I’m so pleased to announce that My Thoughts Are Clouds: Poems for Mindfulness has been chosen as one of 20 books for California State Library, The First Partner’s Summer Book Club!
I write poetry books, poetry anthologies, books on writing for teachers, children’s books, essays and even a coloring book. If you look closely at all my books, they share a common theme of writing to touch the heart. You can see all of my books below.
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE HEART: POEMS OF LOVE, COMFORT & HOPE (Poems & Journal) co-authored with Rebecca Kai Dotlich
You can now PRE-ORDER my forthcoming book Welcome to the Wonder House (co-authored with Rebecca Kai Dotlich) and illustrated by Deborah Freedman which will be out July 11th, 2023. Welcome to the Wonder House is a place to explore the cornerstone of every great thinker – a sense of wonder. This house has many rooms to inspire writing, drawing and curiosity in young readers.
My Thoughts Are Clouds: Poems for Mindfulness (Macmillan, 2021)
Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2022
NCTE Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts, 2021
Boom! Bellow! Bleat! Animal Poems for Two or More Voices (Wordsong, 2019)
featured in NY Times Book Review April, 2019
PAPERBACK COMING IN JULY!
The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book of Found Poems (Macmillan, 2012)
CCBC Choice Award
Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selection Book
Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems (Macmillan, 2009)
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts, 2010
This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort (Candlewick, 2002 & Gift Book Edition 2006)
Top Fifty Children’s Books, Child Magazine Award, 2002
Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky: Animal Poems (Wordsong, 1992)
Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School (Heinemann)
A Place for Wonder: Reading and Writing Nonfiction in the Primary Grades by Georgia Heard and Jen McDonough (Stenhouse)
