The cure for food poisoning's apparently a stellar review from Kirkus Reviews!

My debut picture book, The Quacken (illustrated by Pablo Pino, Simon Kids) to be described as 'pitch perfect tension' & 'a hilariously over-the-top read-aloud.' WHAT?!

kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/j…

Trying to kick your students' reading into high gear & get them attacking a book with the same vigor as they do a triple cheese pizza? Check out THE LEGENDARY MO SETO! tinyurl.com/AYChan #kidlit #teacher #teacher twitter #librarian #elemchat #mschat #6thchat #KickinItWithMo

Congrats to INDIE BESTSELLING author ann zhao!!

FRIENDS!! i’m teaming up with Always Here Bookstore — a queer bookstore based in Portland! — for personalized preorders of ✨Celestial Monsters✨!! 🥳

buy your copy here! they ship internationally! and hang onto your invoice for the preorder campaign! 👀
alwaysherebooks.com/shop/p/9781250…

the people have spoken, and also i'm an indie bestselling author now so i can do what i want LOL. the accounts are unlocked now!!! dearwendywellesley and wandawellesley69 are available for your viewing!!!!

DEAR WENDY IS AN INDIE BESTSELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!
thank you so so so much to my publishing team and to indie booksellers across the country and to all the readers who bought dear wendy from an independent bookstore, i seriously cannot believe this!!!

if I don’t like a submission: ~1 hour reading
if I love a submission: 8-10 hours of reading, 1-2 hours of meetings, 1 hour of author/agent call, 2-3 hours of paperwork, emailing, research, talking about the book, dreaming about the book. . . .

here’s a publishing secret: it takes way longer to read submissions if they’re good

Kelly also helped us with some of the Books for Maui graphics!! If you’re looking for a Kanaka Maoli designer with publishing experience to make social media assets or a cover reveal for your book, she’s amazing!

I was very intrigued when I first listened to Taylor Swift’s BEJEWELED and I heard the lyric, “And I miss you, but I miss Spider-Man.” My daughter couldn’t correct me fast enough. (I miss you, but I miss SPARKLIN’.)💀🙃 What lyric have you gotten wrong?

Impossible Possums, written by me and illustrated by Boysenberri, publishes 6 months from today.

It'd mean a lot if you added it to your Goodreads TBR pile: goodreads.com/book/show/6325…

April is almost over so don’t forget to grab a copy of our April Young Adult new releases! Learn more about these books here: bit.ly/3PLcPy5

Dear Wendy by ann zhao
Prom Babies by Kekla Magoon
This Is Me Trying by raCquel marie✨updates

IM GONNA FUCKING SCREAM

My cover for the Spirit Bares It's Teeth is an online winner for American Illustration 43 :-)

something something new thing soon ⚔️

Happy #EarthDay ! 🌎❤️📚

To share the importance of climate activism & climate justice with the young readers in your life, here's a 🧵 of 30 diverse KidLit books that tackle topics of environmentalism, conservation & sustainability, wildlife protection, climate change, & more!

i paused work on my WIP when i realized my anxiety about debut was overshadowing my ability to write literally anything. just went back to it today and tell me why i finished the draft in a single afternoon. i was THAT close to being done??? why didn't i just fucking finish it???

Thank you, Green Apple Books, for letting me pop in and sign stock during my SF visit! Your store is a nooks and crannies paradise!

what if,,, i give away some signed, personalized copies of my book (open internationally)? would that appeal to anyone? 🧐

Forever growing up with you like this.
Growing old with you like this.