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See this awesome video here. Then read this "Ultra-amazing" book. Recommended to "All children in all countries in the whole world." "Buy it today!"  (I like the way these kids think. I will add, order from your local independent bookstore). Then make your own video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFLs5qjqdXY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1_TvOYzzHB3Pm9r0VEuWkoByrqziWFwdu38r9r0VwcVZ8_UKkl9Y_GD3I  

Thanks to Deborah Kalb for featuring Jessica and Me in her Blog Q and A with Deborah Kalb. See it here: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2021/01/q-with-karen-lynn-williams-and-jessica.html    

The Spirit of the Cheetah earns a starred review from Kirkus. Read it Here: Editorial Reviews ★ 2020-12-15 Roblay wants to win the big race to prove he is a man; will his grandfather’s advice lead him to success? Mohammed and Williams (Four Feet, Two Sandals, illustrated by Doug Chayka, 2007) team up again to tell a tale of a boy in Somalia who draws on tradition to excel. After irritating many with his constant practice, running everywhere, Roblay does not win a top spot in the village race. Disappointed, he gets advice [...]

Honored to have illustrations(Gina Maldonado) from A Thousand White Butterflies Coauthored with Jessica Betancourt-Perez in greetings from Publisher, Charlesbridge . A Thousand White Butterflies available in January 2021.  Check your local independent bookstore.

This just out yesterday.  Lifts the spirit for the holidays for this author! "An encouraging story of New Beginnings"  I'll take it!   A THOUSAND WHITE BUTTERFLIES Author: Jessica Betancourt-Perez Author: Karen Lynn Williams Illustrator: Gina Maldonado Review Issue Date: January 1, 2021 Online Publish Date: December 15, 2020 Publisher: Charlesbridge Pages: 40 Price ( Hardcover ): $16.99 Publication Date: January 19, 2021 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-1-58089-577-4 Section: Children's A recently arrived child from Colombia misses her father and her friends back home, so she looks forward to her first day of [...]

What am I working on now?  I think of it as Because of Winn Dixie meets How to Train Your Dragon. Max is missing his grandpa who passed away earlier in the summer.  Mom and Dad are preoccupied with the soon to arrive new baby and Max is flat out of ideas for his back to 4th grade school project.  When a dragon follows him home from the last day of summer camp Max can't believe his eyes.  Aren't dragons extinct?  No pets allowed is the rule in his home but wouldn't a [...]