Expert Review: One Tiny Bubble

Expert Review: One Tiny Bubble

by | Jun 7, 2022 | Book News

What do you do when your fantastic editor, Stacey Roderick of Owlkids Books, asks you for photo references of a one-celled life-form that lived over 3.5 billion years ago? You turn to an expert.

I’d like to thank Dr. William F. Martin of the Institute of Molecular Evolution at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf for generously sharing his time and expertise to review the text and advise me when I needed to provide photo references for LUCA – our Last Universal Common Ancestor. LUCA is the one-and-only organism that every living being on Earth can be traced back to. It’s also the subject of One Tiny Bubble – my upcoming picture book with illustrator Dawn Lo, published by Owlkids Books.

Dr. Martin was also generous enough to provide an expert review of the finished book. Here’s what he had to say:

I can’t wait to share LUCA’s inspirational story and Dawn’s vibrant illustrations with our whole Earth family in September.

Happy World Read Aloud Day!

Happy World Read Aloud Day!

by | Feb 2, 2022 | Presentation News

Happy World Read Aloud Day! Today, I’ll be visiting virtually with grade 3 classes at Claremont Elementary School in Ossining, New York, to share my picture book Sour Cakes.

For everyone else, here’s a link to a video I made for another World Read Aloud Day. You can listen to me read from my novel Bog, which won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for Canada in 2015. In Bog, a cave troll with a grudge against humans is forced to confront his own prejudice when he embarks on a quest into human territory. Read on!

Cover Reveal: One Tiny Bubble

Cover Reveal: One Tiny Bubble

by | Feb 1, 2022 | Book News

It’s cover reveal day! I’m thrilled to share the cover of One Tiny Bubble! This nonfiction picture book is gorgeously illustrated by Dawn Lo, written by me, and published by Owlkids Books! It’s available for pre-sale now and coming to a bookstore near you in September 2022.

One Tiny Bubble is the true story of LUCA - our Last Universal Common Ancestor. Over 3.5 billion years ago, a few ingredients bubbled together to create LUCA. No big deal? Think again! This one-celled being, which was tinier than a cupcake sprinkle, triggered mighty changes on our planet. You and every unique life-form now on Earth share­­ this one relative, making us all part of one LUCA family.

Grounded in science, One Tiny Bubble is a poetic reminder of our fundamental connection to the extraordinary life around us, and perhaps, among the stars.

Dawn and I can’t wait to share this book with readers in the Fall!