JORDAN J. SCAVONE

Children's Author

The Kissing Hand
By Audrey Penn

If this is the first you're ever hearing about The Kissing Hand then you need to get and read this book as soon as you are able. This is one of the books that I personally believe should be in every child's personal library, should be in every classroom, and should be accessible to all people with children. The book follows Chester Raccoon and how he ...

The Family Book
By Todd Parr

If you aren't reading Todd Parr's books you need to change that right away, his books are amazing, and The Family Book is probably my favorite of his books. The book is simple yet complex in the writing and images. Todd covers so many different types of families from big and small, to same-sex, adoption, colors, and more. But it isn't even that th...

Alma and How She Got Her Name
By Juana Martinez-Neal

This book is gorgeous, I love the images, the story, and the message it sends. Starting off this book was a Caldecott Honor in 2019 and while Hello Lighthouse the 2019 winner of the Caldecott is a gorgeous book, I was surprised that Juana Martinez-Neal didn't take home the main award, but having it be an honor was at the very leas...

Harrison P. Spader, Personal Space Invader
Words by Christianne Jones
Pictures by Cale Atkinson

We recently picked up this book in my classroom to read with the toddlers and infants I am teaching as a way to explore the concept of personal space. We have a few kids who are very in your face kind of kids, always want to be on teacher laps, c...

The Pout-Pout Fish
Written by Deborah Diesen
Illustrated by Dan Hanna

For my first post, I wanted to do a book that I truly love by an author that I am proud to call my friend. Not only do I love this book, but I adore Deb, we have done events together, I ask her for advice, she is a Michigan author like me so seeing her success is truly a huge inspira...

This next interview is super exciting for me. I got to talk with Kristin Bartley Lenz about her book The Art of Holding on and Letting Go which if you have not had the chance to check out you really need to. I've listened to the audio book, and read the actual book, and both options are wonderful, I recommend doing either! Check out this interview and check out Kristin's book!

Life Update!

Hello everyone! I am sorry that there have not been any blog posts since the first! I was planning to do a huge post about going to Motor City Comic Con, then a huge post about my new book The Mud Princess coming out on Amazon....but then...I had an appendectomy. Went in to the ER with sharp stomach pain and within several hours I was out cold and having surge...

I am excited to introduce my brand-new blog, The Might-E Heroes Club! I am so excited to announce that my first interviewee on the blog is my friend Paul Bauer, aka Small Sounds! I had the pleasure of meeting Paul in 2015 at the first event I ever took Might-E to table. Paul was only a few spaces down from me, and I was entranced by his music, and the way that the kids just gravitated to him! When I was tossing around if I wanted to do this blog, I knew ...