key in becoming not only a good writer, but a contributing member of society. Read excerpts of the student work of Mia and Classic and join me in congratulating the teacher and his young writers!
Teachers, feel free to reach out to me if you’d like your student’s work to be considered for the spotlight.
