My #writing process looks like feeding a baby — messy & worth it.

It might end in tears, too. I’m OK with that. Good things can be hard.

My persistence will be his one day.

Thankful for baby wipes & backspace keys ✌️

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🌞When summer is a she and every page is my flavor of nostalgia. 🩷A warm read for a dreary November day.

My fave find @ the #library — Renee Watson’s Summer Is Here (illust. Bea Jackson)

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My fave find at the #library yesterday — Jane Yolen’s How to Spot a Mermaid.

Delightful, peculiar at times, it scratched the itch I often get for a new take on mer people.

A must-read for goldfish cracker lovers 

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Empty bottle.
Sleeping baby.
One loose title page circa 1987.
Time to write.

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Of course, my 6-month-old loves shiny things… and good books!

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My old book.
His new skin.
I will carry both scents
Forever.

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Today’s fave #bookstore find — Jon Klassen’s Your Forest 🌳

I want my little one to learn early that he can create worlds. This board book gem invites the very thought.

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My fave moment in Amiee Sicuro’s If You Find a Leaf. She captures the magic of childhood with such delicacy. The art brings the world onto the page and the page into the world for young readers. I can’t wait to find leaves with my little one! 🍁🥰
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My baby prefers to watch the world upside down these days.

So I followed his lead and flipped my manuscript.

It slowed me WAAYYY down.

I saw my words in a way I didn’t know I needed.

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Baby discovered his feet.
May he soon turn a page
And find his wings.

📚A #tinymoment with Emily Winfield Martin’s Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey — one of our whimsical faves.

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Successful 2nd #bookstore trip with baby! @barnesandnoble.com’s book of the month is a real brainy gem — Charlotte’s Web vibes…but with zombies 🧟

My writer brain is amped. What classic needs a reboot? Better question: will baby sleep long enough for me to write today?😅 #kidlit #childrensbooks

Nomming on some Trash Truck this morning—our favorite pre-lingual reading activity. 😋 The refreshing empathy and gentle pacing (both show and books) are just what I want him to soak up … in any way he can. Thanks, @Netflix! #raisingareader #childrensbooks #amreading

A successful (and wiggly) first trip to the bookstore with little one. 📚

2 faves:

Corey Tabor’s Cranky, Crabby Crow BLEW my mind. A delightful reminder to check assumptions.

Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris and Ian Falconer touched a tender place I’d forgotten about, too.

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Witnessing a library grow is a gift. 🌱

I 🩷 watching baby grow. I 🩷 watching our bookshelf grow almost as much. I can’t wait to watch him discover these gifts. After we learn to crawl, of course. 😅📚

How do YOU choose a book to buy a baby? #raisingreaders #kidlit #parenting #amreading #amwriting

Start young. 📚✨#raisingreaders #raiseareader #kidlit #childrensbooks #mytinymoments