Recent Press
The New York Times listed The Great Eggscape as a bestseller at #5! on the list! (March 28, 2020)
The Toronto Star reported that The Great Eggscape is #2 in children’s books in Canada in its second week! (March 4, 2020)
Canada.com announced that The Great Eggscape is an international bestseller in its debut week! (February 24, 2020)
The Vancouver Sun declared that The Cool Bean is an international bestseller in its debut week! (December 12, 2019)
The New York Times listed The Cool Bean as a bestseller in its debut week!!! (December 11, 2019)
Amazon announced that the most read book in the United States in 2019, via Amazon Prime, was The Bad Seed!!! This news was also reported in Yahoo!, Pop Sugar, Business Insider, She Knows, Business Wire, and Slanted. Totally and completely unbelievable! (December 6, 2019)
NPR selected The Good Egg as one of the best children’s books of 2019! (December 3, 2019)
Barnes & Noble’s B&N Reads blog gave The Cool Bean a very nice write-up! (December 2, 2019)
Amazon selected The Cool Bean as one of the best children’s books of the month for December! (December 1, 2019)
Barnes & Noble called The Cool Bean one of the season’s most anticipated books! (November 30, 2019)
Connie Britton singled out The Bad Seed as one of her favorite picture books to read with her son! (September 18, 2019)
The New York Times listed The Good Egg as a bestseller for its 16th week on the list! (September 4, 2019)
The New York Times listed The Good Egg as a bestseller for its 13th week on the list! (August 14, 2019)
NAIBA listed The Good Egg as an indie bestseller! (August 11, 2019)
The New York Times listed The Good Egg as a bestseller for its 12th week on the list! (August 7, 2019)
Amazon listed The Good Egg as one of “the best children’s books of 2019 so far” (June 15, 2019)
13 On Your Side (ABC TV) listed Giraffe Problems as one of its “books to read this May” (May 6, 2019)
The Reading Eagle mentioned The Good Egg in an article about adjusting to change (April 4, 2019)
Publishers Weekly wrote an article about The Good Egg hitting the bestseller list (March 5, 2019)
The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association listed The Good Egg as a #1 bestseller! (February 28, 2019)
Publishers Weekly listed The Good Egg and The Bad Seed as national bestsellers! (February 28, 2019)
The Wall Street Journal listed The Good Egg as a bestseller (February 28, 2019)
The Wall Street Journal listed All My Friends Are Dead as a bestseller (February 28, 2019)
The Good Egg is a USA Today bestseller for the second week in a row! (February 28, 2019)
IndieBound listed The Good Egg as a national indie bestseller for the second week in a row! (February 27, 2019)
The Bad Seed is a #2 New York Times bestseller (in the same week that The Good Egg is #1)!!! (February 27, 2019)
The Good Egg is a #1 New York Times bestseller!!!!!! (February 27, 2019)
The Toronto Star has listed The Good Egg as a bestseller in Canada! (February 27, 2019)
Librarian’s Quest has written a very thoughtful review of The Good Egg (February 26, 2019)
The Children’s Book Review listed The Good Egg as a national bestseller! (February 22, 2019)
The Good Egg is a USA Today bestseller in its debut week! (February 21, 2019)
IndieBound has listed The Good Egg as a national bestseller! (February 20, 2019)
The Good Egg is a New York Times bestseller in its debut week at No. 3 on the list! (February 20, 2019)
School Library Journal interviewed me about The Good Egg, writing, and other things, entirely (February 12, 2019)
The Today Show named I Love You Already! as one of its favorite Valentine’s Day books (February 5, 2019)
Amazon selected The Good Egg as one of its Best Children’s Books of the Month! (February 1, 2019)
Powell’s Books has selected The Good Egg as a staff pick! (January 31, 2019)
Celebrate Picture Books has written a very complimentary article about The Bad Seed (January 27, 2019)
Publishers Weekly has given The Good Egg a nice shout-out (January 25, 2019)
Celebrate Picture Books has written a very flattering article about Giraffe Problems (January 24, 2019)
Bookwagon has included Goodnight Already!, Come Home Already!, and I Love You Already! in a nice article (January 20, 2019)
Tes Global has listed Come Home Already! as one of the top children’s books of 2018! (December 28, 2018)
Librarian’s Quest has written a nice, thoughtful piece about All Right Already! (December 27, 2018)
The Children’s Book Review did a “Speed Interview” about Giraffe Problems, etc. (December 21, 2018)
Publishers Weekly gave All Right Already! a nice shout-out as a “noteworthy sequel” (December 6, 2018)
The San Francisco Chronicle gave Giraffe Problems a nice mention in its holiday gift guide! (December 5, 2018)
The Oregonian gave Giraffe Problems a nice shout-out (December 4, 2018)
PW’s Children’s Starred Reviews Annual featured Giraffe Problems (November 29, 2018)
Iowa Public Radio listed Giraffe Problems as one of the best picture books of 2018! (November 28, 2018)
The Junior Library Guild made The Good Egg a Spring, 2019 selection! (November 28, 2018)
The Western Queens Gazette and The Edwards Beacon both gave All Right Already! a quick mention (November 20/21, 2018)
The Providence Journal gave Giraffe Problems a nice shout-out (November 15, 2018)
The Indie Bestseller List named Giraffe Problems as a national bestseller (sixth week in a row!) (November 7, 2018)
The Indie Bestseller List named Giraffe Problems as a national bestseller (fifth week in a row!) (October 30, 2018)
Brightly has written a very thoughtful, considerate article about Giraffe Problems (October 30, 2018)
The Indie Bestseller List named Giraffe Problems as a national bestseller (fourth week in a row!) (October 24, 2018)
The South Dakota State Library nominated Penguin Problems for a state book award! (October 22, 2018)
The South Dakota State Library nominated Quit Calling Me a Monster! for a state book award! (October 22, 2018)
Brightly featured Giraffe Problems in its “Best Holiday Gifts for Kids” roundup (October 22, 2018)
The Indie Bestseller List named Giraffe Problems as a national bestseller (third week in a row!) (October 19, 2018)
PW’s ShelfTalker included Giraffe Problems in an article about effective read-alouds for classrooms (October 19, 2018)
Publishers Weekly published a conversation by Lane Smith and me (October 16, 2018)
The Indie Bestseller List named Giraffe Problems as a national bestseller! (October 9, 2018)
The Lansing Journal & Capital Area District Libraries included Giraffe Problems in its "Buzz Worthy Titles" (September 9, 2018)
Publishers Weekly included Giraffe Problems in its "Prominent Picture Book Sequels" (September 6, 2018)
Portland Monthly did a nice feature on I Miss You, Barack Obama (August 23, 2018)
Indie Next named Giraffe Problems as a Fall 2018 Indie Next selection! (August 9, 2018)
Brightly gave Giraffe Problems a nice mention (August 9, 2018)
NewsOK listed The Bad Seed as a bestseller (August 5, 2018)
Royal Things listed I Miss You, Barack Obama as a top gift to give to a friend (August 3, 2018)
Publishers Weekly named Giraffe Problems one of "The Most Anticipated Children's Books of Fall 2018" (July 26, 2018)
Publishers Weekly gave Giraffe Problems a starred review! (June 17, 2018)
The Junior Library Guild made Giraffe Problems a Fall 2018 Selection! (June 12, 2018)
Mississippi Reads listed Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back as a bestseller (April 29, 2018)
Powell's made Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back a staff pick (March 20, 2018)
The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards longlisted Penguin Problems! (February 15, 2018)
The Texas Library Association put The Bad Seed on its 2x2 Recommended Reading List for Texas (January 22, 2018)
Reading Is Our Thing gave Come Home Already! a Bookstagram Choice Award (January 2, 2018)
The Los Angeles Public Library listed The Bad Seed as one of its best children’s books of 2017 (December 30, 2017)
The Parkersburg News & Sentinel gave Come Home Already! a nice write-up (December 17, 2017)
Librarian's Quest gave Come Home Already! a very nice, thoughtful, extensive write-up (December 15, 2017)
Brightly selected Come Home Already! as one of its Best Children's Books of December (December 13, 2017)
Motherly selected The Bad Seed as one of the best picture books of 2017 (December 11, 2017)
New Hampshire Public Radio listed The Bad Seed as one of its top picture books of the year (December 7, 2017)
Politics and Prose Bookstore selected Come Home Already! for its Signed First Editions Club (December 7, 2017)
Amazon selected Come Home Already! as one of its Best Children's Books of the Month! (December 6, 2017)
Portland Monthly gave The Bad Seed and Come Home Already! a nice write-up (November 20, 2017)
Bestselling author Drew Daywalt listed Penguin Problems and Goodnight Already! as favorite picture books (November 13, 2017)
CILIP nominated Penguin Problems for a Kate Greenaway Medal! (November 9, 2017)
Amazon selected The Bad Seed as one of its Best Children's Books of the Year! (November 8, 2017)
The Times Herald (part of the USA Today network) reviewed The Bad Seed (September 22, 2017)
The New York Times reviewed The Bad Seed! (September 8, 2017)
The American Booksellers Association named The Bad Seed an IndieBound bestseller! (September 6, 2017)
Amazon selected The Bad Seed as one of its Best Children's Books of the Month! (September 1, 2017)
Designing Fever magazine highlighted the art of The Bad Seed (September 1, 2017)
Abduzeedo wrote about The Bad Seed (August 30, 2017)
Mother magazine made The Bad Seed an editor's pick (August 29, 2017)
Kirkus reviewed Come Home Already (August 27, 2017)
Let's Talk Picture Books gave The Bad Seed a really nice write-up (August 20, 2017)
The Children's Book Review named The Bad Seed one of the "best new picture books" (August 20, 2017)
The American Booksellers Association named The Bad Seed as a fall, 2017, IndieNext pick! (August 11, 2017)
The School Library Journal gave The Bad Seed a starred review! (June 15, 2017)
The Junior Library Guild made The Bad Seed a Fall 2017 selection! (May 31, 2017)
Kirkus reviewed The Bad Seed (May 17, 2017)
The Children's Book Review wrote a nice review of Penguin Problems (March 15, 2017)
The International Falls Journal gave Penguin Problems a shout out (February 21, 2017)
The Missourian listed Penguin Problems in its Book Buzz Picks (December 31, 2016)
Elliott Bay Book Company gave Penguin Problems a nice mention on Seattle's King5 TV (December 11, 2016)
The Irish Times called Penguin Problems one of the best children's books of 2016! (December 17, 2016)
Brightly listed Penguin Problems as a "stunningly beautiful new picture book" (December 9, 2016)
The School Library Journal listed Penguin Problems as a "2016 Great, Funny Picture Book" (December 7, 2016)
The School Library Journal listed Quit Calling Me a Monster! as a "2016 Great, Funny Picture Book" (December 7, 2016)
The Sunday Herald (Scotland) gave Penguin Problems a nice mention (December 2, 2016)
The Jasper County Sun-Times listed Penguin Problems as a fall book "for the imagination" (October 18, 2016)
Amazon selected Penguin Problems as one of its Best Children's Books of the Year! (November 15, 2016)
Amazon selected Quit Calling Me a Monster! as one of its Best Children's Books of the Year! (November 15, 2016)
The New York Times reviewed Penguin Problems (November 11, 2016)
Picture Books Blogger reviewed Penguin Problems (November 11, 2016)
The Montreal Gazette reviewed Penguin Problems (October 26, 2016)
The Horn Book gave Penguin Problems a starred review (August 2, 2016)
Amazon selected Quit Calling Me a Monster! as one of its Books of the Month (August 1, 2016)
School Library Journal gave Quit Calling Me a Monster! a starred review (July 11, 2016)
Kirkus gave Penguin Problems a starred review (June 28, 2016)
I'd So Rather Be Reading gave Penguin Problems a write-up (June 14, 2016)
Publishers Weekly reviewed Penguin Problems (June 13, 2016)
The Junior Library Guild made Penguin Problems a Fall 2016 selection (May 31, 2016)
Kirkus reviewed Quit Calling Me a Monster! (May 15, 2016)
Shelf Awareness highlighted Quit Calling Me a Monster! (May 10, 2016)
Publishers Weekly reviewed Quit Calling Me a Monster! (May 4, 2016)
Publishers Weekly announced my new collaboration with Liz Climo, Can Somebody Please Scratch My Back? (March 31, 2016)
Comedy Cake gave the short film I wrote a nice review (March 27, 2016)
Laughing Squid gave the short film I wrote, I'm An Expert Haggler at Garage Sales, a write-up (March 25, 2016)
Vimeo made I'm An Excellent Haggler At Garage Sales a featured Staff Pick! (March 25, 2016)
The Children's Book Council has nominated The Terrible Two for a Children's Choice Book Award (February 17, 2016)
The Washington Post on I Love You Already! (February 8, 2016)
The Montreal Gazette on I Love You Already! (February 8, 2016)
BuzzFeed included I Will Chomp You! in "The 21 Best Picture Books of 2015" (December 31, 2015)
Splitsider included The Terrible Two in its article "The 15 Best Comedy Books of 2015" (December 30, 2015)
Publishers Weekly on The Bad Seed being acquired by HarperCollins (December 22, 2015)
Bestselling author Drew Daywalt recommended I Will Chomp You! to Goodreads (December 2, 2015)
Animade on the making of the Goodnight Already! and I Love You Already! promo videos (December 1, 2015)
Watch. Connect. Read. did a brief interview with me where I finished their sentences. (November 27, 2015)
Shelf Awareness featured the promo video for I Love You Already! as its Book Trailer of the Day (November 17, 2015)
The American Booksellers Association listed I Love You Already! in its Winter 2015 IndieNext Recommendations! (November 9, 2015)
Quartz featured Goodnight Already! in "Nine Contemporary Children's Books You Should Read As An Adult" (November 8, 2015)
The New York Times on I Love You Already! (November 6, 2015)
The Goodreads Choice Awards included Goodnight Already! in its nominees for Best Picture Book in 2015! (November 4, 2015)
School Library Journal featured I Will Chomp You! in "Great Read-Louds For Inspiring Shivers & Giggles" (October 20, 2015)
The Texas Library Association nominated The Terrible Two for a 2016-2017 Texas Bluebonnet Award! (October 17, 2015)
Publishers Weekly featured a bookseller recommending I Will Chomp You! (September 25, 2015)
The American Booksellers Association listed I Will Chomp You! in its 2015 ABC Best Books For Young Readers Catalog (August 28, 2015)
The Minneapolis Star Tribune listed Goodnight Already! in its "Lovely picture books for your kids" (August 18, 2015)
Publishers Weekly listed I Will Chomp You! in "Hot Off the Presses" (July 30, 2015)
The Boston Globe included The Terrible Two in its list of "sublime summer reads for all ages." (June 29, 2015)
The Tahoe Daily Tribune wrote a story about me (June 12, 2015)
The Blackpool Gazette reviewed The Terrible Two (June 8, 2015)
Shelf Awareness mentioned my participation at the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award breakfast at BEA, included a photo (June 2, 2015)
The Washington Post included The Terrible Two in its "Fifty Great Books To Read This Summer" (May 30, 2015)
Publishers Weekly on I Will Chomp You! being an early favorite for young readers at BEA (May 28, 2015)
Publishers Weekly reviewed I Will Chomp You! (May 26, 2015)
The Tampa Bay Times on Goodnight Already! (April 22, 2015)
Publisher's Weekly on our talk about 826 Valencia (April 21, 2015)
Kirkus reviewed I Will Chomp You! (April 15, 2015)
The Guardian published our story on the best pranks in children's literature (April 1, 2015)
The American Booksellers Association nominated Goodnight Already! and The Terrible Two for an E.B. White Read-Aloud Award! (March 26, 2015)
The Financial Times on The Terrible Two (March 6, 2015)
Yahoo! News on The Terrible Two being optioned for a movie (February 15, 2015)
The Hollywood Reporter on The Terrible Two being optioned for a movie (February 10, 2015)
MovieWeb on The Terrible Two adaptation landing at Universal (February 10, 2015)
The Chicago Tribune on our tour for The Terrible Two (February 5, 2015)
The National Post on Goodnight Already! (January 24, 2015)
The Montreal Gazette on Goodnight Already! (January 14, 2015)
The Christian Science Monitor on The Terrible Two (January 11, 2015)
The Wall Street Journal on The Terrible Two (January 9, 2015)
The New York Times on Goodnight Already! (December 19, 2014)
The Tahoe Daily Tribune on Goodnight Already! (December 11, 2014)
BuzzFeed on Goodnight Already! (December 3, 2014)
BookPage reviewed Goodnight Already! (December 2, 2014)
Publishers Weekly reviewed The Terrible Two (October 27, 2014)
Publishers Weekly reviewed Goodnight Already! (October 13, 2014)
Publishers Weekly on The Terrible Two cover reveal (July 31, 2014)
Publishers Weekly on I Will Chomp You! being acquired by Random House (July 2, 2013)