Award-Winning Picture Book Author

I'm the author of eight picture books including Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!, a 2016 ALA Notable Book. Other popular books include Ten Tiny Toes, Three Grumpy Trucks, and the forthcoming Naughty Ninja Takes a Bath and Library Books Are Not For Eating. I have been fortunate to work with esteemed illustrators including Marc Brown (creator of Arthur books and TV series), Guy Parker-Rees (Giraffes Can't Dance), and Caldecott Honoree John Rocco (Blackout). My books have been featured in the New York Times; included on Best Books of the Year lists by Huffington Post, Chicago Public Library, and Bank Street College; and translated into Chinese, German, Italian, and Danish.

Things I love:

• Dogs (even when they pee on the floor)
• Babies (even when they cry on airplanes)
• Toddlers (especially when they misbehave)
• Waterparks
• Milkshakes
• Summertime
• Writing books
• Colorado (where I grew up)
• New York City (where I live)
• My family (most of all)