What can you use in the classroom?
- Teacher’s guide: a lesson plan with read-aloud questions, vocabulary and activities for ages 4–6.
- Free activity sheet: five printable activities: draw what Finch saw, practice a brave breath and more.
- First day of school read-aloud: how to use the story in the first week, when everything is new.
- Hispanic Heritage Month: a picture book by a Puerto Rican author for your September and October read-alouds.
- School visits: invite me to read with your students and talk about how a picture book is made.
What can you use at home?
- Parent’s guide: gentle ways to talk with a shy or worried child about the story.
- Books about courage for shy kids: read-alouds for kids who are scared of new things.
- Books about change for preschoolers: for new siblings, moves, new schools and other big changes.
Which coloring pages are free?
Eight pages from my coloring book, The Adventures of Finch. Each one has its own page with a question to ask while you color. Get all eight in one PDF on the free coloring pages page, or subscribe for a new page every month.
Where can you see how the book was made?
- How Finch was born: from a dream to the final blue bird, with my early sketches.
- Finishing The Bird in the Egg: the covers, the book trailer and Finch’s animation tests.
- Why an architect makes picture books: how designing buildings shaped the way I design pages.
Are you a librarian, blogger or journalist?
The press kit has a short bio, downloadable cover and author images, the book’s details and the awards. For anything else, write to me.