A walk in the park.

My bound copy of Rain & the Reading Horse has arrived!! So beautiful, @hsalyer.bsky.social!! @clarionbooks.bsky.social

Happy National #ilovehorses day!! And thanks, #publishersweekly for the starred review! tinyurl.com/mr392a7b Stunning & heartfelt art by @hsalyer.bsky.social From @clarionbooks.bsky.social #horses #horsepoweredreading #therapyhorses #equinetherapy #kidlit #horsebooksforkids

Thanks, #juniorlibraryguild & #Kirkus! You can pre-order 🐎Rain & the Reading Horse, with gorgeous art by @hsalyer.bsky.social at @bookshop.org Anti-prime sale until 7/11! bookshop.org/p/books/rain... @clarionbooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social

Lavonnia Moore, the librarian fired for including one of my books on a display after a child requested it, sounds incredible and what happened to her should be a crime. roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/07/05/l...

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In OTHER book news... Thank you, @bankstreet.edu, for including THIS WOLF WAS DIFFERENT on your Best Books list for 2025! What an incredible, amazing honor. ❤️🐺 The list: educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcont... This Wolf Was Different: www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-W... #KidLit

Rest easy little friend 💫 thanks for helping make this place beautiful

My birthday falls on the Worm Moon this year. Which is also pi day, and Purim. Prepping accordingly 🪱

It's THIS WOLF WAS DIFFERENT's first anniversary! What a YEAR! A French edition, an audiobook, getting on the NYPL's Best Books for Kids 2024 list, and now a third printing... I'm heartwarmed so many have welcomed me and @hsalyer.bsky.social's little wolf into their lives. Thank you. 🥹❤️ #KidLit

I realize I share the cover a lot, but you all are missing out on @hsalyer.bsky.social's amazingly gorgeous art INSIDE the book, if you haven't checked it out yet. 💙 #KidLit

A reminder for these times.

Happy #worldhorseday & #nationalhorseprotectionday A sneak peek of @hsalyer.bsky.social's stunning art for RAIN & THE READING HORSE! Coming 10/7 from @clarionbooks.bsky.social & @harperkids.bsky.social Horse lovers pre-order here: bookshop.org/p/books/rain... #horsepoweredreading #therapyhorses

This book is very close to my heart ❤️ can’t wait to share it will everyone on October 7th!

Calling all #horselovers! Cover reveal for RAIN AND THE READING HORSE! Gorgeous art by @hsalyer.bsky.social! Coming Oct. 7th from @clarionbooks.bsky.social & @harperkids.bsky.social Pre-order here: bookshop.org/p/books/rain...

Love this from #MacBarnett

I've received news of an amazing honor. Oradell Public School in NJ has their own picture book awards, and THIS WOLF WAS DIFFERENT was selected for not one, but two! "Best Illustration" (woo @hsalyer.bsky.social!) and "Best Message". ❤️ Yes, I *will* be printing these stickers out for my own copy! 😃

Fiddle leaf fig (who I feared had died as a result of the drought in the fall) gave us the best surprise this morning. Hello little one 🌱

My mom recently sent me some Arthur Geisert books that I coveted as a kid and it’s been such a treat to enter his world again. Images from “Pigs A to Z”— one of the more brilliant alphabet books out there IMO

I'm exhausted by all the people out there who are trying to prove they're each the most cynical world-weary disillusioned person who's not gonna ever do a fucking thing ever except dump on everything and expect to be admired for that. Wrote about that in 2016:

Peaceful dispatch from deadline zone:

Have announced next to nothing about this yet, but I’m going to have a bunch of ceramic sculptures in a group gallery show in AZ this spring. Feels like a good time and space to put this up* - More details soon -