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Hold Hands gets a nice promo!!

Hi! My latest picture book Hold Hands gets a nice promo for Mother’s Day! 

AND! New Shoes was nominated for a 2019 Kid’s Comics Award in the category of Bravest Hero and in the category of Favorite Author. (Very honored.) If you’re under 17, you can VOTE until June 15, 2019!

MoCCA 2019!

Hello! If you’re at MoCCA Comics Fest in NYC on April 6 & 7, stop by and visit! I’ll be at table D156-A, peddling books, zines, pins, and other handmade wares.

Show at The Carle Museum

New Shoes in a graphic novel show at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA! I’ll be in the company of some really great artists including Raina Telgemeier, Jarrett Krosoczka, and Vera Brosgol! February 10-May 26, 2019.

New Shoes & NYPL!

New Shoes makes it onto the New York Public Library’s list of 2018’s Best Books for Kids!  Thanks, NYPL!

Detective Sweet Pea on the Comics Beat

A little promo for the forthcoming graphic novel series Detective Sweet Pea!

Hold Hands!

Here’s the very first press for Hold Hands!

Miss Manatee Enamel Pins!

Miss Manatee Enamel Pins (holding a starfish!) … Now available in my Etsy shop for $10!

Book release party and nice review!

Hello!  2 things today! 1) Another nice review on Boing Boing and … a book release party on March 27th at Stories Bookshop in Brooklyn!

 

Come see me at MoCCA

Hi!  Come visit me at MoCCA on April 7&8!  I’ll be at table D-155-B selling books, zines, pins, and other handmade things. https://www.societyillustrators.org/mocca-arts-festival

Sara in the Book Review

Hello!  Check out this week’s New York Times Book Review for a really nice review of New Shoes! (That’s Sunday, February 18, in the Children’s Books section.)