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The Painter and the President: Two Starred Reviews and Counting!

  ★ “Readers get two character portraits here: that of impatient, action-oriented Washington and that of the freewheeling Stuart, who broke from the ‘sit still’ school of portraitists…The illustrations, done with acrylics and pencils, have a whimsical, cutout quality, with… Read More

Cover Reveal!

My next book, published by Charlesbridge and coming in October, 2022, is called TROUBLEMAKERS IN TROUSERS. You can read a Q and A between me and Mr. Schu (John Schumacher) here, at his blog.… Read More

Next Book!

I’m excited to show you the cover of my next book, Fairy Tale Science, which publishes September 7th, 2021. It includes 25 tales with hands-on experiments for kids 8 and up, and will be published by Odd Dot/MacMillan. Here’s what… Read More

New Books Coming Soon!

I just signed a contract for a new non-fiction book and have four middle grade series fiction books to be published in 2012. Will let you know when I am able to say more!… Read More

NESCBWI conference

I’ll be presenting a workshop for nonfiction writers at the NESCBWI conference in April. Details to follow.… Read More

Meet My Web Designer!

Just want to give a shout-out to my amazing, fabulous web designer, Chad. He’s not just extremely talented: he’s also really nice. And he answers all my questions, no matter how dumb they are. Hire him!… Read More