This was at Cascades Library last Thursday. Looking for fun crafts to make this snow day? Check out my website for fabric crafts inspired by Paula’s Patches: writebetween.com/paulas-patc…

What a wonderful visit to ACCAChild Development Center.  Preschoolers are the best ✨ Thank you RIF NOVA for the opportunity to participate in your Authors in Our Schools. #bookschangelives

Join me at the library! We’ll be reading Paula’s Patches and learning ways to repair & reuse as we create fun and pouches from leftover fabric. 🗓️January 22, 2026 at 4pm 📍Cascades Library. 21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls, VA @freespiritpublishing

Check out the new episode of #WhyWeWrite podcast. Gina and I nerd out about language, and talk about making mistakes, embracing imperfection, and writing in spite of it all. @charlesbridge creators.spotify.com/pod/sho…

Thank you so much to the members of the Bank Street committee! As the author and translator, I’m honored to see Un graznido en español on the 2025 list of Best Children’s Books of the Year in Spanish. @charlesbridge @BankStreetLib

(Still) on holiday. I hear it’s Monday and cold back in Virginia 🥶. Happy Snow Day to all who celebrate!

Saying goodbye to a year of blessings and pinch-me moments. Wishing you a happy end of the year and a 2025 full of joy and wonder. ✨

Last school visit of the year! Today, I had the honor to meet with 3rd through 5th graders at Leesylvania ES. They were wonderful and their questions were so insightful! I wish I could’ve stayed for another hour of just Q&A! #authorvisits #schoolvisits

🎁 ‘tis the season! If you are planning to give a copy of one of my books as a gift this holiday season, please reach out and let me know. I’d love to send you a signed bookplate, bookmarks, and stickers. @FreeSpiritBooks @charlesbridge #giftideasforkids #giftideasforreaders

What a joyous school visit! It was an honor to meet K-2nd graders at Marshall Rd ES last week. We had a blast and the kids had great questions. Thank you, Marshall Rd, for all that you do! @charlesbridgepublishing #authorvisit #schoolvisit

This Saturday morning, take a break from the crazy and join me at the coziest juice bar in town! Where: Pure Green in Vienna, VA When: Saturday 12/7, 10-11AM What: Storytime! Why: 20%off menu/2 authors: @LeahMoserWrites and I will be reading & signing books! @BardsAlley

#Teachers and #librarians, please check out my Google form/Sign up Genius (link in bio) to sign up for a time slot. (Spaces are limited and I’d love to connect with you and your students!) Can’t wait to #WRAD with you! @charlesbridge @FreeSpiritBooks

This #GivingTuesday 📢Will you help me give the gift of reading… in Spanish? If you can, please consider donating a copy of Un graznido en español to kids who need it most. ➡️ scrawlbooks.com/product/dona… 📝Be sure to click “pick up at store.” I’ll be the one picking up 😉

#NCTE day 3: Last panel and saying goodbye @charlesbridge

TOMORROW #teachers at #NCTE24: Let’s talk about using diverse books (pb, mg, ya) to foster empathy and get to the truths of our own stories. @thegreatgabsie @zarprey and I will be offering book recommendations and writing and discussion exercises you can use in the classroom.

Day 2 at #NCTE24 Pics from signing SQUAWK OF SPANISH at the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival booth 233! (Not pictured: all the bookish friends and wonderful teachers I met) Thank you, @charlesbridge and @LatinxKidLitBF 🦜

Day 1 at #NCTE24 was fantabulous! I presented in two panels and met wonderful bookish people 🫶 If you’re around tomorrow, I’ll be signing and giving away copies of Squawk of Spanish @LatinxKidLitBF booth 233 from noon to 1pm ¡Hasta mañana! @charlesbridge

School visits are the best! I had an amazing time with the fifth and first graders at Crestwood Elementary. Thank you so much to @RIFofNOVA for making it happen. @FreeSpiritBooks #authorvisit #bilingualauthor rifnova.org/about-us1.html