A Favorite Oil Painting

The little oil painting is one of my favorites. The teacup and saucer belonged to the mother of a dear friend. 

Sweet Christmas Card

This sweet family, who I’ve never met, tagged me on Twitter to show me that they had their Christmas card photos taken WITH OUR BOOK. 🤩🥳😍❤️ How awesomesauce is that?!

Thanks Volumes Book Store

Thank you @volumesbooksfor the opportunity to read to your sweet little customers... and for this shelf space (which they SWEAR is like this all the time, NOT just when I come visit for an event)! 🤩📚❤️

Thanks to The Book Stall and Booked

Some photos from yesterday’s visits to @the_book_stall and @bookedevanston bookstores yesterday. I’m honored and blessed by all of the enthusiasm for “Construction Site On Christmas Night.” ❤️📚 And, I’m so grateful for my agent @lkliterary and my friend @alexwillan for coming out to support me. NOTE ALEX WILLAN’S DEBUT PB “JASPER AND OLLIE” — debuts next year! Watch for it!

Huge Success at Volumes Book Store

Chicago Sunday - Watertower AND Wicker Park! I’m looking forward to seeing all my high-energy bookseller friends (!) at Volumes Bookstores tomorrow! 11 am at @watertowerplace (pop-up store, level 6); 2:30 pm in Wicker Park. Come by!

Oh Boy

Step one to cleaning my office is taking everything off of my desk that’s piled up over the last 6 weeks that I’ve been traveling and putting it on the floor so I can organize it. NOTE: Dog was not on my desk.

Oh No We Ran Out

We ran out. We printed more. Now available EVERYWHERE, just in the nick of time!

Walnut Room Chicago

I had a very lovely Chicago day with a dear friend and her dear friend... celebrating Christmas traditions past and future. ❤️🥂🎄

Wenham Museum

I was fortunate enough to visit the Wenham Museum as they were setting up for today’s event. My friend, Matt Tavares along with Mary Newell DePalma, Ed Emberley, Giles LaRoche and Scott Magoon will all be exhibiting original art and signing books, just in time for Christmas. 📚🎄❤️ You should go!

Booked Book Store

Look who’s coming to town!!! The one and only Sherri Rinker, author of ALL these beloved books. Her newest: Construction Site on Christmas Night

Beautiful!

My next house. 😂🤣

Thanks

Thank you to a little girl named Grace, for this lovely portrait. 😊❤️ 

The Book Stall - Thanks

North Shore/Chicago Area friends: I’ll be at TWO bookstores on Saturday: The Book Stall in Winnetka at 10:30 and Booked in Evanston at 12:30

Elves are busy

Two weeks before Christmas, and every elf, is building, rushing, racing, BUSY... Every elf is in a TIZZY! (I don’t just write it, friends, I live it! Sincerely, Very Stressed Out Elf)

Make A Pebble Mosaic

From the article, “Make A Pebble Mosaic,” in Fine Gardening Magazine. 😦 This takes insanity to a whole new level — like a “makes Martha Stewart look reasonable” level.

Thanks

Thanks to my 18-year old, who drove the getaway car this year. 🌲 “Someday, this will be a really funny story to tell your kids.” • “Mom, this is already a really funny story; I can’t believe I’m doing this.”

Namaste

Namaste. ✌🏻

The Day You Begin

You just have to read a few of these pages out loud — and imagine reading them to a child — and you will know why I’m in so love with this book

Cute

Look. At. This. Face

Adorable

I love this! Thank you to Instagram-Mom @joannwalvatne for posting these adorable pics of your adorable kiddos!