The Invitation Ready for Book Deserts A magical box arrived last week. I almost didn’t open it, thinking it was a holiday gift from a relative. Luckily, I noticed Room to Read as the sender. Inside was a full paperback set of the non-profit’s Peace & Equality...
Take-Aways from Recent Panel Discussion The non-profit Room to Read, publisher of my picture book The Invitation, invited me to participate in a May talk about Diversity of Diversity – The Power of Books in Fostering Inclusive Communities. The Invitation is...
Introducing The Invitation – Available Free Online As I wrote about in December, I was among the authors and illustrators hired by the non-profit Room to Read in the fall to develop a Peace & Equality picture book collection during a book sprint...
The Time Warp of November I’m not sure how to describe November except that sufficient sleep was not in the cards. Not all bad, although life as a special needs parent during a pandemic is presenting extra challenges and I work for a hospital managing an...
Focus of My Blog
In addition to providing occasional updates about my book projects, my goal is twofold: (1) encourage creative practice in our lives and writing by sharing easy-to-try methods and (2) provide useful encouragement to kids, teachers, parents, other writers and those considering or already deep into the writing life.