The book release party at Porter Square Books in Cambridge this past Saturday was a joyful success! Thank you so much to everyone who came out on a wintry day. I did some math, and I think that there were more than fifty people who attended! Here are some photos to relive the fun... The Cambridge Wildlife Puppetry Project came to hand out wildlife trading cards and greet people as they entered the event... and they brought their incredible great horned owl puppet and red-wing

Happy Poetry Friday! Head on over to Michelle Heidenrich Barnes' wonderful blog Today's Little Ditty for an amazing post highlighting the ways that different teachers engage children with poetry in the classroom. Today, I am delighted to share with you the brand new book trailer released by my publisher, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. I am so grateful to the Eerdmans team for creating such a wonderful video for Hidden City! It features two of my poems and the incredible ar

It's official! Hidden City: Poems of Urban Wildlife has been released! This is an incredible feeling. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped bring this book into the world. As of today, any bookstore with new books in stock can shelve Hidden City, or order it if it is not on their shelves. Every major bookseller online can ship it to you. And, even more exciting, my local independent bookstore Porter Square Books is displaying it face-out on their children's poetry shel

The results of the Books in the Wild Giveaway are in! The random number generator has selected the winner... and the lucky person is... (drumroll please...) Lesley Burnap! Come on down! In all seriousness, thank you so much to everyone who participated. It was so much fun to see photos of Hidden City in the wild, and to see the excitement building over the book. And, if you didn't win, the official release date is March 8th... so you still have time to pre-order your own copy

This week, I had the thrill of spotting Hidden City: Poems of Urban Wildlife in the wild! Loved ones sent me photos of their pre-orders upon arrival, and I got to sign a couple copies for my amazing local independent bookstore, Porter Square Books. (I may have been bouncy with happiness for the whole rest of the day...) It was surreal to see my book in a bookstore. It is thrilling to know that Hidden City is being read and shared. Reviews are starting to come in, and it's bei