A Beach Tail in Outside Magazine!
Outside is my favorite place to be. Hiking, biking, dog walking, kayaking, snowshoeing. In all weather. And of course the Beach. The Best Books Featuring Black Children in the Outdoors Researchers have identified an alarming lack of books about Black children in nature. Diversifying your bookshelf can help kids find themselves in literature—and the outdoors. Outside! Be there!
Wintertime Reading in The New Year
Like Bear in winter, curl up with stories while the forest does its work. What's happening to those leaves under the snow? Did you ever want to know? Go on a reading adventure with Bear as THE FOREST DOES ITS WORK(MAYBE YOU DO TOO) and see what happens while Bear sleeps and the autumn leaves disappear. Follow the forest work and the leaves throughout the year. Where does the red and yellow go? Where are the piles of Autumn leaves for jumping in Spring? Take joy in reading and the world around us. [...]
A Thousand White Butterflies and Mil Maraposa Blancas Go Digital
Jessica and I are pleased to announce our story will now reach even more readers. You can soon get a digital version of both A Thousand White Butterflies and Mil Maraposa Blancas! See Tumblebooks for the digital version of both books with animation, sound and narration. Imagine! Snowflakes like a thousand white butterflies floating down the page!
Look What Arrived!
A Thousand White Butterflies in Spanish! This package arrived in the mail. It's already been a couple of weeks. Time flies. But here it is, in time for the holidays. In time for the snow to fly like "Mil Mariposas Blancas." Find it at your local bookstore or your library or your favorite place to buy books. Here is what one reader had to say: Hello Karen, I wanted to tell you that my daughters and I liked the book, it touched our hearts, it made us remember some experiences and also give [...]
You don’t have to be a bear to love the leaves!
It's that time of year! Rake up those leaves. Make a pile. Jump and dance and twirl and swirl. You don't have to be a bear to have fun in the red and gold and bronze of autumn. Add leaves to the compost or toss them into your garden for rich dirt in Spring. Or just leave them where they fall giving nutrients back to the soil. Then head in and curl up with a good book.
Winnie the Pooh, Me and Bear Help the Forest: The Leaves are Coming!
There is much to love about Winnie. Especially his joy in a blustery day and leaping into leaves. It's the first day of autumn! A time of hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and, best of all. a leaping into Leaves. Winnie the Pooh I love leaves too. And so does Bear in my most recent book, Bear Helps the Forest(Maybe you help too). Share the joy of dancing and crunching, jumping in leaves with Bear(and Pooh). Maybe you help the forest too. Find out how. [...]