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“Two Birds and a Moose” Named JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION

August 21, 2024 / / No comments

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Good news! I’m pleased to see that my new book, Two Birds and a Moose, illustrated by Abigail Burch, has been named a Junior Library Guild Selection.
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Those folks at JLG have been amazingly generous toward my books, as this is the 5th time I’ve been so honored, including: Bystander, The Courage Test, Blood Mountain, and Upstander.
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Honestly, I’m impossible to live with these days.
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Thanks so much, JLG!
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Two Birds comes out in 6 days. It’s a simple little story — so don’t get your hopes too high. Although, come to think of it, maybe the message of this story is quite the opposite.
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Hope away!
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Coming Soon: TWO BIRDS . . . AND A MOOSE!

July 11, 2024 / / No comments

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I love an aspirational moose, don’t you?

A dreamer, a seeker, a striver who will not give up.

He’s the star of Two Birds . . . and a Moose, coming August 27th from Simon & Schuster. 

It’s a Level 1 “Ready to Read” book, just right for emerging readers.

You can pre-order it now via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your favorite local bookstore. 

And, yes, there will be more books featuring Moose to come. 

Illustrated by Abigail Burch, written by me, James Preller.

Thank you for your support.

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GOOD NEWS: Coming in August, My First “Easy-to-Read” in 30 Years!

February 19, 2024 / / No comments

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Coming in August, this aspirational moose!

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This sweet little book, wonderfully illustrated by Abigail Burch, is my first easy-to-read since WAKE ME IN SPRING and HICCUPS FOR ELEPHANT (both sold over 1 million copies and both are out of print). Published those two 30 years ago. It was time.

I like this moose. 

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COMING SOON: Two Birds and a Moose!

January 9, 2024 / / No comments

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SNEAK PEEK: It’s nice to have something coming out for the youngest readers that promotes violence. Ha-ha. I mean, a Looney Tunes-inspired brand of violence. And not much of that, actually. But, yes, here comes a new book.
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Thirty years ago I wrote two very successful easy-to-read titles, Wake Me In Spring and Hiccups for Elephant. I still meet people who remember those books fondly. Both sold about 1.5 million copies. Long out of print. Try as I might, I couldn’t get a third one published and eventually gave up, moved in a different direction.
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So, yeah, it’s time.
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I’m very much looking forward to the arrival this fall of Two Birds and a Moose (Simon & Schuster). It’s part of S & S’s “Ready-to-Read” line, level 1. 
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Rough sketch by the talented Abigail Burch.
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By the way, I also have a new middle-grade novel coming out at around the same time, Shaken (Macmillan, Fall, 2024). It centers around a 7th-grade girl, Kristy Barrett, who is a soccer player with Division 1 dreams. Early in the book, Kristy suffers a severe concussion with lasting effects. Forced to give up the game she loves, Kristy experiences stress, anxiety, self-doubt, panic attacks  — and eventually goes on to spend time in the care of a therapist. Two therapists, actually. And a couple of new friends. The book is about how Kristy navigates this challenging time in her life. More on that, another day. 
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