@katemilford
Author of fantasy and mystery for young readers, writing from Brooklyn, NY, and Creve Coeur, Nagspeake. The most recent Greenglass House story, THE RACONTEUR'S COMMONPLACE BOOK, is out now in paperback.
Frog tries to spur Toad into cleaning his house, kinda in a passive-aggressive way if you ask me. Toad hides under the covers. From "Tomorrow" In *Days with Frog and Toad*
“Toad,” said Frog, “your pants and jacket are lying on the floor.”
“Tomorrow,” said Toad from under the covers.
Free stickers in exchange for gossip
My booth, 23003 ECCC
Same floor as artist alley
Gimmie your best
I saw that and I knew exactly to whom it absolutely had to belong
All those boat centerfolds 😜
I KNOW THAT SCENE YOU ARE SOOO CLOOOOOOOSSSSSE 💚💚💚💚💚
You have NO IDEA how cool Lucy's work on this book is. NO IDEA
Writing a wacky sitcom about the one busboy at Mar-a-Lago who isn't on the payroll of a foreign intelligence service
A hand of 12 ordinary playing cards, all face down, with a variety of back designs ranging from vanilla Hoyle's to 1970s damsels and possibly one Loteria card... wait, and one Magic the Gathering card. How did that get in there?
Half a dozen times each year, someone asks if I would consider selling the bookshop.
I always politely decline, but here's the secret reason:
I have found 12 different playing cards tucked in various newly purchased books.
When I find the other 40, I will know it is time to retire.
Does anybody else just discover that they have an internal Mamdani mental voice they previously didn’t know about?
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Bay Arabian horse appears proud of a few purple smears on paper
Same thing but with more nostril
reskeet my son with his first painting for good fortune in all your artistic endeavors this week
A avalanche of rocks comes tumbling down the mountain, threatening the lives of the very brave Frog and very brave Toad. From "Dragons and Giants" In *Frog and Toad Together*
They climbed higher, and they heard a loud noise. Many large stones were rolling down the mountain.
NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.
Mamdani's videos should be a model for other mayors; disaster preparedness requires mass communication; Mamdani's finding new ways to get emergency messages out. that's good!
Kickstarter for TEMERAIRE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME by Magpie Games opens tomorrow (Feb 24)!
Visit www.kickstarter.com/.../temerair.... for details, or get the Quickstart now - a playable mission called "A Minuet of Dragons" at magpiegames.com/pages/temera...
zohran increased the number of snow shovelers from 500 to 1,400 for this blizzard, paying them $30/hour to shovel sidewalks with at least a four-foot berth so that wheelchairs and strollers can get through. he didn't overhaul city government to do it, he just used the power given to him and did it!
I don't want to hear how powerless you are.
I want to hear about how you are turning over every last statute to find every piece of power you have and leveraging it to flip the tables. That is what ordinary Americans are doing every day: using whistles and love to try to help their neighbors.
O CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons
JANUARY is a postcard-writing game about two artists living ordinary lives over five decades, in a world besieged by giant kaiju.
By Indiecade-winning, Ennie-nommed game designer and artist Shing Yin Khor, in collaboration w/ illustrator Jared Andrew Schorr.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
“Now we have no more cookies to eat,” said Toad sadly. “Not even one.”
“Yes,” said Frog, “but we have lots and lots of will power.”
“You may keep it all, Frog,” said Toad. “I am going home now to bake a cake.”
You ever think to yourself how lucky kids are today that they're not likely to be traumatized by the Watership Down animated movie and want to fix that
The 2026 Outstanding International Books List from @usbby.bsky.social, first presented last month at the New York conference of @scbwi.bsky.social, is now in School Library Journal and available at @slj.com: www.slj.com/story/usbby-... #kidlit #worldkidlit #BookIndustryNews
My calendar says April 4, but is every day not Rex Manning Day in our hearts?
A book cover featuring a gorgeous winged leopard in front of a fantastical theme park background. The title is RIALTO.
Hey, friends! RIALTO events are coming together for April and beyond. Have you signed up for my newsletter? The first dispatch is coming soon! Subscribe for free to Postcards from the Roaming World:
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Say cheese . . .
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(yeah it's real)
A brown field mouse looks on, eager to see Toad. From "A Swim" In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*
“Me too,” said a field mouse. “I have not seen anything funny in a long time.”
Bari Weiss, meet Barbra Streisand.
This is a beautiful essay, and exactly what I needed to read today.
Toad dances on the stage, a marvelous performer. From "The Dream" In *Frog and Toad Together*
“Frog, can you be as wonderful as this?” said Toad as he danced all over the stage.
There was no answer.
