I had a great time at City Lit Books in Logan Square, Chicago this weekend! Families joined us for a special flowery story time that started with a reading of Kevin Henkes’ Chrysanthemum. Reading two books is a story time tradition at City Lit Books, and the kids really enjoyed it. I was so excited to read this one since it’s a personal favorite and a great thematic match for my book, The Fanciest Flower, which I read next. Reading both books back to back gave us lots of opportunities to talk...

This week, I had the absolute pleasure of visiting two schools in Birmingham, Michigan; my old district! West Maple was up first on Monday. I gave two presentations to about 250 students each. The first group I spoke to was made up of kindergarten, first-, and second-graders. The next was third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders. What a fun bunch! Group 1 was absolutely full of energy. We came up with all kinds of silly flowers and characters. Group 2 was extremely kind when we experienced...

Thank you so much for this wonderful review, Krysten!! I had a great time at Lobbestael and hope to visit again in the future!