2023 Ezra Jack Keats Award for Writer
I am so amazed and humbled to be able to share the news with you that I have received the 2023 Ezra …
Dec. 3, Urban Media Arts Exhibition, Wide Eyed World
You’re invited! Join us for a family-friendly art reception Wide Eyed World a show of illustration for children by Chie Yasuda and …
PW New & Noteworthy
Check out the full list noted by Gilcy Aquino, Publishers Weekly, Feb.28, 2022 https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/88628-new-and-noteworthy-kids-and-ya-books-february-2022.html
How to Say Hello to a Worm Virtual Launch, Porter Square Books, 2/28 7pm ET
Your’re invited! Porter Square Books is hosting a virtual event to celebrate the launch of my debut picture book, How to Say …
SAFE CROSSING to be published by Chronicle Books
Publisher’s Weekly shared the good news! SAFE CROSSING will be available spring 2024, acquired by Ariel Richardson at Chronicle Books. Special thanks …
Cover Reveal: How to Say Hello to a Worm
If you want to learn to garden, where do you start? For toddlers and preschoolers, digging in the dirt, observing wildlife, and …
HOW TO SAY HELLO TO A WORM acquired by Rise x Penguin Workshop
SO excited to share this news: Cecily Kaiser and Gabriella DeGennaro of Rise x Penguin Workshop have acquired my first book, …
Don Freeman Grant!
I am quite bowled over to find out that the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has awarded me a 2020 …
Happy Birthday, Frances Perkins!
Happy Birthday to New Deal Architect Frances Perkins! Born April 10, 1880, this year would be her 140th birthday! A Yankee born …