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Welcome, educators! Now is the perfect time to book Lisl to visit your school, library, or bookstore. Lisl also enjoys speaking at conferences.
Click on the Events/Visits page for more details.

Lisl's picture books TIME FOR CRANBERRIES and IF YOU HAD A JETPACK are available now in hardcover and ebook for your Nook, Kindle, or iBook devices. RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE is also now available in hardcover. To get a signed copies or meet the author, please visit the Events/Visits page for more details.

IF YOU HAD A JETPACK
(2018, Penguin Random House/Knopf) has been named a Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year!

​Blast off to out-of-this-world illustrator Linzie Hunter's website here and Instagram here. Want to make your very own jetpack? Click on the image below to download a file with photos and step-by-step instructions!

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DIVE IN ON MAY 14, 2019:
​Not sure what to expect at swim​ming lessons? Grab your goggles and head to the pool for  1, 2, 3, JUMP! (Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press), illustrated by the splash-tastic Madeline Valentine! Swim over to her website here. Available for preorder online now or from your favorite bookstore.
RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE (Feeding Minds Press' launch title) has been named the 2019 American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Book of the Year! Check out illustrator Renée Kurilla's website here.

Stay tuned: Lisl has more books on the way soon, including ON THE GO AWESOME, to be illustrated by the (awesome!) Robert Neubecker and scheduled to launch fall of 2020 from Penguin Random House/Knopf.

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Last updated: April 26, 2019.