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November 24, 2020
The Cover Reveal for Much Ado About Baseball!
I am so excited that awesome librarian Betsy Bird hosted the cover reveal of MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL on her School Library Journal Blog! Read about my inspiration for the book, and try out a fun recipe for “Baked Sports Crisps!”
You can read more about MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL and find preorders links here!
November 13, 2020
November 12, 2020
My Interview with KidLit in Color!
I was delighted to do an interview with the wonderful KidLit in Color Blog about SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS! Read the interview, and subscribe to hear about more awesome books!
November 11, 2020
SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS on TeachingBooks!
I was delighted to talk to TeachingBooks about SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS: A TALE OF MUSIC AND MATH. Listen here, and take a look at the awesome resources on TeachingBooks.net!
November 10, 2020
My Interview on Writers’ Rumpus!
I was delighted to be interviewed on the Writers’ Rumpus blog about SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS and writing in general! Read the full interview here.
October 27, 2020
Happy Book Birthday to SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS!!
What wonderful day it was to welcome my debut picture book, SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS, into the world!! Despite the presence of a global pandemic, I managed to celebrate with family and friends!
SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS is set in ancient India and is the story of a boy named Bhagat who wants to pull his family out of poverty by earning a place in the rajah’s court as a singer. The story involves a math puzzle and an explanation of binary numbers!
First, I discussed the book in a webinar with my editor, Cheryl Klein:
Then, two blog posts published detailing some of my thoughts about SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS:
On Jena Benton’s blog, I answered seven questions about SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS:
And on the Soaring 20s Blog, I reflected on my dual careers in medicine and publishing:
And then, in the evening, I had a fabulous time at my virtual book launch with Silver Unicorn Books! It was wonderful to see so many familiar names and wonderful comments and questions! Fabulous Hayley Barrett hung out with me, and we had a special guest—my son Joe, who loved music and math from when he was little (and was inspired by picture books like ONE GRAIN OF RICE and ON BEYOND A MILLION), and is now a pre-med statistics major in college! I was honored to have the launch so well-attended, and I promise that there will be an EPIC post-pandemic party next year!
October 18, 2020
Another STAR for SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS!
I was thrilled and honored that SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS received a SECOND starred review—this one, from Publishers Weekly! Read the full review here.
October 17, 2020
SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS in The Boston Globe!
I was thrilled to see my name and SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS featured in the “New England Literary News” section of The Boston Globe! Read the full article here.
October 16, 2020
SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS Guest Blog Posts!
This week I’ve done interviews/guest posts on several fantastic blogs, some of which are doing SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS giveaways! Check them out and enter to win!
On Maria Marshall’s Picture Book Buzz, I answer questions along with fellow STEAM Team Picture Book writers:
On the Pragmatic Mom blog, I mention 111 (that’s 7 in binary!) of my favorite math picture books. And there’s a giveaway!
On Tara Lazar’s blog, I write about the VERY long journey and nearly 1000110 (that’s 70 in binary!) revisions to SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS before it was ready! And there’s another giveaway!
And on Vivian Kirkfield’s Perfect Picture Book Friday blog, Vivian suggests a craft to go along with SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS! Plus there’s another giveaway!
Check out these posts to get different perspectives on SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS, writing, and the publishing journey! I hope you enjoy them!
October 8, 2020
The STEM Women in KidLit Podcast!
I’m starting a new podcast with my friend, author, and scientist Artemis Roehrig! At a writing conference early this year, we got to chatting about being women in STEM fields (Artemis is an entomology technician, and I am a physician), and we realized we could come up with a huge list of women like us who have backgrounds in or work in STEM fields and also create books for children! So we decided to start a podcast to explore what it’s like…and so the STEM Women in KidLit Podcast was born! We will post our first interview with wonderful Vicky Fang next week! In the meantime, you can follow us on Facebook and check out our website! If you identify as a woman, have a background in a STEM field, and create books for children, please fill out this form to be considered for an interview.
