We got a star from The Horn Book !!!! 🤩🥳

Such an honor to have our book listed as a Publishers Weekly Best Book! ❤️🌞

SO thrilled that SUMMER IS FOR COUSINS, written by me and beautifully illustrated by Abhi Alwar, is a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023!! Here's to sunny days, family, and ice cream! 💗📚🌞🍦

best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/…

Even though it's fall, I love Summer Is For Cousins written by 📚🧁🔅 Rajani LaRocca 💗⚾️🧬 & ill. by Abhi Alwar for the reminder of magical extended family get-togethers.  It's a celebration of family, growing up, and cousins. Vibrant illustrations make summer feel alive, active, and fun.

I know I joke, but there’s a Big Picture Message in every 📖 I make, and I wanna be serious for a moment.

ESPECIALLY nowadays, we can all use a gentle—and FUNNY—reminder to:

Breathe.
Count.
Think happy thoughts.

BEFORE we “blow up.”

Hope you’ll LAVA our 📖.
Thank you! ❤️!

HEY, NYC pals! DON’T MISS this in-person #kidlit event!

⭐️SUN, 10/22/23, 1 PM⭐️ at Books of Wonder!

The amazing Abhi Alwar will be there w/ our brand-new

🌋DON’T BLOW YOUR TOP!🌋

& the wonderful Winsome Bingham, Wendell Minor, & Lian Cho, too! 🏆! booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming…

It’s me and Ame Dyckman✨ ‘s #BookBirthday for DON’T BLOW YOUR TOP!!! 🌋🌋

So thankful to my agent Alexandra Levick and the whole Scholastic team for supporting us through the process!! May it help the “little volcanoes” everywhere! ❤️✨

Ame’s doing another giveaway on Twitter for our #BookBirthday !! And this time there’s a cute crocheted volcano in the mix 👀✨ RT her tweet to enter!

YAY! 🎉! JUST ONE DAY ‘til the #BookBirthday of:

🌋DON’T BLOW YOUR TOP!🌋

(Jacketed hardcover!)

Cheer as Little Volcano learns useful tips to calm down and NOT blow up—

EVENTUALLY. 😳💥😅😂❤️!

Text by me!
Art by Abhi Alwar!
From Orchard Books/Scholastic ⭐️TUES, 10/17⭐️!

YIPPEE! THANKS SO MUCH for having me on your #podcast , Writers With Wrinkles Podcast! I had ⭐️FUN⭐️! Hope #kidlit pals dig it! 👂❤️!

Here are just a few of the amazing kidlit books launching this week! Congrats to all. Do YOU have a kidlit book launching this wk, too? Pls reply w/cover & info! (If illustrated, please incl. illus credit).

Other Oct launches: twitter.com/inkyelbows/sta…

Giveaway time!! 🌋

JUST 3 WEEKS, MY LITTLE VOLCANOES! 😂❤️!

🌋DON’T BLOW YOUR TOP!🌋
Text by me!
FABULOUS art by Abhi Alwar!
From Orchard Books, Scholastic ⭐️OCT. 17TH⭐️!

Edited by: Ken Geist!
Design by: Rae Crawford!
(And ❤️ from our Design Fairy Godmother, Patti Ann Harris!)
Dream Team! 🏆!

⭐️THANK YOU SO MUCH⭐️ to all the schools and families who participated in today’s Scholastic Storyvoice SNEAK PEEK for our 🌋DON’T BLOW YOUR TOP!🌋 It was SO MUCH FUN reading with you and Mr. Mike, and you all asked GREAT questions, story friends! I had A BLAST! 😂❤️🌋!

The #BooksforMaui auction is live! You can bid on a one-hour session with me that you could use for a critique, an AMA, a visit to your writing group or school -- whatever you want! Bid early, bid often, & check out all the other fantastic items as well! 32auctions.com/organizations/…

I was opening my monthly Junior Library Guild box...what do I see?? Erickson Elementary alumni Abhi Alwar's newest picture book! Puts a smile on my face! Thank you for encouraging kids to love reading!

SO thrilled to be interviewed with Abhi Alwar on Weekend Edition about our book SUMMER IS FOR COUSINS!! We had such fun chatting with Samantha Balaban, and you can see why I'm in awe of Abhi and her work!

npr.org/2023/08/05/119…

ABRAMS Kids Soaring20sPB Triada US Lit Agency TvS Media Group

My dream!!! I’m in the Shortbox Comics Fair this year with a whole new comic✨ Look out for it October!

A gorgeous new #picturebook by 📚🧁🔅 Rajani LaRocca 💗⚾️🧬 and Abhi Alwar.

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