I’ve been on the go so much lately that it’s taken me more than a week to shout to the world (meaning you) that my advance copies of We Match! have arrived. You can see the moment* for yourself:

And if you like this peek at We Match! (illustrated by Sharon Glick and being published by Astra Young Readers), you can get a closer look well before the official publication date of July 15.

For my May 2025 giveaway to subscribers to my monthly Bartography Express newsletter (folks can sign up here), I’m giving away four signed copies of We Match!

If you’d like to be one of the winners, by the end of this month either say so in the comments below or contact me directly, and you’ll be in the running. (Subscribers with U.S. mailing addresses only.)

And if you match another reader, family member, educator, or librarian who might also appreciate a copy of this book, won’t you please let them know, too?

*Technically, the unboxing moment shown here occurred a few days after the box arrived, but I held off in hopes that Sharon and I could open our boxes at the same time.

(“You received a box of books? Wow, I received a box of book. Hey, WE MATCH!“)

Weather (snow, if you can believe it) delayed the arrival of Sharon’s books, and I wanted to be able to take a copy of We Match! to my school visits last week, so I recorded my video before she did.

But Sharon’s unboxing video is a lot of fun (and contains great music and an actual dog), so I’m pleased to share it here: