Carina Povarchik, the illustrator for my picture poetry book Shimmer, and I, have been celebrating Shimmer's status as the #1 Amazon Hottest New Children's Poetry Book releases for a couple of weeks in mid November! Wow - we feel grateful and are amazed. Meanwhile, I'm preparing for my yearly Toys for Tots work and I've already gotten together a nice collection of brand new picture books that will go in the boxes! Hooray for kid lit! I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving and will experience a fun time preparing for the upcoming end of December holidays!