I like to get some of my writing ideas from my own backyard. When I do school visits I show the kids these photos and explain how I wrote a nonfiction story or article that I then turned into a fiction story.


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Here are the covers of my new six-book series that will be available this fall. They were fun to write and a completely new experience for me to work with an illustrator. These books are for grades K-3 and include the history of each topic, what each one is like today, then gives kids some ideas, plus some open-ended questions about what things ( Read more... )

I’m starting the week off by preparing for my school visit to East Amwell Township School on Thursday. I was excited to find out that this school kicks off “Read Across America” the week before with an evening event for both parents and children. I was even more excited that they asked me, a nonfiction author, to be their presenter this year ( Read more... )

During author visits the kids ask many questions. One of them being, what is your favorite part of being an author. For me, that's a difficult question, because I love every aspect of being an author. Another question I was recently asked was, if I wasn't a writer what would I be? Since I'm reading A New Earth my first thought is, I would still be ( Read more... )