Goes too Fast!

This memory pic popped up for me today: our youngest as an impish little sheep in the church nativity play. 🥹

He turned 18 this year.

Moms of little ones, I know it’s so, so hard. It’s relentless. It’s exhausting.

But, still, try not to blink.

“The days go slowly, but the years speed by.”

So Excited!

I'm so excited that Constuction Site on Christmas Night is back on the New York Times Best Sellers List for it's 40th week! Thank you so much to everyone who has picked up a copy to put under the tree this year--any every year before!

Independent, Small Book Stores

In addition to the joy they bring our communities, independent bookstores bolster local economies, create jobs, and offer a more climate-friendly way to shop without shipping and plastic. If you're as lucky as I am to have a magical store like Harvey's Tales in your neighborhood, you know that an independent bookstore can bring a little bit of magic to your neighborhood, too.

On this Small Business Saturday, make it a point to support a small business and show some love to your local bookstore--and as always, here's to my happy place, @harveystales in Geneva, Il.

Holidays are here!!!

It's the most wonderful time of the year--made even MORE wonderful by the reappearance of CONSTRUCTION SITE ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT on this week's New York Times Best Sellers list! Thanks to everyone who purchased the book this week--and remember that books ALWAYS make great gifts.❤️🎁📚

Enter to Win!

Celebrate the season and the award-winning CAT TRIAL 13/Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site collaboration with a very special Sherri Duskey Rinker sponsored ADVENT GIVEAWAY!

FIVE WINNERS will each receive THREE bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site books, along with a festive CAT Little Machines® Advent Calendar and CatToysOfficial® CAT Construction Fleet 10" Excavator Toy.

To enter follow @SherriRinker on Instagram, like this post, and tag two friends in the comments by 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, November 26th. Winners will be announced on Monday, November 27th! US only please!

Attention Moms: Please check all Choking Hazard and small parts warnings on the calendar and toys from CatToysOfficial. Appropriate for ages 2+.

GOOD LUCK!

Construction Site: Taking Flight

I’m so honored to have Construction Site: Taking Flight! selected as one of Amazon Editors' Best Books of 2023! If you're kicking off your holiday shopping this weekend, don't forget to check out the entire list of Amazon's picks for gift-giving inspiration.

Green Toys Inc!

I’m so excited to announce a very special holiday collaboration with @greentoysinc! We've teamed up to give away FOUR prize packages, featuring three Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site favorites and a Green Toys® truck set.

I love Green Toys® because each adorable, rugged truck is created from 100% recycled materials. Each product is made in the USA, promotes environmental awareness to tomorrow's consumers, and is built to last! I can't think of a better pairing for the rough-and-tumble Construction Site gang!

To enter:

1. FOLLOW my account and @greentoysinc

2. TAG two friends in the comments by December 8th.

We'll select FOUR WINNERS by 11:59 PM EST on Dec. 8th. US Only Please!

Thank you Nina Laden

Thank you to my dear friend, Nina Laden, for joining me on this installment of #BookshelfBlindspots, in celebration of #nationalpicturebookmonth .

For a chance to win all of the titles that I talk about this week, please comment below, and I’ll see you on Wednesday and Friday at noon to share more titles!

Congratulations to @sunshineanddaisies1 for winning last week’s books!

Lastly (and I forgot to mention this; SORRY KRISTEN! 🤦🏻‍♀️) a brand new holiday giveaway opportunity with @greentoysinc is starting today!!! Stay tuned!!!

Perfect Time to Snuggle and Read

Sending you warm wishes as the air grows cooler. 🍂🍁What a perfect time of year to spend evenings snuggled up in cozy pajamas with warm blankets, reading to your little ones. ❤️ I have some wonderful fall-themed recommendations; please check out (and comment on!) this past week’s “Bookshelf Blindspots” reels for a chance to win all of the beautiful titles I discuss.

Cat Trial

A few months ago, we partnered with Caterpillar to create an amazing “commercial,” to highlight Caterpillar’s stellar service capabilities! Search “Cat Trial 13” on YouTube to check it out!

Join us Monday, November 6th 12PM Loren Long will join me at 12:00PM for a reading!

Exciting news! This Monday, November 6th I'll be joined by my friend and superstar author @thelorenlong for a very special Instagram Live Story Time at 12 PM Central (1 PM Eastern, 10 AM Pacific). Join us as we read Little Tree to celebrate #nationalpicturebookmonth. Don't forget to set a reminder to tune in every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 12 Central for more book picks, special events, and giveaways all month long!

#bookshelfblindspots #kidlit #picturebooks #childrensbooks #picturebookstagram

#childrensbookswelove #preschoolbooks #kidsbookstagram #childrensbookauthor #picturebookauthor #goodnightgoodnightconstructionsite #kidsbooks #childrenslit #picturebooksaremyjam #picturebookmonth

Mustache Baby by Bridget Theos and He Came with the Couch by David Slonim

All during the month of November #nationalpicturebookmonth , I will be going LIVE on Monday, Wednesday and Friday AT NOON and sharing some books that I adore — in a feed I’m calling #bookshelfblindspots — featuring books that are just not getting the attention they deserve!

If you are following me and COMMENT on the video, you are entered for a chance to win all three books that I discuss this week: #witchhazel by @mollyidle , #mustachebaby by @bridgetheos and @joyjoyang and #hecamewiththecouch by @davidmichaelslonim1

I hope you love these titles as much as I do. ❤️📚 I’d be thrilled if you’d consider showing these books a little love by purchasing them. 😊 (I have no personal financial incentive here, I promise!)

#picturebooks

Witch Hazel

To celebrate National Picture Book Month, I hope you’ll join me for my LIVE “Bookshelf Blindspots” videos every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon CST, where I’ll introduce you to a picture book that I LOVE — because it’s creative, beautiful, meaningful, funny… or any/all of the above. 😊 These will be books that are flying under the radar — either bc they are backlist and have been “forgotten” about or never really (imo!) have gotten the recognition they deserve.

I hope you love them as much as I do! 📚 ❤️

Comment and follow me! We are choosing one person each week to receive ALL of the books I discuss that week (and I just might enclose one of mine as well. 😉)

Instagram Live at 12PM every Mon, Wed and Fri of Every week of Novmember!

November is Picture Book Month, and this year, I've set a goal to shine a light on the books I'm calling “Bookshelf Blindspots!” From the quiet hidden gems that I think have been overlooked or under appreciated, to the backlist beauties that slipped your mind, I'll be spending November celebrating these terrific books (and maybe giving you some ideas for those holiday lists, too).

So join me when I go live on Instagram, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 12PM CST all month long, when I'll share a Bookshelf Blindspot pick. At the end of each week, I'll choose one lucky follower who comments on the video to win the books I discussed (US Only Please).

AND: If you have suggestions for a book you’d like me to feature, please let me know in the comments!

Chines Lantern Flowers

I ran around the yard cutting flowers before last night’s first hard frost. These are the final blooms of the year (plus a few orange roses from the grocery store!). It’s a bit of a hodgepodge, but I didn’t want to leave anything pretty behind. It’s summer’s last kiss goodbye, and this summer girl is already counting the days until spring. 😢

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For those of you who inquired, the Chinese lantern flowers and “pumpkins on a stick” are both from seeds, and then dried. I grow them for fall floral arrangements and decorating.

#midwestgardens #gardening #gardeningmom #flowers #flowergardens #goodbyesummer #fall #autumn #winteriscomjng #october #summergirl