Tag: books
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February 2, 2021
From Lily (who is 8): “Sometimes I think my heart is a can and a book is a can opener. Do you know what I’m talking about?” Dear Lily, What a beautiful metaphor. And yes, I know exactly what you’re talking about. When I read a good book, I can almost hear the creak, creak,…
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December 8, 2020
Last Friday, I went to Red Balloon Bookshop, Next Chapter Booksellers, Magers and Quinn Booksellers, and Wild Rumpus Books and signed some stock for holiday shopping. It was so good to step inside bookstores, to talk to booksellers, to hold books in my hands. It moved me. At one point, I was standing in front…
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September 16, 2020
You know what I miss? I miss putting a book into someone’s hands. It’s such a simple gesture, and it can have such profound consequences. I think of all the librarians and teachers who put the right book in my hands at the right time. I’m going to be putting copies of Louisiana’s Way Home…
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February 25, 2020
I stopped by Parnassus Books in Nashville last week and signed some books. Here is a picture of me with Sparky, Mary Todd Lincoln, Lewis and the books. To be surrounded by books and dogs and people who love books and dogs was good for my soul. Thank you, Parnassus. Thank you, booksellers. Thank you,…
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January 16, 2020
This is a shout-out to teachers and librarians, parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, big brothers and older sisters, neighbors and friends—to all you people who take the time to read aloud to someone. Again and again, as people come through the line to get their books signed, they tell me how someone read a…
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December 12, 2019
I’ve traveled a lot this year (several countries and many, many states), and everywhere I’ve gone I’ve met people, young and old, who are passionate about books and stories–people who have hugged me, taken hold of my hand, cried with me and laughed with me—all because of stories. I’m tired and amazed and grateful. I’m…