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THE OCEAN'S HEART, stunningly illustrated by Khoa Le, releases on March 3! I can't believe it's only 19 days!!

To celebrate this book and my Minneapolis-based publisher Lerner/Millbrook, I'm holding a preorder prize raffle that includes 7 prizes!

When you preorder THE OCEAN'S HEART, no matter the shopping venue, you'll get three raffle tickets to put toward one, two, or three of the prizes.

If you preorder through my local indie, you'll also receive a signed copy, along with bookmarks and stickers.

Link to see the prizes and more info in the first comment. Or go to my website blog.

Please share, if you can! And let me know how you'd like your tickets placed! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!

Woohooo! I shared A RIVER OF DUST with a LOT of kids last Friday!!! The San Francisco Public Library has posted the livestream of both the K-2 and 3-5th grade Kidquake presentations on YouTube! The K-2 was streamed with a live audience (but the audio only captures the speakers), and the 3-5th was recorded online via Zoom because the library closed the day of Diane Feinstein's funeral (which was just across the plaza at City Hall). Cheers to the awesome presenters I shared the stage with last Friday, @meera.sriram (A GARDEN IN MY HANDS) and @seinawedlick (NAMING CEREMONY)!!! Can you believe all three of us became engineers, and now we write books for kids?! Each of us had only 10 minutes to speak, so it was a race to pack in as much as we could, LOL. Please share with teachers and librarians who may want to play either the K-2 or 3-5 recordings for their classes! YouTube link for the K-2 presentation is in my linktree and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34bFIsSDwFE @pbspree @steamteambooks @chroniclekidsbooks @rellamermaid @bookishsteelfox @litquake @sfpubliclibrary #kidquake #picturebooks #kidlit #teachers #librarians #librariansofinstagram #teachersofinstagram

Just finished this fun and true! Story about Inky the octopus who escaped from a New Zealand aquarium. Told in rhyme and with engaging, Inky-personality-driven illustrations, it’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser! #kidlit #nonfiction #STEM #ocean

THE PEACH THIEF stole my heart. Scilla, a workhouse orphan in 1850s England longs for so much. To feel worthy. To taste a peach. To feel loved. Her longing is palpable and the barriers to satisfying those longings seem insurmountable, especially when those longings repeatedly give rise to missteps. There is so much heart here, I’m sorry the story had to come to an end. But Scilla lives on in my mind. And the science/art and gloriously sensual nature of gardening left a distinct impression as well. Highly recommended! #middlegrade #kidlit #historicalfiction #bookstagram

May 17 DEADLINE approaching!

If you (or anyone you know) are looking for a coming-of-age story where mother and daughter take the wrong paths in trying to mend their broken hearts. Where figuring out who you can trust is key. Where friends can be surprising lifesavers. Where being a whistle-blower might cause you to lose what you’ve always wanted. And where the local library houses an effusive golden retriever named Rory (who’s also a good listener), then I’m thinking this book’s for you!

Please enter to win a copy in the Goodreads Giveaway! Link in bio or in first comment
#giveaway #bookstagram #middlegrade

I'm super psyched and feeling lucky and grateful and ecstatic and all of the everythings! Please enter the Goodreads Giveaway! Link in first comment.

#middlegradebooks
#teachers #librarians #environment #versenovel #STEM

Just finished this intense historical novel in verse about the rampant discrimination against Chinese immigrants in the late 1800s. I’ve written about the GoldRush and knew about the many ways Chinese immigrants were stripped of their land claims, murdered, and abused by the white population as early as 1849. This book shows how Eureka, CA and other towns/cities in California and further north burned down their Chinatowns and evicted all of their Chinese citizens. It also asks the question of why Chinese subgroups that originally formed to protect Chinese immigrants turned violently against each other. This story adds an important perspective, one that shines a spotlight on a subject long ignored in the standard U.S. history curriculum. #kidlit #middlegradebooks #history #teachers #librarians

Powerful and unsettling with a strong, cheeky female protagonist. This book sensitively deals with childhood sexual abuse. Depending on the maturity level of the reader, I'd suggest upper middle grade.

#kidlit #middlegrade

So AWEsome chatting with awe-thor @jilanne2694 about our new picture books, AWE! and THE OCEAN’S HEART! There are so many inroads to finding awe, in places and creatures big and small, in art, in nature…and especially in people!

@scholastic @millbrookpress @susangaldraws @khoa.le.artwork

Just finished this marvelous dual-timeline novel—a celebration of male friendship, tiger magic, Chinese culture, familial love, and immigrant strength. A beautiful book! @karinaisreadingandwriting #kidlit #middlegradebooks

First a ⭐ from SLJ - "Highly recommended"...

then deemed "an evocative story" by PW....

and now Booklist calls HEARTLAND "a nuanced portrait of a tween aspiring to find herself in a deeply complex world."

Feeling lucky in #kidlit land!

Enter the #GIVEAWAY!!! Link in comments

#ReadHeartLand
#environment #SilentSpring #ecology

What is awe, and how can it elevate a story?

In an increasingly tech-oriented world, why is awe an essential component of children's (and our) lives?

And maybe we'll even discuss how AWE beats AI....among other things....

Join Chana Stiefel and me for an IG LIVE chat on Monday, April 27 at 7PM ET/4PM PT.

OUR BOOKS:
AWE! by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by @susangaldraws @scholastic

THE OCEANS HEART: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life, by Jilanne Hoffmann, illustrated by @khoa.le.artwork

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