April Pants of the Month and where I win an award
The pants are from Bonobos and the award I won is from the Friends of St. Paul Public Library.
The photo on the left shows me accepting the Minnesota Book Award for Children’s Literature and saying that my winning was crazier than my pants. Honestly, I didn’t think WORM LOVES WORM was going to win at the April 8th awards ceremony.
The other photo is me with the other nominees, who are all amazingly talented authors/illustrators: Lauren Stringer, David LaRochell, and Mike Wohnoutka. (The other nominee, Alison McGhee, couldn’t attend.)
Not only are they enormously talented authors/illustrators but they’re also wonderful people who have welcomed me into Minnesota’s amazing KidLit community.
And, yes, I know, it’s been more like “pants of the every now and then, when J.J. remembers to update” rather than “pants of the month.” I promise to be better about updating the blog. If, at the beginning of next month, there are no new pants, then please send me a reminder. Or two.
