This book is a beautiful exploration of the concept of home!! @mattdelapena.bsky.social and Loren Long never disappoint. A must-read for kids AND grown-ups! #picturebooks #kidlit

06.05.2025 12:48 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Book Review: “The Trouble With Heroes,” by Kate Messner (Gift Article) Through an arduous summer of hiking, 13-year-old Finn Connelly finds common ground with his late firefighter father in Kate Messner’s new verse novel.

Gorgeous review of a brilliant book. @katemessner.com @nytimes.com @mattdelapena.bsky.social

02.05.2025 16:40 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

What a whirlwind! Two weeks on the road presenting HOME with Loren Long. We loved every school and every reader we met along the way!

26.03.2025 23:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

HOME by Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Loren Long cover image with description

Happy #BookBirthday to HOME (& the Spanish edition, HOGAR)! A deeply moving ode to the places we feel safe, loved, and true to ourselves—wherever they might be from the award-winning team that brought you LOVE, @mattdelapena.bsky.social & Loren Long.

⭐️"Simply divine.” — Kirkus Reviews

11.03.2025 12:45 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

HOME (illustrated by the great Loren Long) drops March 11!

27.02.2025 15:51 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Happy Valentine's Day!!

14.02.2025 19:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In the next two weeks, I will be talking with authors @mattdelapena.bsky.social, @caroleweatherford.bsky.social, @teresarobeson.bsky.social, and @stuartgibbs.bsky.social for the #podcast.

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Teresa 2/6
Matt 2/9
Carole 2/18.
Stuart 2/25.

06.02.2025 01:49 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Thrilled to share that HOME, my new collab with Loren Long, comes out March 11! We’re so proud of this book, and in March we’ll be going on a long tour (details to come).

In the meantime, it would mean the world to us if you’d consider pre-ordering the book now! Thank you for all your support!

15.01.2025 17:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hope you like it!

03.12.2024 18:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes!

26.11.2024 15:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Think about writing and mentor texts @mattdelapena.bsky.social we want to think about affirmation and identity. Raise awareness and authorship too. Is it represented if another world lived experience. #EduSky

26.11.2024 15:00 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

First two reviews are in for HOME -- both stars! 🙏

25.11.2024 18:12 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0