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Read! Write! Engage!

Friends. I have to limit my school visits this year so I’m hoping to connect with students in my off hours. That’s why I’m hoping teachers will have their classes engage with me about Cyclops of Central Park, a book … Continue reading

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Order and help Cyclops and Eugene visit all 50 states

Help get Cyclops and Eugene to all 50 states! Teachers and librarians, parents and kids: I’d love to hear from students about where this book travels (and therefore, Cyclops and Eugene). What did Eugene like? What made Cyclops afraid? Post … Continue reading

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Cave, anxiety, cyclops

I moved from Queens, N.Y. to Radford, Va. when I was 3. One of my earliest memories is of a cow that broke loose from a nearby farm and walked onto our carport. My next door neighbor at the time … Continue reading

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Summer

This photo seemed like a good transition photo, so sharing here. Hoping to get a better one but this bird is not cooperating.

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Eye-popping cover!

SO excited to show you the new cover for Cyclops of Central Park, coming out in February from GP Putnam’s Sons. The illustrator is Victoria Tentler-Krylov and I love her work and this cover more than I can say. (Are … Continue reading

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