Welcome to my website!I'm a children's book author with a special love of history and of books for the very young. Come on in and take a look around! You'll find information about my books plus activities for kids, ideas and lessons for teachers, fun facts about me, and more!
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To enjoy some online story times, click here 📚
Media Fun for You Are a Reader!/You Are a Writer!
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👈📕#ReadThisNow booktalk by Principal Dr. Brad Gustafson and teacher Jennifer LaGarde, who said YOU ARE A READER!/YOU ARE A WRITER! has an "expansive audience"
📘Teachers Books Readers blog post by teacher and author Kate Narita, who said every single elementary classroom needs this book! 🙌 |
Recent Events
Like many authors, I've been busy visiting schools remotely. Though it's a different experience for everyone, and we all want to be together in person, there's a special intimacy to it, too. AND, we can connect from anywhere! Thank you to schools from Nevada to Arkansas to North Carolina to New York for hosting and celebrating books with me.
If you're a middle school student or teacher, here's an ever-evolving list of book recommendations I've been sharing with classes and adding to as students recommend books to me. I take your recs seriously--email me with your faves! I recently finished (and loved) The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine, on a recommendation from fifth graders in Lincolnshire, IL, and I'm about to start A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser. What are you reading? |
Pre-COVID Events - Fun All Around!
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Author photo © Lora Askinazi