Ask me anything about What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?
Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward [...]
Ask me anything about All of a Sudden and Forever
One April morning in Oklahoma City, something terrible happened. A [...]
Ask me anything about Fire Truck vs. Dragon
Can a Fire Truck and a Dragon be friends? Find [...]
Fire Truck vs. Dragon stickers!
My newest book, Fire Truck vs. Dragon -- illustrated by [...]
When doing my part means not accepting that invitation
Photo by Heather Gallagher For the second time [...]
How to Diversify Your Kidlit-Related Lists flowchart (for attendees of the 2020 TALE Conference)
Greetings to those of you attending my Friday presentation at [...]
Fire Truck vs. Dragon how-to-draw and coloring sheets
This past week, I've started featuring my upcoming picture book [...]
All the college kidlit conferences (as of February 2020)
Or, more formally, "A Comprehensive List of U.S. College- and [...]
Primary resources result in “a powerful and touching story”
For his latest "Picture Books and Primary Sources" column for [...]
A close-up look at the illustrations for All of a Sudden and Forever
My new nonfiction book All of A Sudden and Forever: [...]
Over at Cynsations, talking about writing stories that heal
On Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations blog -- an essential resource [...]
Recommended Black books at CrazyQuiltEdi
As part of Black History Month, librarian and literacy activist [...]