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I live in the country with four delicious children. Their father brought me here. And is also delicious. I'm a writer, and especially like to tell stories with pictures...which often include the next door neighbors (show donkeys and cows). Welcome to our yard!

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She read my book and I ate her cookie. It was a ve She read my book and I ate her cookie. It was a very very good trade 😊. Thank you, Jane❣️
⭐️ Happy 21st to our darling Copernicus!!! The ⭐️ Happy 21st to our darling Copernicus!!! The girl who has never ceased to inspire me. ⭐️ We love you forevuh and evuh❣️
If I get a note from your parent telling me you st If I get a note from your parent telling me you stayed up waaaaay too late reading Guinevere, you bet I’ll put you here 🤩. Thank you for reading, Sofia!!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #guineverestclair #amreading #mg #middlegrade #middlegradebooks #reading #mglit #middlegradefiction #middlegradereads #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booknerd #kidsreading #kidsread #kidsreadingnook #reading
Our Fourth of July 🇺🇸 didn’t include the u Our Fourth of July 🇺🇸 didn’t include the usual 5k, the perfect small-town booth haggling and book sale, or a sweltering parade with Leapin’ Leena, but it did include these happy peeps, cheeseburgers, a competitive 3 on 3 backyard barefoot soccer game (still smarting from the loss), sparklers, and love for an imperfect country that always feels like it’s striving. Happy day to you from me ❤️
Happy 4th, friends! 🇺🇸🎉🙌🏼❣️ . Happy 4th, friends! 🇺🇸🎉🙌🏼❣️ . Thank you for this @whitneyenglish
AMERICAN DIRT by @jeaninecummins is pretty incredi AMERICAN DIRT by @jeaninecummins is pretty incredible. . The subject matter, that of migrants, is told so well that it feels universal. A mother, a child, the terrible and terrifying choices some have to make to survive - and not all do. . It’s a page-turner. My heart was pounding for Lydia and Luca. For Soledad and Rebeca and Beto 💔. I actually had to set the book down and take deeps breaths (the train!) . I will not stop thinking about this story and its characters and the people they represent for a very long time. It transported me to another world, powerfully informed me of my privilege, and gave me a greater empathy for those seeking a better and safer life. . A favorite passage: “He’s never been close to a tragedy that barbaric, never experienced a shock so primitive that it shakes him to the very core of his beliefs. In short, Nicolas has never had a fundamental change of heart. So he’s unaware of the way Newton’s third law can resonate in a place like this: for every wickedness, there is an equal and opposite possibility of redemption.” . Yes, I have read the many many controversial opinions about this book. I greatly respect and support the #ownvoices voices movement and absolutely agree that there needs to be more stories by marginalized groups in society. But also - who has the “right” to tell a story? I’m grappling with this question. We tread on dangerous ground if we go too far, if we try to limit or restrict our artists and their creative ability to educate us through powerful stories - even fictional ones. I have much to learn and I’m committed to reading more about our borders, America’s migrant workers, and the way we as a society treat “illegals” and immigrants. . I welcome your thoughts, here. . In the author’s note: “There’s a wonderful piece of graffiti on the border wall in Tijuana that became, for me, the engine of this whole endeavor...TAMBIEN DE ESTE LADO HAY SUENOS. On this side, too, there are dreams.” . Thank you, Jeanine 💕 #americandirt #reading #books #goodbooks #bookstagram #booklover #bookrecommendations #readersofinstagram #fiction @oprahsbookclub #oprahsbookclub
The road to heaven is through the trees 🌲 . Hap The road to heaven is through the trees 🌲 . Happy Sabbath 🙏
Paige and I arrived home from her tonsillectomy at Paige and I arrived home from her tonsillectomy at the same time her daddy arrived home. He helped her into the house where she has peacefully snoozed - on the couch with popsicles awaiting - minus a set of enormous, cumbersome tonsils and adenoids. . The first thing she said coming out the anesthesia, with a voice full of wonder, was “I can breathe...I’ve never been able to breathe so well...” which kindof broke my heart and made made me incredibly glad at the same time. Grateful for surgeons and nurses and anesthesiologists and medical schools. . Gone are the days when the kids were rounded up, lined up, and tonsils were snipped atop a picnic table (as my dad likes to recount of his childhood). . It also prompted Brynne to retell the story of when she got glasses for the first time and could see the world in all it’s colorful glory. Truly, it was like rose-colored glasses - and left me with a motherly guilt that we hadn’t known the child couldn’t see. . I’m glad I was insistent that this child NEEDED her tonsils out. And thank you ever so much for all of the kind messages today. She lives. She breathes 😊💕 . P.s. I tried to keep the tonsils and adenoids. Of course I asked. But they were vaporized. Otherwise I would have shown you. Darn.
A lot of friends have asked if Arthur the Elder li A lot of friends have asked if Arthur the Elder likes Arthur baby? I think we can confidently say: the love is mutual 😍 (now if only one of them would stop biting!)
Grateful for good fathers raising good sons ❤️ Grateful for good fathers raising good sons ❤️
Besotted with Baby Arthur 💕 (he’s lucky he’ Besotted with Baby Arthur 💕 (he’s lucky he’s so cute, the little rascal) #puppy #pleasestopbitingmytoes
Today is THE UNFORGETTABLE GUINEVERE ST CLAIR’S Today is THE UNFORGETTABLE GUINEVERE ST CLAIR’S 2nd birthday! YIPPEE 🥳 . Let’s send some kids this book! Please leave a comment and the winners will get to choose any child anywhere (US only) as the recipient of Guinevere! I will autograph and include a bookmark and special note. Extra entries for all tags - please DO tag your friends! . 📚 Did you know I originally wrote this story for adults but my friend Shauna said, you know...this would be a terrific middle grade story...she was right! . 📚 Before that, I had been querying #literary agents for almost TEN YEARS before the amazing Zoe Sandler took a chance on me. . 📚 . I still keep a voicemail on my phone from 2012 that says “I love this story. Don’t give up. Sometimes I would listen to it when the world was saying NO. . 📚 The part about Jimmy still makes me cry 😢😊 . 📚 This story is a #mystery, but it’s really about the #love between a #mother and a #daughter and her father and her baby sister...and also a beloved cow 🐄 (who was named after my dad’s favorite cow) . . . . . . . . . . . #giveaway #mg #middlegradenovels #middlegradereaders #middlegradebooksuggestions #middlegradefiction #summerbooks #bookstagram #kidsbookstagram #guineverestclair #writermom #kidlit #kidsbooks #booksforkids #mggiveaway
I adore June in New Hampshire, when the black flie I adore June in New Hampshire, when the black flies have gone and school is out and hay day comes. For a very short moment, lilacs, forsythia, peonies, poppies, and lupines are blooming. Birds wake me up every morning, tadpoles turn to frogs, strawberries are bursting. Soon they will fade, making way for something else to bloom. What a marvel - that life goes on and on and on. I can never be bored outside.
@ibramxk says do. We do! 📚 I’d love to recom @ibramxk says do. We do! 📚 I’d love to recommend @nikkigrimes3634 @lescyoungblood @tayari anything Maya Angelou @janaemarksbooks @keklamagoon @kwamealexander @jacqueline_woodson @jasonreynolds83 @nicstone #blackpublishingpower #blackoutbestsellerlist
When all seems wrong in the world...there are pupp When all seems wrong in the world...there are puppies 💕 Welcome to our world, Arthur Jr 😊
“Children have never been very good at listening “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” -James Baldwin . Here is something we can do: Read. Read aloud. Put a book in our children’s hands. Have our children witness what we are checking out from the library, reading, buying, liking, promoting on social media, and consuming. Not all heroes look and sound like us: that’s the heart-changing beauty of storytelling 🖤 What power we mothers and father have! Our generation can be the change we want to see bc we cared enough to tell the stories. #educated @mariashriver #blacklivesmatter #thesundaypaper
Repost from @kwamealexander Please plan to attend Repost from @kwamealexander Please plan to attend the #Kidlit Rally for Black Lives tomorrow, June 4, at 7pm EST on #zoom (link in profile or scan code) or Facebook Live. #SaySomething #BlackLivesMatter
Congratulations class of #2020! You entered to lea Congratulations class of #2020! You entered to learn, go forth and serve ☀️ A special shout out to my anatomy students @proctoracademy who showed up with a MIGHTY HEART this spring. YOU DID IT. May you always marvel at the gift of your amazing human body 💝 Faolan Stephanie Lilly Caleb Lila Kaley Nikki Sophia Lila Molly Teagan Katelyn Chloe Tori Cole Emily Ian AJ Danar Ryelle Molly Lucy Nadia Alex Insta only allows 20 tags - Cant forget @nadianevells18 @alexcatterson_ 💝
Edition 1 of 4756285723927 😊😉 Edition 1 of 4756285723927 😊😉
💔 Repost from @jonmarro “Please, I can’t br 💔 Repost from @jonmarro “Please, I can’t breathe. My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. They are going to kill me.” -George Floyd Breath. Air. Life. All seem like commodities these days. The lungs of the earth. The lungs of a man. The killing of bodies. For what? My stomach is in knots watching this news and the actions of those resposible. #RIPgeorgefloyd “At this point, the road to racial reconciliation appears to be endless and we are weary travelers...The struggle for freedom is the work of the entire community. It is not commitment that is restricted by gender, sexuality or any other category. All who hear the message are invited to respond.” - Barbara Holmes “Race and The Cosmos” #georgefloyd #blacklivesmatter #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justice4all #eqality #icantbreathe #justiceforfloyd
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage
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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
What Alice Forgot
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