#GRA20 – Week 5 + GRA Live Event
Hello again! Happy fifth week of the Global Read Aloud 2020! This week is about La Madre Goose written by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by me and published by Putnam/Penguin Random House. Please visit the book's page for activities. Whether you are participating in Global Read Aloud 2020 or not, you can tune in
#GRA20 – Week 4
Hello again! Happy fourth week of the Global Read Aloud 2020! This week is all about Swashby and the Sea written by Beth Ferry, illustrated by me and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Swashby and the Sea was released just this year on May 5th. I hope you enjoy the book and it brings
#GRA20 – This is about La Princesa and the Pea
Hi there! I hope you had a great third week of the Global Read Aloud 2020. Thank you to all who read La Princesa and the Pea this week. Thank you for posting your questions about the book and my work. I hope you like this video! I will post to prepare
#GRA20 – Week 3
Hello again! Happy third week of the Global Read Aloud 2020! This week is all about La Princesa and the Pea written by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by me and published by Putnam. La Princesa and the Pea was awarded the 2018 Pura Belpré Medal for Illustration, among other recognitions. I hope you
#GRA20 – Let’s Talk about Fry Bread
Hi again! I hope you all had a great second week of the Global Read Aloud 2020. Thank you to all who read and are reading Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story this past week. Thank you to those of you who posted their questions about the book and my work.
#GRA20 – Week 2
Hello again! A post and video to get the Global Read Aloud 2020 Week 2 started. This week is all about Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story written by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by me and published by Roaring Brook Press. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story was awarded the 2020 Sibert Medal, 2020
#GRA20 – All About Alma
Hi again! I hope you all had a great first week of the Global Read Aloud 2020. Thank you to all who read and are reading Alma and How She Got Her Name and Alma y cómo obtuvo su hombre this week. It means the world! Thank you to those of you
Global Read Aloud 2020 – Intro
Hello everyone! I hope you all have been well. I'm posting again now that I'm the Picture Book Study for the Global Read Aloud 2020. Global Read Aloud is an amazing project created by Pernille Ripp. In the creator's own words: "The Global Read Aloud started in June of 2010 with
ALMA Releasing in Two Weeks
I'm waking up my blog for Spring, and to share some wonderful and amazing news! I just received my author's copies of Alma, my first picture book as an author and illustrator! This can only mean that the book is coming out very soon! Alma will release from Candlewick Press on
LA PRINCESA AND THE PEA: Updates
Blog post with updates about "La Princesa and the Pea"