NEWS & INTERVIEWS


Iggy made it to CBS News! Iggy Who Breathes Fire shared the stage with Laurie Flynn, the brilliant president and CEO of Link to Libraries, an incredible organization that I am so proud to have worked with.

Link to Libraries has had a huge impact on the reading lives of children in Western MA, donating over 1 million books to kids in need. And now they’re coming to Boston!

Click here to watch the video.

Click here to learn more about Link to Libraries.


Publisher’s Weekly shared news of my “Friendship Book Tour” with Kari Allen, where we shared Alfred Blooms and the 6th book in Kari’s Maddie & Mabel series. Here we are pictured during our Story Time at the wonderful Beacon Hill Books.


BusinessWest.com shared news of my school visits in Massachusetts with the literacy nonprofit Link to Libraries.

Click here to read more about my visit.

Click here to learn more about Link to Libraries.


What a thrill to stop by Mr. Schu’s blog to finish his sentences!

We discussed Alfred Blooms, gardening, Carmen Mok’s art, picture books, inspiration, and more!

Click here to read our conversation.


In which we discuss magic & metaphor, the power of picture books, the nature of fire, and how kids are simply not to be underestimated!


Erika and I chatted with Maria Marshall at The Picture Book Buzz about the joys, the challenges, and the surprises of making Iggy Who Breathes Fire - even I learned some behind-the-scenes surprises about the book’s illustrations! Keep reading for Maria’s review of the book:


Check out my guest blog post about Iggy’s surprising journey to publication, from “spark” of an idea to lighting up bookshelves, and how “flipping the script” led to something unexpected!