#PBPitch #DIV Are you ready to listen? Shema! Listen… to the Arooo of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the tap, tap, tapping of hammers building a sukkah and the rat-a-tat-tat of the groggers on Purim in this mindful journey through the Jewish year.

#PBPitch #DIV Finally, an interfaith-family book for young readers! HANUKKAH or/AND CHRISTMAS showcases one family celebrating both holidays. Informational sidebar paragraphs with unique holiday facts included for curious and/or older readers.

#PBPitch #NF BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT, a nature-inspired, meditative journey guiding children through stormy seas & anxious moments, helping them steer to a calm, safe corner of their minds, breathing in comforting thoughts and breathing out their worries and fears.

Can you clean your face with your tongue like a giraffe or roll in mud to bathe like an elephant? Simple, interactive text encourages readers to try out different ways animals get clean, with info paragraphs filled with facts for older readers, to make bath time fun. #PBPitch #NF

Busy Feet has a great review from Kirkus, calling it “A bouncy, exuberant read as playful as its target audience.”@picturebookgold Eric Keith kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/m…

My wife says that I should still wear a mask in public, so that other people don't get sick. To their stomach.

I’m 32 today!! I’m so excited!!

Name a famous 'Barbara'.

I gave up being obnoxious for Lent, and then I forgot to change my clock for Daylight Saving Time. Hence, my silence.

I thought Elvis was the King.

#PBPitch Exciting PB for truck-loving toddlers includes speedy red trucks, bumpy blue trucks & six more work trucks, each with their own adjectives, colors, action verbs & truck sounds. Interactive text encourages toddlers to name the trucks as they read. Beep! Honk! Zoom!

Mongo Monkey likes playing practical jokes on his friends. But what happens when they decide to turn the tables on him? #PBPitch

Billy is despondent after losing his pet chicken. He asks each of his friends if they’ve seen her, but before they can tell him she’s on his head, he interrupts. Will Billy learn to listen, and find his chicken? #PBPitch

Fish wants to learn how to swim. How can her friend teach her to do something she’s been doing all her life? #PBPitch

#PBPitch When Hersh teases Adin because he has no antlers, Adin believes he’s not strong enough to protect from Coyote. Then he helps Penny rabbit, starting a chain of kindness that leads to Hersh's rescue from Coyote's jaws, in this tale of inner strength and courage.

Are you a speedy red truck zipping to put out fires? Maybe you’re a heavy, green truck bumpin’ along to pick up trash cans? This interactive book has them all, cruisin’ down the highway on their way to work. A book for all truck-loving toddlers. Beep! Honk! Zoom! #PBPitch

Hanukkah & Xmas begin on the same night. Laura worries when both sets of grandparents arrive together. Should they sing Xmas songs or play the dreidel game? Serve Nana’s garlic mashed potatoes or Bubbe’s latkes? Laura must work out a plan to mix everything together. #PBPitch #DIV

My wife has a book in the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award. Any SCBWI member can vote in each category. Her book is BUSY FEET and is the last entry in the California/Hawaii section. Check it out. All votes are welcome.

At my age, on July 4 I celebrate In Depends Day.

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