Dueling narrators describe the best & worst camping trip ever, from traveling like pirates with a broken GPS to lunch at a bait shop thanks to a campsite-wrecking bear. *Campingland* meets *Days Like This* in ARE WE THERE YET? where wildly different stories are both true. #PB #HA

It’s hard to stay mentally in Halloween when you sing in a choir rehearsing for Christmas. My brain is celebrating three months at once.

Day 162 #365PictureBooks TOAD ON THE GO Jashar Awan Toad is back on the road! He’s always ready to help others but not sure how to handle mishaps when they happen to him. Fun, story-packed early reader picture book. #kidlit

Found a model for Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider. 🕷️ On the job night and day!

Obsessed with spider webs these days. Sunset view.

Oooo! A little Monday morning palette inspiration.

Monday morning view. Have a great day!

Day 161 #365PictureBooks EXCA-GATOR! Brooke Hartman & Michael Slack This go-getter gator has serious skills! But sometimes he forgets the rest of his crew does, too. Fun rhyming story filled with construction action. #kidlit

Tiny glimpse of October when the morning sun hits just right. 🕸️

Chai back at ya!

Are therapy piglets & puppies a thing? Had a dream last night that someone brought a passel of both to my office and they were adorable!🥰 Someone please make this happen. 🐷 🐶

Day 160 #365PictureBooks MURRAY’S HOWL-O-WEEN E.G. Keller Murray is such a good boy. But the city pup doesn’t know what to do when his family’s fall road trip brings so many unfamiliar smells, snacks & scares. #kidlit

It’s pub day for my little story! I apologize. It should come with a Kleenex warning.⚠️ But grateful to share a bit of faith, hope and love with parents like me who have stood on the cliff of a difficult diagnosis for their child. @ChickenSoupSoul

My favorite October activity is finding old pictures of my youngest with pumpkins. 🎃 🥰 #redheads

Day 159 #365PictureBooks DEBUG THIS BOOK Omar Abed & Julie Rowan-Zoch Call an exterminator! Text the computer programmer! Grover’s 4th-wall-breaking classic meets coding in a funny, interactive story as a child needs help to save his story from a software glitch. #kidlit

Day 158 #365PictureBooks SCHOOL SPIRITS Charlotte Gunnufson & Rebecca Crane Back-to-school jitters fly away when kids must work together to get the school’s ghosts under control! A rhyming tale with a cool concept & lots of action. “Boo can do it!” #kidlit

Totally obsessed with Widow’s Bay. It has everything: zombies, haunted inns, spooky fog, witches, small-town politics and fantastic quirky characters.

Had an excellent balloon day! 🎉 Time for a little (literally) cake.

Day 157 #365PictureBooks THE STUFFIE STAND Maddie Frost When Moose’s new stuffie shop gets a bit too popular, he refuses help. But overworked noodle arms cause him to confront his pride, the quality of his products & the possibility of a unlikely partnership. #kidlit

Today, my son went to meet his girlfriend’s mom with a plate of chocolate fudge he made himself. This may be my proudest moment as a parent! 😃👍