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Exciting News for My Bird Book!
My latest nonfiction children’s picture book, So Many Ways To Be a Bird, has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the juvenile nonfiction category. This is great news for birds because we protect what we love, and the more readers know about birds and fall…
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Book Launch!
Had a great time at my book launch for So Many Ways To Be a Bird at Mr. Mopp’s Bookstore in Berkeley CA accompanied by Kaitlyn McSweeney on cello. Thanks to the staff and the community for showing up.
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The Art of Collage at Bedford Gallery
Please join me and other artists for the opening reception at the Bedford Gallery’s upcoming juried exhibit, Cut Paste Create: The Art of Collage, on Saturday, July 6 from 12-2PM. I am excited to be part of this show and would love to see you there. However, if you cannot make it, the exhibit will…
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The Art Of A Story, juried gallery exhibition!
I’m excited to be exhibiting several works of art that deal with story and book themes alongside other great artists at The Village Theatre and Art Gallery located at 233 Front St. Danville, CA .
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Letter from 1,300 Children’s and YA Authors on Book Banning May 19, 2022 by We Need Diverse Books We, the undersigned, authors and illustrators of books for children and teens, condemn the efforts by organized groups to purge books from our nation’s schools. Our concern is not for the books themselves, but for the children, families, and…
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New Year Greetings
New Year Greetings
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Black Lives Matter
More than 30 years ago I created this image. I am heartbroken that in June, 2020, in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd and many other black men and women, it is still relevant. To get beyond heartache, we must act. How You Can Help When You Don’t Know Where to Start is…
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Love>Fear
Thank you to workers on the frontline of the Covid 19 pandemic including health care workers, janitors, grocery clerks, delivery people, research scientists. And to everyone else for doing what is necessary in this moment. As poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote, “…WE ARE EACH OTHER’S BUSINESS: WE ARE EACH OTHER’S MAGNITUDE AND BOND.”