Newbery Honor-winning Children’s Author
My world is full of patterns, poetry, light, and color—welcome!
What’s New?
We’re thrilled to announce a publication date of Sept. 5, 2025 for Dear Acorn (Love, Oak), a collaboration that’s been a long-time dream for both Joyce and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Melissa Sweet.
Told through letter poems, this inventive book reveals the everyday conversations between “big” and “little” objects in the world around us. It’s sure to delight readers of all sizes!
Dear Acorn has already been chosen from tens of thousands of books as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
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Also . . .
We Are Branches has been winning awards!
2024 Riverby Award, recognizing “exceptional nature books for young readers.”
Blueberry Award Honor, for “books that inspire love of nature & action for planet earth.”
2024 Mathical Book Prize, for “inspiring children to see math in the world around them.” (K-2 category)
Outstanding Science Trade Book for 2024 from the National Science Teaching Association.
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