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Pennsylvania One Book Welcomes Arlo
On Thursday, April 10, 2025, NYT bestselling author/illustrator Rob Sayegh, Jr. and I teamed up and shared our book ARLO DRAWS AN OCTOPUS...
Lori Mortensen
Apr 15
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Pennsylvania One Book
Arlo, Octopus and I are thrilled up to our eyebrows that Pennsylvania has selected my picture book ARLO DRAWS AN OCTOPUS, illustrated by...
Lori Mortensen
Jan 9
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Buzzing with Excitement at PS 174 in NY
We connected on Twitter and before you knew it, I was invited to share my nonfiction, rhyming picture book IN THE TREES, HONEY BEES! in a...
Lori Mortensen
May 28, 2024
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Octopus Storytime
It was a day for Octopuses! On May 22, 2024, I joined Cameron Park Library's Octopus Storytime by signing books, reading my picture book...
Lori Mortensen
May 26, 2024
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Bookshelf Brilliance with Sherri Rinker and Face in a Book
November was a great month for bookshelf celebrations. On November 20 I was a featured guest on Instagram LIVE with Goodnight...
Lori Mortensen
Nov 27, 2023
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Three Favorite Reads of 2023
I read a lot of books. When I'm not working on my own writing projects, I'm reading something from a stack of books I've checked out from...
Lori Mortensen
Nov 1, 2023
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SCBWI Spring Spirit PAL Panel
Whether they're virtual or in person, SCBWI Spring Spirit conferences for the North/Central California region are always a hit for the...
Lori Mortensen
May 8, 2023
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Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day at Ruby's Bookstore
It was a great day and the sun was out—along with me and four other fabulous children's authors (Rachel Cabalse, Erin Dealey, Jocelyn...
Lori Mortensen
May 5, 2023
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Storytime with Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream
It was storytime for 21 schools in California and Hawaii and I was delighted to read my book, ARLO DRAWS AN OCTOPUS to excited young...
Lori Mortensen
Mar 26, 2023
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Cookies, Cocoa, and Four Great Authors
What could be better? On December 10, 2022, four great writing friends—Erin Dealey, Lisa Frenkel Riddiough, and Jocelyn Watkinson—came...
Lori Mortensen
Dec 14, 2022
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Storytime at Folsom Library
After the many months of shutdown, I was delighted to join Folsom Library's Sorytime where I read two of my favorite picture books, ARLO...
Lori Mortensen
Nov 20, 2022
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Arlo Goes to Ruby's Bookstore
After two long years of COVID shut downs, it was great to share my picture book ARLO DRAWS AN OCTOPUS at Ruby's Bookstore in Folsom, CA,...
Lori Mortensen
May 31, 2022
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Women's History Month Story Time at Belmont Books
Daring explorer Isabella Bird certainly gets around. Today, I was delighted to read my picture book biography, Away with Words, The...
Lori Mortensen
Mar 26, 2022
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New in Paperback!
After her 2019 Peachtree release, Isabella Bird is hot off the press in paperback. Hooray! Eagle-eyed readers, much like Isabella...
Lori Mortensen
Jan 16, 2022
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Spanish Nonsense!
Muy bueno! I was delighted when I discovered that my picture book biography, NONSENSE! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey, would be...
Lori Mortensen
Jul 24, 2021
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ARLO Makes a Splash at Face in a Book
After weeks of anticipation, the Octopus Book Signing Party arrived with a SPLASH on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Weeks ahead of the event,...
Lori Mortensen
May 16, 2021
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It's an Octopus Book Launch with Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore
After a boat load of anticipation, ARLO DRAWS AN OCTOPUS, hit the bookshelves with a SPLASH on May 4, 2021! Hooray! To celebrate,...
Lori Mortensen
May 9, 2021
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Arlo Draws an Octopus
The word is out! My new picture book, Arlo Draws an Octopus, illustrated by terrific Rob Sayegh Jr., is scheduled to be released by...
Lori Mortensen
Aug 11, 2020
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Nonsense with Buttons & Figs
Several months before NONSENSE! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey was released, Pamela from the popular Buttons & Figs podcast contacted...
Lori Mortensen
Apr 2, 2020
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Lori Mortensen
Mar 10, 2020
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