If you’ll be at the MLA Conference, I look forward to connecting!

I’ll be part of an author panel Friday morning, and available for visiting and book sales afterward.

More info on the conference HERE

All aboard the Storytime Trolley! Join me for a fun trolley ride around scenic Stillwater featuring a fun and lively story time. Enjoy 20% off a children’s book at Valley Bookseller when we return to the book store!

This is such a fun event and a highlight of my (late) summer!

Join me on the field at CHS Field before the start of the St. Paul Saints baseball game!

Kids and families are welcome onto the field for story time with me and a St. Paul Saints player!

Thanks to Mackin for sponsoring Reading Tree and connecting authors and their books with families at games every summer.

Please join me at Wild Rumpus Books for a story time to celebrate my new picture book, IT'S TACO KNIGHT!, illustrated by Estrela Lourenco!

THEN...stay for tacos! The Fiesta Mexicana food truck will be on site from 11am-1pm, right outside the bookstore.

TACO KNIGHT + TACO TRUCK! What could be better?!

Hope to see you there!

Additional details HERE

It’s a book launch party for IT’S TACO KNIGHT!

Please join me and my friends at Red Balloon Bookshop to celebrate my new picture book illustrated by Estrela Lourenco!

Come for story time, an activity, and celebration of our favorite Dinner Knights. This party is for kids of all ages!

Additional details HERE

Join me for story time at the fabulous Fox Den Used Books in River Falls, WI!

This will be the first public reading of my new book, IT’S TACO KNIGHT!, illustrated by Estrela Lourenco!

Come for a story and activity! I look forward to reading and visiting with kids and families, talking about our favorite Dinner Knights and generally having a ball! Come join us!

Join me and illustrator Micah Player along with our host, Wild Rumpus Books, for a virtual Book Launch Party to celebrate NOT ENOUGH LOLLIPOPS! Micah and I will read and draw and talk about about how this sweet book came together. Join us!

Event is free but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

For those feeling comfortable with an in-person event, join me at Lake Monster Brewing for a Book Launch Party! We’ll read and celebrate NOT ENOUGH LOLLIPOPS and enjoy music from The 4 Tones jazz band.

Red Balloon Bookshop will be on site for book sales. Beer, soda, and kombucha will be available at the bar, and a food truck out front if you get hungry!

I’m thrilled to be part of this online event, hosted by Wild Rumpus Books, with fellow picture book author Meg Fleming! We will interview each other about our new books—which are both about heading back to school—and read (of course!), and take some questions, too!

Event is free, but registration is required: megandmegan.brownpapertickets.com

Hope you can join us for what I’m sure will be a fun conversation featuring these new books:

HENRY AT HOME, by Megan Maynor, illustrated by Alea Marley
SOUNDS LIKE SCHOOL SPIRIT, by Meg Fleming, illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Let’s ease back in to in-person events with an evening story time on the patio at Red Balloon Bookshop! I’ll share a bit about the story behind the story of HENRY AT HOME, illustrated by Alea Marley, read the book, answer questions, and share some (individually wrapped) treats!

Bring the kids and come join me!

Please join me and illustrator Eda Kaban for a Virtual Book Launch Party, hosted by Red Balloon Bookshop, to celebrate our new picture book, HELGA MAKES A NAME FOR HERSELF!

We'll tell the saga of how this book came to be, and read together!

Plus, we’ll have a drawing for prizes!

REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/37Zx4Tw

Registration is free, but required. All registered attendees will be sent the link to join the party two days before the event, and on the morning of the event.

Pre-orders through Red Balloon can be personalized and signed by me, then shipped to you! bit.ly/37Zx4Tw

Thank you for all your interest in support. I can't wait for everyone to meet Helga!