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August 2024: Announcing the Winner…
Find out if you are the winner of the FLAMINGOS ARE PRETTY FUNKY Book Giveaway. Then download a free educator’s guide for THE QUIET FOREST.
July 2024: GIVEAWAY! 🌟 Flamingos Are Pretty Funky
There’s a heat wave happening, so it’s the perfect time for a sizzling giveaway just for newsletter subscribers.
June 2024 Special: A Flamingo Book Birthday! 🦩
It’s publication day for FLAMINGOS ARE PRETTY FUNKY! To celebrate, download a free flamingo activity guide!
May 2024: 5 Things I Learned from School Visits
I have been traveling around Connecticut recently visiting schools and talking about flamingos and wombats. Here are my five takeaways.
March 2024 Special: The Quiet Forest releases today! 🌲
It’s publication day for THE QUIET FOREST! Take a peek inside.
March 2024: Free Quiet Forest Activity Sheets! 🦫
I share a little bit about Charlotte Offsay, the author of THE QUIET FOREST, as well as my How To series on illustrating children’s books. Plus, download a free Quiet Forest Activity Guide, featuring coloring pages, word puzzles, and more!
February 2024: Cover Reveal: Flamingos Are Pretty Funky! 🦩
Joey the snake joins us for the cover reveal of FLAMINGOS ARE PRETTY FUNKY. Plus, I share the special pre-order campaigns for both my 2024 books and links to my picture book roundups.
January 2024: Happy New Year + Quiet Forest Swag!
I reflect on the past year and give a rundown of my 2023 accomplishments, which may or may not include spray-painting 20 foam cubes brown to look like wombat poop. Plus, see all the swag included with THE QUIET FOREST preorders!
November 2023: Lions and Tumbleweeds and Wombats, Oh My!
I recount my experience at the Mazza Museum Weekend Conference, which involved doodling on walls, giving a keynote speech, getting a mold of my hand done, and sharing a photo of my glorious bowl cut from the 80s.
October 2023: Wombat Day Book Bundle Giveaway! 📚
To celebrate World Wombat Day, I offer a prize pack of six wombat books for one lucky winner. Plus, see which print got the most votes for THE QUIET FOREST pre-order campaign.
August 2023: Sequels and the Saco River
I detail my tubing adventure on the Saco River in New Hampshire and share the next book in the “[Not So] Serious Guide” Series, FLAMINGOS ARE PRETTY FUNKY.
July 2023: Even More Free Wombat Activity Sheets!
I chronicle my summer activity of painting foam cubes brown to look like wombat poop. Plus download free activity sheets created by Ashley Belote (WITCH & WOMBAT) and me for the ultimate Wombat Storytime!
June 2023: Cover Reveal: THE QUIET FOREST! 🐹
It’s the cover reveal for THE QUIET FOREST, written by Charlotte Offsay and illustrated by me! Plus download the activity guide for WOMBATS ARE PRETTY WEIRD.
May 2023 Special: WOMBATS ARE PRETTY WEIRD is out today! 🥳
It’s pub day for WOMBATS ARE PRETTY WEIRD! Take a peek inside!