News: I'll have a table at the Contra Costa Con 5 on Sunday, March 12th in Concord, CA! Come say hi and draw something on my table. There will be books. Whee!

Meanwhile in Antarctica:

Many thanks to my friend Sumalee Montano for shouting out Sloth and Manatee's little tiny theme song this week - you may have seen her on TV in The Lost Symbol and she's currently in Quantum Leap - and many thanks also to my brother for sending me a peaceful photo of his friend's kid enjoying Ocean Adventure. Seeing these characters cruising around out there, and hearing back from you all, makes all the difference in the galaxy. Thank you!

Sloth and Manatee Books:

Yes Yes! A Sloth and Manatee Collection Signed | Bookshop.org
Sloth and Manatee: Ocean Adventure Signed | Bookshop.org

You can always ask your local book shop to order for you! Support indie bookstores.

Sofa Stories is shipping and shipping. Here's where to get the signed/numbered edition! It is so fun to send these out into the world. All over the US plus Canada, Estonia, where next? Also everywhere books are sold, or bug your local bookstore, they'll get it for you!

Liz spent thirty-three years in the public school system. First, as a teacher’s aide for a couple of years; then a substitute social studies and English teacher traveling all over the district for a few years; then settling in as a 7th grade English teacher at McKinley Junior High for a decade; and finally Assistant Principal at the same place until her retirement last year. Along the way, she'd gone from a nervous, tentative, dare-she-say even scared teaching college grad to a confident, mature woman who could de-escalate the rowdiest of situations with both students and parents. And yet, sitting here, at age 65, ready to introduce herself to her siblings as Liz, was the first time she understood what it was like to feel fierce.
- from Sofa Stories

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May you meet a friendly penguin, may you find something great at the local bookstore, won't you be my neighbor?

- Betsy

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