Curlilocks Book Launch Curlilocks and her best friend Nelson are off to Auntie Lizzie’s house for a Jam session. Curlilocks plays the the cello and Nelson plays the Violin. There’s one hurdle in their way… the Sleepy Giant. The Sleepy Giant needs to be fast asleep or no one gets across his bridge! This is Curlilocks …
I put together a Spring Break early reader list for the family book club I lead and thought I’d share with you all. The book club is for kids first through fourth grade. This list may come in handy while your kids are home from school this break. I like to keep three or four …
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Book 3 For Curlilocks Fanny just sent me a couple of the color illustrations of upcoming Curlilocks book, Curlilocks and the Sleepy Giant. Super excited. I introduced a new character, Nelson. He’s Curlilocks best friend. I love the texture of Nelson’s hair :). Hoping to get this picture book out by Summer 2018.
This past December my illustrator created several images for me for the upcoming Story Bird Dance Journal. I’m in the middle of designing the lay-out. Readers of Story Bird Dance will be able to write their daily thoughts and complete how they were -brave -kind -challenged There’s also a space for the next days goals. …
I’m so in love with the cover of the newest book, Story Bird Dance and The Snowbird Ballet and the mini ballet. I wanted to incorporate black, grays and whites in the Snowbirds ballet costume. So often the main character is in all white. I wanted drama and my illustrator delivered! She rocks!!! I sent …
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Ok… I’m so excited, just started writing a “winterish” story for the next Story Bird Dance book. I was heading in a different direction. Originally, I was going to do a party story, but another fabulous author, Marti Dumas (of the Jaden Toussaint series is putting together a winter writing bundle. Fingers crossed that I …
Putting together the final tweaks for ….the first book in Story Bird Dance series. Something’s going on in that house… Sky, Jada and Nia love their dance studio and their instructor, Ms. Kenya. But when they learn that their studio is being moved to an empty old house, their excitement turns to dread. While exploring …
I’m rebuilding my writing muscle. When summer hits and the kids are off, I’m off too. This morning I woke up totally refreshed. That’s probably because I finally went to bed around 10:30 pm. Instead of my normal midnight thirty. I’m pretty sure my husband and I were talking about something, when the quicksand of …
It’s summer. My kids are home. We’re having fun and making messes, big messes, that I only seem to clean up. A little venting never hurt. I’m birthing several projects and having to make sure I’m present in my daily interactions. First, I’m excited about my new website. The hubby has been helping big time. …
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I get excited when I find new books and the main character is a child of color. Lately, I’ve found it challenging to find books that highlight or uplift boy characters of color and specifically black and brown young men in the early reader category. This week while looking for titles to present to the …
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