The Bride of the Tornado Playlist
Every time I put out a book, I make a playlist for it. I made a playlist for my YA fantasy The Order of Odd-Fish. I made another playlist for my sci-fi thriller Dare to Know. And now I present my...
View ArticleBride of the Tornado: Year End Wrap Up (For Now!)
It’s been a few weeks since I posted here, but don’t worry, I always come crawling back in the end. (I do tend to be more active on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook these days.) The biggest news: the...
View ArticleScreening dates for the THIRTEENTH ANNUAL 90-Second Newbery Film Festival!
It’s that time of year again—time for the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival! It’s an annual video contest I founded in which kid filmmakers create supershort movies that tell the entire stories of...
View ArticleThe MIRTH and MAYHEM of the 2024 Brooklyn 90-Second Newbery Film Festival!
The 90-Second Newbery relies on private donations to keep going! It’s only through your generosity that we can continue bringing our free public screenings and book-to-movie workshops to libraries and...
View ArticleThe AWE and EXALTATION of the 2024 Ogden, UT 90-Second Newbery Film Festival!
The 13th season of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival continued with our second show at the Treehouse Museum in Ogden, Utah this past Saturday! I am so thankful to Lynne Goodwin, Rob Goodwin, Wes...
View ArticleI’m at Emerald City Comic Con this Friday—and I’m on some podcasts!
I want to take a quick break from 90-Second Newbery Film Festival updates to give some news about upcoming Bride of the Tornado appearances! This Friday, March 1, I’ll be at Emerald City Comic Con in...
View ArticleChicago 90-Second Newbery this Saturday—and I’m at Bookies this Thursday!
It’ll be a busy week! This weekend is the Chicago screening of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. We’ve been doing this for 13 years now! It’ll be at 2 pm this Saturday, March 9th at the Harold...
View ArticleThe WONDER and TERROR of the 2024 Chicago 90-Second Newbery Festival!
We had a ball last Saturday with Chicago’s 13th annual 90-Second Newbery Flm Festival at the Harold Washington Library Center downtown! Thanks so much to Alexa Hamilton, Ana Santoyo, Michael O’Connor,...
View ArticleThe BRILLIANCE and BOMBAST of the 2024 Boston 90-Second Newbery Film Festival!
We’re back in the saddle in Boston! On April 6 we brought the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival back to the Boston Public Library. And hey, this year we got a big write-up in the Boston Globe! Not too...
View ArticleThe RADIANCE and ROWDINESS of the 2024 Rochester 90-Second Newbery Film...
The 90-Second Newbery relies on donations to bring our free public screenings and book-to-movie workshops to libraries and schools nationwide. You can make your (tax-deductible!) donation here....
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