by Rebecca | Jul 31, 2021 | Alone in the Woods, awards and honors, AWESOMENESS, books, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, libraries, middle grade, news, rare Saturday post alert, Sourcebooks, survival stories
I’m excited to share that the Children’s Book Award Committee of the Wisconsin Library Association’s Youth Services Section selected ten outstanding children’s and young adult books for 2021, and Alone in the Woods was one! You can read more about the awards and...
by Rebecca | Jun 1, 2021 | Alone in the Woods, awards and honors, book publishing, books, i heart the beach, In Case of Emergency, libraries, middle grade, news, pairs well with a hammock, paperback, releases, Sourcebooks, summertime, survival stories, The Disaster Days
The Disaster Days releases in trade paperback today! Now all five of my books are available in that format–my personal favorite to read, because it’s perfect to stash in a beach/pool bag, a backpack, or hold onto while you’re standing on the subway....
by Rebecca | Dec 5, 2020 | Alone in the Woods, audience, awards and honors, book clubs, everyone's a critic, JLG, news, reviews, survival stories
Here’s a roundup of some more news and reviews for Alone in the Woods! The book received great reviews from BCCB and the Midwest Book Review: Behrens plays fair with both the friendship drama and the survival story, and each protagonist’s voice is astute and...
by Rebecca | May 1, 2020 | awards and honors, AWESOMENESS, book publishing, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, In Case of Emergency, middle grade, news, Sourcebooks, survival stories, teachers are the best, The Disaster Days
I’m thrilled to share that The Disaster Days is an official 2020 ILA Teachers’ Choices Selection. From ILA’s website: Our Choices reading lists, shaped by thousands of students and educators across the United States, serve as a valuable resource—particularly in...
by Rebecca | Apr 9, 2020 | awards and honors, AWESOMENESS, books, feel the love, goals, gratitude, happy happy joy joy, In Case of Emergency, libraries, middle grade, news, Sourcebooks, teachers are the best, The Disaster Days
I’m really excited to share that The Disaster Days was selected by Bank Street College of Education as one of its “best books” of 2020. From Bank Street’s website: [The 2020] edition includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book...
by Rebecca | Aug 7, 2019 | adventures, awards and honors, AWESOMENESS, feel the love, happy happy joy joy, news, setting, Simon & Schuster, The Last Grand Adventure
I’m thrilled to share that The Last Grand Adventure is a 2019 WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Children’s Fiction and Nonfiction. While writing Bea and Pidge’s story, I hoped their journey would celebrate the beauty and rich culture of the parts of the West they...
