Beloved: Drafting Poems as Letters
Happy Poetry Friday! (Please make sure to pop on over to Jama's Alphabet Soup for this week's roundup!) Today, I'd like to discuss a...

Changes and Poetry- It's Spring!
I hope you've been having a wonderful April, with poetry and flowers blooming all over! It's lovely here, with the violets and forysthia...
Hello in the Snow!
Hello everyone! It's been quite the intense year, to say the least. As you may have noticed, during this pandemic I haven't been blogging...
TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL VIRTUAL VISITS
I love doing virtual visits with students, and I am fortunate to have been able to connect with classes all across the country thanks to...
A Poem for #DearOneLBH
Today, I am so grateful to Amy Ludwig VanDerwater for hosting Poetry Friday in memory of Lee Bennett Hopkins. I had just started to get...


SCBWI LBH Poetry Award: Let's Celebrate with a Giveaway!
I am honored, gobsmacked, and proud that HIDDEN CITY: POEMS OF URBAN WILDLIFE has won the SCBWI Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award! (Read...


Launch Party!
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to help me celebrate the launch of SPOT, SPIKE, SPIRAL! It was a wonderful event. If you want...


So Much Good News!
Today is the release date for Spot, Spike, Spiral! My third book is now out in the world, hopefully on its way into the hands and hearts...


It's a New Book... Let's Celebrate!
It's been a wonderful, wacky year. On March 8, 2018, my first book was published. Now, a year later, I'm getting ready for my third book...


A New Book, and a Love of Squiggles
Dot, Stripe, Squiggle has been released! I am so thrilled that my first board book is now out in the world, ready for children and...