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For this year’s random acts of publicity week, I’d like to give a loud shout-out about  my friend Deb Diesen’s book, THE POUT-POUT FISH IN THE BIG-BIG DARK. (Illustrated by the talented Dan Hanna. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.)
If you enjoyed the first book about the Pout-Pout Fish, you’ll love this one, too in [...]

 
What a wonderful idea! Artists and writers have joined the wave of folks speaking directly to kids who are having a tough time, or who are being bullied, to let them know that “it gets better.” What a great way to encourage kids who are suffering. Many of us have “been there” and “done that.” [...]