“Marchini’s story and economy of telling display the chicken as total id, and Felix’s pencil-and-watercolor illustrations are genuine works of art. A surprising gem.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Early readers will enjoy following Chicken through her barnyard adventure and will be able to decode objects and emotions easily due to the well-defined expressions of the animals…A welcome addition to…preschool or kindergarten collections, come rain or come shine.” – School Library Journal
From The Blog
June 2020 Round Up and #mswl
Publishing is moving more slowly these days for a number of reasons, but I’m very excited for the above #TeamMarchini books that are publishing this year, and whose covers have recently been revealed! Starred Reviews and Best of Lists Meera Sriram's A Gift for Amma:...
How I Pitched RONAN THE LIBRARIAN by Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie
It's publication week for Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie's Ronan the Librarian, and I'm excited to share the pitch I used to submit the manuscript to editors in the hopes that it'll help you with your own querying. (For other pitches that I've shared, you can also check...
April 2020 Round Up and #mswl
*I missed the March update as we all acclimated to our new normal and as a nation, I think, collectively grieved this worldwide change. I hope you and yours are all healthy and well. Over here, we are well and trying to celebrate the bright spots where we find them....
My science-related non-fiction wishlist #mswl
I tweeted some science-related #mswls earlier this summer, but I thought it'd be helpful to collate them here and share! Here goes: I would love to see a trade NF book exploring antarctica and climate change. (This idea is not fully formed, so bear with...
February 2020 Round Up and #MSWL
This month, Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora's The Oldest Student was spotted in my colleague's local paper (Thanks, Jessica A!) and Kat Zhang was featured on NBC 5 for her and Charlene Chua's Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao! Publishing this Month We Could Be Heroes by...
#mswl -MG and YA family lore stories
I hate driving behind those trailers that carry ten or so cars on them, and it's because I can't not think about the story I was told about my great-uncle, who died when one of the chains snapped. But it turns out - that's not actually what...
