Hi, I’m Miss Jones, your first grade teacher. I’m spending my Sunday cutting out wall letters and flowers for my home room library corner. Okay, I haven’t switched careers! Actually, I’m creating these wall letters for a corner of the Deer Park Branch of the Toronto Public Library. For the month of April, Deer Park […]
Aim to Push Boundaries
Originally published in July 2025 in Blog, Books on Grief
Upcoming Burlington Library Talk
Originally published in June 2025 in Blog, Grief, Pen Jar Productions
Inking Your Grief
Originally published in May 2025 in Blog, Books on Grief, Grief
Grief and the Truth About Life
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog, Grief
Social media is mostly broken. But there are sporadic green shoots pushing through the muck that show human progress is possible and necessary. One of those shoots is our return to acknowledging grief in public. I’m talking about the hand-in-hand social media meme that announces the passing of a parent, spouse, friend or pet. (I’ve […]
Bologna Book Fair
Originally published in April 2025 in Blog
The road show continues. After hitting the London Book Fair two weeks ago with Lulu Press, this week, my friends at Foreword Reviews are showcasing I MISS MY MOMMY in Italy at the Bologna Books Plus Fair/Bologna Children’s Book Fair. This is one the premier events in the global publishing industry, bringing together publishers, illustrators, […]
London Book Fair
Originally published in March 2025 in Blog
Book Reco: The Boys
Originally published in February 2025 in Blog
“But first, the Tranya …” Now that I’ve got your attention, I want to recommend a book that will lighten the load and boost your spirits. “The Boys” is a memoir by brothers Ron and Clint Howard, two showbiz kids with a remarkably grounded appreciation for life. This is a love story that looks back […]
A Best Book of 2024
Originally published in December 2024 in Blog, Books, Books on Grief


















