Al Roker likes me

HOLY COW! What a way to launch our baby. rapunzel's revenge is the latest pick on the Today Show's Al's Book Club for Kids! Today after interviewing Eoin Colfer, they announced that our little sweetie baby is next month's pick. So that means...Dean and I are going. In September. To New York. To be on the Today Show.

AAAAAAHHHHH!

I'm so thrilled. I'm so honored. I'm so happy that this wonderful happiness fell on a book that I share with my cute husband Dean and awesome illustrator Nathan Hale (no relation). In celebration, my publisher has moved up the release date, and so rapunzel's revenge is on sale...NOW! Now now now! Yay!

We put up a rapunzel section on the site, with more to come. This book was such a pleasure to work on, it has already brought us so much joy. And you always worry before a book comes out--"I like it. It's my kind of read. But will anyone else?" And I'll admit with this one I've been especially anxious, because Nathan Hale (no relation) worked so hard on the illustrations, poured so much life and time into this book, I really, really wanted it to pay off for him. To be worthwhile. And now to have such an honor slapped on it even before it's released. I'm ecstatic! Elated! Overflowing with the fruit punch of human kindness!

Also, we're going to NYC next month. To be on the Today Show...

AAAAHHHH!