Just add color!

Day 2 of discovering and coloring for kids at home. Join us! This sketch was created for The Day You Begin written by the remarkable Jacqueline Woodson. This image didn’t make the final cut so it’s up to kids to bring on the colors. Angelina and Rigoberto...

Let’s Color our Way to Calm

 Hoping everyone is coping well with this new way of life as we face Coronavirus together and finding time to be productive at home. Creating these posts to help young readers inside during these trying times. I will be posting black and white drawings from my books...
Just Ask! Be Brave, Be Different, Be You.

Just Ask! Be Brave, Be Different, Be You.

This Tuesday is the book birthday of Just Ask! NPR did this interview last Sunday as part of their author/illustrator series. Twelve differently abled kids are featured in my latest book with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Please visit the link below and hit...
Discover Dancing Hands.

Discover Dancing Hands.

Perhaps the most challenging and compelling part of making a book begins with the search for direction. There’s a powerful script, packed with possibility in your hands. Crafted by none other than Margarita Engle, the remarkable Cuban, American poet and writer....
We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands

We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands

It’s always a celebration at our house when a new book is born. We’ve Got the Whole Word in our Hands is officially here and I wanted to take a moment to share the process of bringing this book to life with an amazing team at Scholastic that supported me...