The following photos are the most recent photos on my Instagram feed. If you follow me, you'll see books (lots of them), my pets (all five of them), and the things I'm doing around town (some of them). Keep in touch by following me at @KarinaIsReadingAndWriting !

✨Cover Reveal Day!✨ Here it is, the final book cover in the Vanderbeekers series! The jacket art is by the supremely talented and lovely @katyalonghiillustrator with gorgeous book design by Julia Tyler at @harperkids. Huge thanks to my fantastic edit
Nearly sixty responses are going out to readers who wrote to me! These letters are heading to: California, Utah, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Washington, Illinois, Colorado, New Jersey, Kentucky, Oregon, Georgia, Alabama, Pennsylvania, New York, Kansas,
Happy May, and Happy AAPI Month! I’m thrilled to be a part of two AAPI events this month. One is tomorrow at 1pm at the Westport Library, hosted by @aapiwestport in Westport, CT. The other is a virtual panel with fellow authors @wendyshangbooks
It was an honor to be @bankstreetschoolforchildren ‘s 2023 Dorothy Carter Writer-in-Resident! (Can you find me in this picture? It’s like Where’s Waldo!) I spent the past month doing multiple writing sessions with the 9/10s, and the
My fifth half marathon and a PR! There’s always a moment halfway through when I think to myself, “I can just veer out of the park, head to the subway, and be home in twenty minutes.” But I kept at it with the help of the @funnygirlb
Barnes and Noble is holding it’s 25% off preorder sale, and what great timing because 🎶A DUET FOR HOME🎶 paperbacks are coming next month! Lalo thinks this is a great deal! 👍🏼 Use promo code PREORDER25 when you check out. Link in profile!
I got a chance to see a screening of ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET. last night, and it was such a beautifully made movie with a fantastic cast (and a Judy Blume cameo!), wonderful music, and that cool 1970s aesthetic. As a mom to teen k
I learned something new today! The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street has sold over a quarter of a million copies! I am so grateful to everyone who has read and shared and reviewed and recommended this book. Thank you thank you thank you! ❤️💕✨ Also I kno
We are in the final editing stages of the last Vanderbeekers book. Last week I read the entire book out loud to my younger kiddo, who was four-and-three-quarters when I started writing The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street. Now Lina is thirteen. 😳 It wa
The writer and her dog in their natural habitat, aka the writer is drafting a new book and doesn’t move from this armchair for hours at a time while her dog patiently awaits the next snack break. 💕 Thanks for the photo, @kaela.the.violin.kid
It is always such a JOY to spend time with these remarkable women! Thank you Linda Sue Park (who gave me my first blurb for the Vanderbeekers - her generosity to new writers is ASTOUNDING), @pacylin (who paved a way for so many with her remarkable st
Look at this beautiful brownstone paint palette that @miriammakespots made me!!! I am so touched by this gorgeous and thoughtful gift! 😍😍😍
I absolutely love @kazoomagazine and was honored to contribute another short story for them for their March 2023 issue. I threw all of my favorite things into this story: dogs, Central Park, family time, and the kindness of New Yorkers. And I was so
Such a fun school visit at Austin Elementary yesterday in Coppell, TX! Since Lalo couldn’t come, everyone got one of Lalo’s business cards! Thank you @reallyrosebrock for making this happen and to @nielsenwriter for the generous book dona
Some newly translated Vanderbeeker books to add to the bookshelf! Here’s Norwegian, Polish, and Dutch. Many thanks to the translators and publishers! ❤️ Thank you, @harperkids and @clarkliterary ! 💕
My neighbor is currently in Tokyo, and she spotted the Vanderbeekers at Maruzen Bookstore (which she tells me is the most famous and the biggest bookstore in Japan!). She sent me dozens of photos of the Vanderbeekers from every angle. ❤️ It is always
Lalo is TWO today! He’s surrounded by awesome birthday cards from students at @gordonschool ! Thank you for the birthday wishes! 🐾✨🎂🎈💕
Best sleep spot in our apartment. 💕
After my school visit this morning, I made my way up the street to visit this magical bookstore. ✨
Lots of snail mail going out today! Thanks to everyone who has written to me in the last couple of months. These letters are heading out to Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Arizona, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky,