So very grateful....

Feeling very grateful tonight for the devoted fans (young and not so young!) of the Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series. CONSTRUCTION SITE ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT has now been on the NYT Best Seller list for 27 weeks, sold more than half a million copies, and moved up to the #2 spot on the NYT, alongside these fabulous titles. (Please don't miss BORN ON THE WATER; it's gorgeous.) We're so thrilled. Thank you, as always, to the READERS, and to all of the wonderful folks at Chronicle, who put their all into these books. Sending all of you happiest holiday wishes!

Any events commemorating silver pieces?

Does anyone know of any traditions of commemorating events with silver pieces?

I’ve been going through a pile of mismatched silver pieces, given to me by various relatives.

These spoons are all engraved on the fronts with “Entre Nous” (between us). Then, most of the spoons have a date engraved on the backs — 1924, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34 (all different dates/months). Two are undated.

(The pattern is Gorham Etruscan Key.)

Oops!

When you’ve thrown on boots over your pajamas to take your kid to school… and three hours later you realize you’re still dressed like that. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Thanks Westin Public Library!

From the children’s book section at the Westin Public Library: Thank you, @bellaonbooks for this adorable post! 🐶 (I’m a huge dog lover; this kills me!)
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What are YOU reading this weekend? We have some ongoing house projects, so reading about construction sites seemed a perfect fit! Grab your construction hat and join in.

Featured in PW

Featured in PW Bookshelf, WITH PHOTO! 🎉 I’m BEYOND EXCITED about this project with my friend, Don Tate. 🚁👨🏾‍🚀Preorder, please! 🙏🏻 Available in February.

Roto and Roy

A sneak peek at my next picture book series, illustrated by the incredibly talented Don Tate. Our FIRST REVIEW is in — and it’s lovely!!!

Publishers Weekly — ROTO AND ROY: HELICOPTER HEROES (Little Brown, Feb. 2022). “Rinker’s (Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site) brisk, bouncy rhymes and Tate’s (William Still and His Freedom Stories) crisp, curvilinear digital cartoons vividly chronicle the duo’s firefighting heroics. . . . It’s the ideal story for any reader who yearns for straight-up selfless heroism from people and vehicles alike."

Wow!

I. DROVE. THIS. 👊🏻 Some brave souls at CAT, presumably with plenty of insurance, let me have a hand at the controls. 👷🏻‍♀️🚧 It was like the mother ship calling me home. 💫 Thank you, @im_archie4 for making this possible. 🙌🏻

Yesterday felt a bit epic!

Yesterday felt a bit epic! I finished the edits for a new book (more on that later!), discovered that our latest Construction Site offering, Construction Site: Merry and Bright (a lift-the-flap book) is selling like hotcakes in Canada (do they like hotcakes in Canada?) AND today’s PW Children’s Bookshelf featured TWO different genres —WITH PHOTOS.

I shall now drop the mic and stay in bed, because things can only go downhill from here…!