Welcome to my new website and blog! Beginning in September, I will be posting a photograph of a landform somewhere in the world on the first Wednesday of each month. Do you know where this mountain range is? Have you traveled there? This is just a preview, but I'd love to hear from you! I am very excited about my newest book AWESOME EARTH: Concrete Poems Celebrate Caves, Canyons, and Other Fascinating Landforms and eager to share some awesome places with you. What is the most awesome place you have ever visited? Where do you hope to go someday?
AWESOME EARTH debuted on Feb. 18, 2025, and some wonderful authors kindly helped me introduce this new book on my week-long Blog/Media Tour. If you missed it, here are links so you can take the tour now:
AWESOME EARTH -- BLOG/MEDIA TOUR, Feb. 17 – Feb. 21— Pub Date: Feb. 18, 2025
Monday, Feb. 17-- Poetry for Children -- Dr. Sylvia Vardell, Professor Emerita, Texas Woman's University, Past President of IBBY, author, and publisher, a look behind-the-scenes: https://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/2025/02/
Tuesday, Feb. 18 – Georgia Heard, poet, educator, author, and inventor of Heart Maps ®, 2023 NCTE Excellence in Poetry for Children Award. Posted on Facebook, Instagram, and for Earth Day. You can find her comments in the "Reviews" on the Awesome Earth feature page.
Wednesday, Feb. 19-- Simply 7 Interviews -- Jena Benton Lasley, Alaska SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator, author-illustrator, poet, teacher; interview, plus giveaway: https://jenabenton.com/2025/02/19/simply-7-with-joan-bransfield-graham-giveaway-awesome-earth/
Thursday, Feb. 20-- The Miss Rumphius Effect -- Dr. Patricia M. Stohr-Hunt, Chair, Education Dept., University of Richmond, VA; President, VA Association of College and Teacher Educators (VACTE): https://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2025/02/ Scroll down to Feb. 20.
Friday, Feb. 21-- Jama's Alphabet Soup — Jama Kim Rattigan, Virginia-based author, blogger, foodie, alphabet lover, picture book nerd; review of book, recipe, plus giveaway: https://jamarattigan.com/2025/02/21/review-recipe-giveaway-awesome-earth-by-joan-bransfield-graham-and-tania-garcia/