Story time this Saturday at Fort Collins Nursery!

Posted & filed under Desert Girl Monsoon Boy, The Girl From Earth's End.

Northern Colorado friends–please join me and six other local authors/illustrators at Fort Collins Nursery for a nature-themed story time this Saturday morning, July 15, from 10-12! We’ll all be reading our picture books (I’ll be reading Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy), and there will be lots of amazing crafts and door prizes for the kiddos. Books… Read more »

Rocket Cat Kids Book Club — a free, virtual book club for middle-grade readers

Posted & filed under Fun, The Girl From Earth's End.

I’m very excited to share that the Rocket Cat Kids Book Club–a free, virtual book club for middle-grade readers run by me and my three author-critique partners–is happening! Please read on for more details, and SIGN UP HERE. Rocket Cat Book Club—join us! We’ll be reading two books this spring (Sisterhood of Sleuths by Jennifer… Read more »

World Read Aloud Day 2023

Posted & filed under The Girl From Earth's End.

Hi, educators! I’m excited to be participating as an author in World Read Aloud Day 2023, which means that I’ll be available to Zoom into classrooms on Wednesday, February 1 to read from my next middle-grade novel and answer student questions. (I’ll be reading from The Girl from Earth’s End, which doesn’t publish until March,… Read more »

My favorite funny reads of 2013

Posted & filed under All Four Stars, Fun.

Happy new year, everybody! It’s finally 2014—the year I become a published author! All Four Stars hits the shelves on July 10, and it’s already available for preorder from your local bookstore and all the major online book retailers. Exciting! I’ve really been enjoying reading other people’s year-end roundups of their reading statistics and favorite… Read more »