Author: HEATHER AND THE MAGIC WEATHER FEATHER. Also: Communications director at Carlthorp School, Los Angeles native, UC Berkeley grad, basketball fan.
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My new children's book, HEATHER AND THE MAGIC WEATHER FEATHER, is here!
It's an ode to imagination in an age of automation, it's beautifully illustrated (not by me, thankfully), and it'll (hopefully) leave your little one on cloud nine.
Details: mascotbooks.com/product/heat…
#kidlit
Jeff Goodman retweeted
Teaching Feelings at Age 4 Pays Off at 21, 20-Year Study Shows edweek.org/leadership/teachi…
There's still time to enter the 2026 InspirED Brilliance Award for excellence in independent school marketing!
Details here: inspiredbrillianceawards.awa…
“Sometimes feelings don’t need solutions. Sometimes they just need to be recognized.”
Interesting piece in @TIME about naming and processing emotions: time.com/article/2026/08/11/…
Working on some new nicknames for LeBron now that he'll be playing in Philadelphia:
— LeBron James Madison
— LeBerty Bell
— The Bronstitution
— The Founding Father
— LeBronjamin Franklin
— The Sixer Fixer
— Roundball Rocky
Join me in the @nycmidnight Rhyming Story Challenge on Sept. 15! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/rhyme
Join me in the upcoming @nycmidnight Rhyming Story Challenge! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/rhyme
"The teacher said the most common career in [this Honduras valley] lately is construction, paid by money sent home from abroad. As a result, the municipality feels like a boomtown and ghost town at the same time."
A fascinating @sfchronicle examination: sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
"I never had a thought of quitting because I just love playing the sport so much."
Interesting @YahooSports piece by @JeffEisenberg on a college basketball program that does things a little differently: sports.yahoo.com/make-fun-of…
I'm excited to share that my entry in the @nycmidnight Rhyming Story Challenge 2024 earned second place in its category. Congratulations to all of the writers! I look forward to participating in the second round of the competition.
The 1st Round results from the Rhyming Story Challenge 2024 are up at nycmidnight.co/3YG2iri! Congrats to the top 8 in each group for advancing to the 2nd Round, which kicks off in approximately 24 hours. Best of luck to them this weekend, and thanks to all who participated!
“You think that offer to go on his yacht still stands?” An entertaining @sfstandard piece on San Jose real estate development: sfstandard.com/2024/05/23/ja…
"Sometimes products stolen out of Amazon containers are resold by third-party sellers back on Amazon in a kind of strange ouroboros, in which the snakehead of capitalism hungrily swallows its piracy tail."
An in-depth look at modern-day train heists: nytimes.com/2024/01/23/magaz…
“Sounds like a monopoly to me.” Eye-opening piece from the @propublica team: propublica.org/article/fento…
"You got a future. You keep going."
A riveting and highly recommended piece by @RaineyTime: latimes.com/california/story…
Also, read "Stealing Home" by @ericnus to learn about the Mexican American people whose lives were upended for the creation of Dodger Stadium.
Celebrate Fernando Valenzuela with us this weekend by changing your profile photo and header. #Fernando34
ALT A '34' logo honoring Fernando Valenzuela.
ALT A header that has a cutout of Fernando Valenzuela in the center with his autograph. In the background are multiple images of Fernando throughout the years.
"You can, for a few minutes in this sprawling, crawling city, relax someplace small and sane." nytimes.com/2023/08/03/t-mag…
There is something incredibly heartwarming about this explainer. Welcome to the 20th century, Oregon! youroregonnews.com/lifestyle…
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Hey #kidlit #amwriting #picturebook friends!
I’d love to get to 1K followers so I’m offering a query letter and non-rhyming PB manuscript critique!
To enter please:
✨like
✨retweet
✨comment w/a GIF about your PB
Winner will be chosen as soon as I reach 1K 🥳🥳🥳