Friends! For the month of August, my heartwarming best friend book is only $1.99 on Kindle! Illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff @https://tinyurl.com/4xydhkcn

One of my sunflower plants has two heads! Twice the loveliness!

So happy to meet up with terrific Missouri School Librarians like Carolyn Allen yesterday for PD! @maslonline.bsky.social instagram.com/p/DbZpfB7jpED/ #MaginationPress #AngelaEdmonds

The #FirstDayofSchool may be 4-6 weeks away yet, but Busy Bus and Engine 4 are here to help make the transition easier! #Teachers #Librarians #PictureBook #Emotions #KidLit #WritingCommunity #BeachLane #Vehicles #CommunityHelpers #ClaireMesser @simonandschuster.bsky.social

Happy #CowAppreciationDay from Prudence and me! @mackidssl.bsky.social #StephLaberis

I hope you're having a wonderful summer with your best friend! @joannelewvriethoff.bsky.social #TwoLions

Happy #NationalDiscoDay! You should be dancin’, yeah! #MaginationPress #YanaKozak

Thanks #MaginationPress and #HighlightsPress for hosting me for signings of DISCO DAVE and AXOLOTLS and TIGERS at #ALAAC26! It was such a blast seeing new friends and old!

There. Is. Still. Time! #FathersDay #Highlights Beatrice Tinarelli

We don't use the word nowadays enough.

🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁COVER REVEAL! 🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁 This one's for the mamas and mamas-to-be! Out March 2, 2027 Preorder here tinyurl.com/2s4ydxwu Illustrated by Beatrice Tinarelli Published by Highlights Press

Offering lots of reading options for your young patrons can be life changing. Join us TOM. (6/3) for part 1️⃣ of a 2️⃣part series featuring upcoming titles for young readers from: 🌼 #TundraBooks ⭐ @ssedlib.bsky.social 🎒 #Abrams 🧢 #Highlights 📓 @gnomeroadpub.bsky.social RSVP now: bit.ly/4tDvoW2

Hope to see you there! #ALAAC26

Thrilled to see Porcupine Had a Fuzzy Sweater on this list! "Most popular books at the Daniel Boone Regional Library." Thanks, Columbia and surrounds! www.columbiatribune.com/story/entert... #MaginationPress #AngelaEdmonds

Three glittery 🪩if you can name the real life characters on this page! #picturebook #persistence #growthmindset #disco #MaginationPress #YanaKozak tinyurl.com/mstk3b6k

I so enjoyed @nancyhudgins.com’s biography of Ursula Nordstrom, Books Good Enough for You!

Grooviness all around at my recent launch for Disco Dave! Thanks for coming out, friends! #MaginationPress #YanaKozak

#CincodeMayo seems like the perfect day to remind everyone that #FathersDay is coming up! Illus #BeatriceTinarelli #HighlightsPress

Hey, everyone! With 4.9 ⭐️on Amazon and 4.3 ⭐️on Goodreads (190 votes total), The Last Day Julian was My Best Friend is warming hearts right and left. AND for the month of May, you can own it on Kindle for $1.99! Happy reading, and thanks so much for your kindness! @joannelewvriethoff.bsky.social

Happy #NationalLibraryWeek, everyone! I hope you get lost in a great book or two! #HighlightsPress #TravisFoster

So fun to see @colbysharp.bsky.social's reaction to Disco Dave! I hope those fifth graders dig it! youtu.be/Bwmd8IlGmVE?... #MaginationPress #YanaKozak

Happy National Pet Day! Here’s Sophie by @caleatkinson.bsky.social! I’d love to see your pets!

I'm excited for Turkish readers to enjoy My Beautiful Fluffy Sweater aka Porcupine Had a Fuzzy Sweater! #MaginationPress #AngelaEdmonds

Happy belated birthday, Jackie! 🎂@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social

I'm so grateful to connect with Kansas City-area kids through Church of the Resurrection's great Partner Schools ministry. All 85 fourth graders at this school went home with a free, signed copy of Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story. ❤️ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @csneal.bsky.social

Happy #BookBirthday to Daddy's Little Burrito! 👨‍👧‍👦🌯 P.S. Father's Day is right around the corner!😊 #HighlightsPress #BeatriceTinarelli

What it is, groovy people? Here's the skinny. Kirkus loves Disco Dave! "A heartfelt reminder that falling on one’s face often gives us the opportunity to rise in a whole new direction." Can you dig it? tinyurl.com/3p64edtn #MaginationPress #YanaKozak #Disco #PictureBooks #WritingCommunity

Thanks to Jill Esbaum for sharing Disco Dave on #PictureBookBuilders! Delighted to share the spotlight with @carriefinison.bsky.social, LarryDaly, and @louisemaamodt.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/5ymnjm2a #MaginationPress #YanaKozak

This coming Sunday, March 29, from 1-3!! Let's boogie, KC!

Jody Jensen Shaffer@jodywrites4kids.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It's a Dino + Disco Book Party! And YOU'RE invited! Join Sue and me at The Learning Tree in Prairie Village, KS as we celebrate our newest books on Sunday 3/29 from 1-3. Dinos ✅🦖 Disco ✅🪩 You ✅😊 Books ✅📚 ======= FUN! ✅🎉 learningtreetoys.com/pages/even

Over the last couple of weeks, I've visited hundreds of students in Missouri and Kansas. I got to share Porcupine Had a Fuzzy Sweater (a 2026-2027 Missouri Show Me Award finalist), Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story (a 2026 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award finalist), and...