Time to make the wine! Love doing this every year with my neighbors. This year the grapes ripened early - and the raccoons and possums and mystery creatures must have made their own wine - but there was plenty. #hopefulfarmer

It’s SPARK at Barnes and Noble in Texas !Huge thanks to BNfirstcolony! Texas Library Association #lonestarreadinglist

Tell me how you know magic is real:

Happy One Year Birthday to SPARK! What an amazing year for this adventure story about best friends forced to escape a terrifying wildfire and find their way back! Thank you to educators, friends, bookstores, conferences, and of course readers everywhere! Paperback coming soon!

I walked this trail yesterday. Somehow I found my way back.

Delighted to learn that SPARK is part of of the Surrey BOOK OF THE YEAR & Reader’s Choice literary awards💙

Delighted to learn that SPARK is part of of the Surrey BOOK OF THE YEAR & Reader’s Choice literary awards💙

Excited to see SPARK on Bank Street College of Education’s Best Books list! Such an Honor! @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social

Thank you @bookstrofficial for featuring ALL OF ME on your Best Sensational Body Positive Books for Middle Graders. All of Me is truly a book of my heart. All the books on this list are such engaging and wonderful reads!

Join us tomorrow night, Mira Mesa B&N at 4 PM. So much to talk about with this powerful book!

I was talking to group of guys. One was sharing his body image feelings. Then he said “but as a man, I would never talk about this openly though, would you?” Me:

Hello San Diego! Join us Monday!

Jewish American Heritage Month is here, and we want to draw your attention to our resource center featuring stories by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social, @dheiligman.bsky.social, @sarahkapit.bsky.social, Steve Sheinkin, Brigit Young, and more! bit.ly/4iZi0He #jewishamericanheritagemonth

So happy to share this extensive teachers guide for SPARK! Huge thanks to @sarahudson.bsky.social for all of the incredible work!

Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing@mackidssl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Explore themes of friendship, resilience, and environmental rebirth in the teacher's guide for SPARK by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social. A must for engaging students!🌿🔥 Guide by @saraphudson.bsky.social🙏🏽 bit.ly/4dh14LG

Huge thanks to New York City Public Schools (which I actually went to one million years ago) for including THE MAGICAL IMPERFECT on your reading list for Jewish American Heritage Month💙

So happy to share this extensive teachers guide for SPARK! Huge thanks to @sarahudson.bsky.social for all of the incredible work!

Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing@mackidssl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Explore themes of friendship, resilience, and environmental rebirth in the teacher's guide for SPARK by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social. A must for engaging students!🌿🔥 Guide by @saraphudson.bsky.social🙏🏽 bit.ly/4dh14LG

Explore themes of friendship, resilience, and environmental rebirth in the teacher's guide for SPARK by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social. A must for engaging students!🌿🔥 Guide by @saraphudson.bsky.social🙏🏽 bit.ly/4dh14LG

How many times per day should an author check their email? 🤔

With Jewish American Heritage Month coming up in May we wanted to draw your attention to our resource center featuring stories by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social, @dheiligman.bsky.social, @sarahkapit.bsky.social, Steve Sheinkin, Brigit Young, and more! bit.ly/4iZi0He #jewishamericanheritagemonth

If you know me-you know that I have to always go outside & stand near a tree.”The books of my heart are grounded in nature with the hope of inspiring joy, empathy, & connection with the environment-Earth Day reminds us to rediscover or maybe even renew this care for the Earth and each other🪾🌳

📚👍 #PoetryMonth Day 18 Spark by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social "For any young person who's ever felt powerless against the world, here are two kids doing all they can to understand their natural world and preserve it." #KidLit #VerseNovel

This #NationalPoetryMonth consider sharing SPARK by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social with your students! It's a Lone Star Reading List selection with three starred reviews, in which two friends find their way back to each other in a community recovering from a devastating wildfire ❤️ tinyurl.com/28tzpmv9

Thank you SDCC Creative Writing. I visited an incredible group of creative writing students & shared the book-writing journey(my books came with me:) They were so inspiring—world changers. Also—it was really fun to do a “school visit” where all I had to do was walk across campus!

Thank you to The Georgia Children’s Book Awards for selecting SPARK as part of this years Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl! 💙🍑

Pull up a chair (and maybe some matzah 😉) and join me for a special Passover episode of E Train Talks! 👉🏼Whether you’re celebrating, learning, or just curious, I’d love for you to tune in and watch the full episode. @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social @joshlevy.bsky.social youtu.be/hz55DJppj7Q?...

ON ALL OTHER NIGHTS Passover Panel with 6 Amazing Storytellers + A White House Passover Tale!

YouTube video by E Train Talks Books!

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This dear one moved in with the chickens- maybe to feel safe- to be a chicken- to just for a moment not feel afraid? “Why do the men come, do you suppose?” “Who knows why men do anything? Richard Adams, Watership Down

What an incredible evening at the STEAM Author Illustrator Showcase! Huge thanks to the San Diego County Office of Education for inviting me. So great to meet so many educators!

SPARK is a finalist for the 2027 Georgia Children’s Book Award! THANK YOU to the Librarians and everyone! I’m grateful that Spark will have the chance to reach so many more readers! What an incredible list. @gcbaconference

Yay! SPARK is nominated along with so many great books- for the South Carolina Children’s Book Award! Huge thanks to the South Carolina Association of School Libraries - & readers everywhere! This means the world!

We had so much fun geeking out about books with @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social for World Read Aloud Day! #wrad Loved this parting wisdom, "You are filled with stories waiting to be told." ✨ #kidlit #5thgradebooks