This past week I just did my first-ever author visits in Illinois and my first Glitter Everywhere! presentations of the 2024-25 school year — more than enough reason, in my book, to celebrate with a glittery* giveaway.

(*Ironically, Glitter Everywhere! contains no actual glitter. I’m sorry/You’re welcome, as the case may be.)

If my most sparkly book (illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat and published by Charlesbridge) has somehow escaped your attention, here’s some of the praise and acclaim received by Glitter Everywhere! Where It Came From, Where It’s Found & Where It’s Going since it arrived in June 2023:

A 2025 Siam Book Award Young Reader Shortlist Selection
A 2024 Crystal Kite Award Winner
A 2024 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List Selection
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Booklist *Starred Review*: “A shining example … [with] significant relevance for an astonishing range of issues and interests.”
The Horn Book: “Whether they love the stuff or loathe it, readers will find something here to pique their curiosity.”
Kirkus Reviews: “An intriguing, entertaining investigation sure to catch readers’ attention.”
School Library Journal: “[T]his is a super accessible and fun deep dive into a craft staple. Full of fun facts for every collection.”
Austin American-Statesman: “‘Glitter Everywhere!’ will validate, teach, and wow you.”
A Fuse #8 Production: “An example of the best kind of nonfiction we’re making for kids in this day and age.”
100 Scope Notes: “I may never be the same — and isn’t that what great nonfiction is for?”

Named one of the best books of the year by:
Bank Street College of Education
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center
The CYBILS
Evanston Public Library
A Fuse #8 Production
Kirkus Reviews
National Public Radio
The Nerdy Book Club
New York Public Library
Writers’ League of Texas

This month I’m giving away four signed copies of Glitter Everywhere! to subscribers to my monthly Bartography Express newsletter (folks can sign up here).

And Glitter Everywhere! is just one of the titles included in my October 2024 book giveaway. Four Bartography Express subscribers will win one copy of every giveaway title, which also include Make a Move, Sunny Park! by Jessica Kim, Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales, and Thirst by Varsha Bajaj — that’s four winners of four books each.

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

And if you know another reader, family member, educator, or librarian who might appreciate Glitter Everywhere! — be it because of or in spite of the fact that it contains no glitter — won’t you please let them know, too?