Nothing to read? I call that an emergency!

Finalizing artwork for TEAM MEENA and am so grateful to be working with illustrator Mina Price! She brings such warmth and playfulness to Meena (yes, they share a name!), and I always love seeing her vision come to life. Check out her other work at shannonassociates.com/minaprice!

Don't tell my family.

YES!!

Just write a bad scene. Just write a bad scene. Just write a bad scene. Just write.

#WriterProblems #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmWriting #cats

Karla Manternach Meena Zee series concludes w/this 4th installment featuring softball & making new friends while maintaining a long distance friendship. Stands alone but why not just buy them all when pre-ordering this one? Simon Kids S&S EducationLibrary Who’s next, #BookAllies?

TEAM MEENA comes out in January, but these fifth graders were the first to read an early copy! They asked the best questions, too. My favorite: "How did you decide to use the rabbits as a metaphor in the story?" #KeepReading #KidLit!

Trick or treat!

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November is #EpilepsyAwareness month. Talking to young people about #seizures? Books can help! I'm so proud to see my children's book on this list. tinyurl.com/yc3kxj6s

What say you, #WritingCommunity? This seems way off to me.

My teen's history lesson for the day: "Wait. . . To clean a CD player, do you use. . . a cleaning CD??"

Just sold all my hair to buy a watch chain for my bf for Christmas. Can’t wait for him to open it! It’s going to be the best Christmas ever

I would buy this!

Non-native English Speakers, what’s a word from your language that you think is perfect that doesn’t have an English equivalent? Take us to church.

Called Balin Books last week to order the first two books in the Meena series by Karla Manternach for Vivian Kirkfield's #50PreciousWords literacy initiative. A chance to support #literacy #EpilepsyAwareness and a #Wisconsin author, all at once? I'll take it! ❤️📚