PARENTS Magazine Interview

Thanks very much to Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal who interviewed me for Parents Magazine.

Lauren asked me all about the making of Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist, my picture book biography of Uvalde victim Alithia Haven Ramirez. I told her the whole story, which includes a lot of support from Alithia’s parents Jess Hernandez and Ryan Ramirez.

The interview was arranged as a cover reveal by my friends at Michael Sampson Books, publisher of Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist. Doesn’t the front cover look terrific? It was designed by the publisher.

Click here to read the interview.

Click here to preorder Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist today!

Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2020!!

 

Happy to report that LIBRARY BABIES has been selected as one of the Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2020!!

Click here to see the full list.

And click here to order your copy of Library Babies today! 


The Best of the Best lists represents the library’s choices for the year’s most outstanding titles, books of exceptional quality for a diverse, city-wide readership. The list is widely promoted throughout Chicago, including local news coverage. Extra copies of these books are ordered in various formats to be promoted throughout the city, give them special labels, and to be featured in branch displays and in the catalog and web site. Titles are also presented to staff as great reading suggestions to promote to patrons.

Written by Puck and illustrated by Violet Lemay, designed by Jeff Shake, Library Babies was published by duopress in the spring of 2020.

Autumn Leaves Book Fair

Yesterday was The Chronicle's Autumn Leaves Book Fair at the Queensbury Hotel in lovely Glens Falls, New York.

It was a big event—4 or 5 ballrooms full of authors and publishers selling books—and there was a steady stream of shoppers perusing the tables, all day long. The spread of duopress books at my table was a big hit. The bowl of Dove chocolates? Also, popular.

I wouldn't have known about the this book fair if not for a flier given to me by the community events coordinator who organized the last signing event I attended, at my local Barnes and Noble. One thing leads to another.

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Thanks to author Jean Akin who shared this table and the day with me, and who graciously snapped this photo.