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...
by Rebecca | Jul 29, 2019 | AWESOMENESS, book publishing, gratitude, In Case of Emergency, JLG, libraries, news, Sourcebooks, The Disaster Days
The Disaster Days is a Junior Library Guild selection for fall 2019! I’m thrilled that it will be on even more library shelves thanks to JLG’s fantastic subscription services and recommendations lists. ...
by Rebecca | Mar 15, 2018 | adventures, agents, AWESOMENESS, book publishing, books, gratitude, In Case of Emergency, middle grade, New Leaf, news, PW, Sourcebooks, survival stories, writing
So you might have seen some news in Publishers Weekly: This is why I’ve been neglecting my blog so far in 2018–I wrote another MG novel! In Case of Emergency will be in bookstores in Fall 2019. This book is a little different than the three...
by Rebecca | May 28, 2016 | authors, AWESOMENESS, book people, eventful, fiction lessons, IRL, Kidlitpalooza, lets take this show on the road, nErDcampLI, rare Saturday post alert, teachers are the best, wrap ups
On Saturday, May 21, I got to join a bunch of amazing kidlit authors on Long Island for the inaugural #Kidlitpalooza. And it was a blast. We started out by introducing our books to the fantastic group of kids, parents, and educators, then split off into two breakout...
