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Welcome to my website.
It’s full of information about the books I write, how I make them, and why I write what I write. And since I can’t draw for beans, you’ll also find out how lucky I am to work with so many talented illustrators, editors, and designers. And you can also find out what other people say about the work I love doing. I hope you will find answers to most of the questions you — kids, teens, and grown-ups — have about my books.

What’s New?

WHO HAS WHAT! ALL ABOUT GIRLS’ BODIES AND BOYS’ BODIES — a nonfiction picture book for children 2 1/2 to 5 — was published on September 13th. I wrote this book to answer young children’s delightful, thoughtful, and often non-stop questions about their own bodies and about how girls’ and boys’ bodies are the same and are different — questions that are seemingly simple, but often not easy to answer.

Featuring conversations between siblings Nellie and Gus, a read-aloud text that offers young children fascinating and straightforward information, and Nadine Bernard Westcott’s pitch-perfect art that chronicles Gus and Nellie’s family outing to the beach. The book is full of fun and fascinating information as they learn about their amazing bodies.

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WHO’S IN MY FAMILY! All About Many Kinds of Families

This book is the second book in illustrator Nadine Bernard Westcott’s and my four book series for young children and it’s moving along at a fast clip. This book features Nellie and Gus — siblings who were also featured in WHO HAS WHAT? — on another exciting family outing. The text is complete and includes [...]

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TURTLE AND ME
SHADOW

Two other picture book texts of mine have been completed and will be published…

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Writing

Writing, writing, rewriting, and more writing. Notes, notes, and more notes about a new picture book I hope to start writing next fall. But NO complaints…

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News
Feature Interview on About.com

An exciting feature interview, plus an overview of all four of my books on healthy sexuality, including WHO HAS WHAT?, has just…

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WHO HAS WHAT? BLOG REVIEWS

HOORAY! Bloggers are now reviewing WHO HAS WHAT?

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WHO HAS WHAT? THREE STARRED REVIEWS

HOORAY! Three reviews — from School Library Journal, Kirkus and Booklist — for WHO HAS WHAT? are starred reviews!

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