It's been a month (plus a few days, because what is time) since How to Be a Pirate came out. The book hit #10 on the National Indie Bestsellers list and honestly @missbrigetteb and I couldn't ask for anything more. BIG thanks to @bloomsburykids and everyone who bought a copy.

If you are a parent with a child who needs 14 minutes of distraction, or if it is you who needs 14 minutes of distraction, here’s a video of me reading How to Be a Pirate in its entirety:

Also, @missbrigetteb has created coloring pages from How to Be a Pirate and made them available for free. Just print ‘em out and go nuts (again, good for kids ages 0-100)!: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1htqQ0ZhTInpnRsFPDpeZdhPHtuFBetlL

Bestselling children’s book author wasn’t on my Things I Ever Expected to Happen to Me bingo card but here we are. Which reminds me! If you want to buy a copy of the book for yourself I recommend you do so through your local/favorite independent bookshop: https://bookshop.org/books/how-to-be-a-pirate/9781681197784