Click IMG_0496 for a video of the award announcement! Press release of all the 2023 ALA Youth Media Award winners here.
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In the wild at Books of Wonder!
When I first wanted to write books for children I went down to Books of Wonder in NYC and spoke to a bookseller there about what new books kids were reading and loving (and came home with a huge haul to read and study.) Last Thursday I went down to see my own book on the…
Honey and Me makes the list for Kirkus’s BEST 20 BOOKS TO READ In October!!!!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/20-best-books-read-october-2022/#our-missing-hearts-ng
Guest Post on Scholastic’s OOM Blog
Jewish Joy by Meira Drazin, author of ‘Honey and Me’ Guest Blogger // Sep 22, 2022 When I think of Rosh Hashanah, the upcoming Jewish New Year, my senses swarm with childhood memories: smooth velvet synagogue dresses, the smell of my mother’s honey cakes baking, our congregation’s voices lifted as one in song and prayer,…
When a project is finally complete: some thoughts on the imminent release of my debut novel
My sweater Sometimes it feels like everything takes me a long time to accomplish. Knitting this sweater-jacket took me a year! A story I often tell myself is that things take me longer than other people. But when I’m being more honest I know that often within this are choices that I’ve made. During the…
On Writing Resolutions and Goals… and Puppies
[First published on From the Mixed-Up Files, January 21, 2022] For many years here on the Mixed Up Files there is an annual pre-New Years post where MUF bloggers list their writing and reading resolutions. At the end of 2020 I knew exactly what I would put, which is that I wanted to keep a…