Yes, I am still technically on my summer break (hoping to return after Labor Day), but I just HAD to share the news:
We have a book trailer for Tractor Dance!
I am so excited for the world to see my 11th book (wow, it feels really weird saying that!), Tractor Dance (Susan Schadt Press, 2024), which arrives everywhere Oct. 8, 2024.
As night falls on the farm, Tractor and his friends kick up their wheels for a farm-wide hoedown! It's a light-hearted story that merges the worlds of farm equipment with music and dance. From the crickets and frogs to the Seed-Drill Rig and Combine — everyone is invited kick up their heel-- err, wheels!
Illustrated by award-winning illustrator Jen Taylor, Tractor Dance is available for pre-orders now. Learn more at my YouTube channel and then I hope you'll order your copy!
~~ I am booking author visits
for the 2024-2025 school year! ~~
I love chatting with students about creativity, poetry, the writing process, dinsoaurs, and lots of other things! So if you think you might be interested in having me visit your school, please check out all the presentations I offer, then email me at Matt (at) MattForrest (dot) com!
I love chatting with elementary and middle school classes about writing: why poetry is fun to read and write, the importance of revision, and how imagination and creativity can lead to fantastic careers! My presentations are tailored to fit the needs of the classes and students' ages. One day I might be sharing details of how a picture book like Flashlight Night (Astra Young Readers, 2017) was created; the next, I'll be discussing dinosaur breath or crafting origami sea turtles!
Student presentations include:
- The Making of a Picture Book
- How a Child Saved a Book
- "Once Upon Another Time"
- The Most Important Thing about Writing Poetry
- "I Am Today"
- "A Beginner's Guide to Being Human"
- "Everybody Counts: Counting to 10 in Twelve Languages"
Adult presentations include:
- The Making of a Picture Book
- The Most Important Thing about Writing Poetry
- Free Yourself with Free Verse
- Tight Language, Loose Narratives: Crafting a Non-Traditional Picture Book
- The Journey of a Children's Author
Learn more at MattForrest.com!
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Arriving Oct. 8, 2024!
Pre-orders are available - just click the cover!
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I'm now on BOOKSHOP!
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I'm also very happy to be part of the BOOKROO family!
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Ordering personalized signed copies online? Oh, yes, you can!
You can purchase personally-signed copies of Flashlight Night, (Astra Young Readers, 2017), Don't Ask a Dinosaur (Pow! Kids Books, 2018), and nearly EVERY book or anthology I've been part of!
Click here to view all my books and to order!
Just click the cover of whichever book you want and send a comment to the good folks at MainStreet BookEnds in Warner, NH requesting my signature and to whom I should make it out. (alternatively, you can log onto my website and do the same thing) They'll contact me, I'll stop by and sign it, and then they'll ship it! (Plus, you'll be supporting your local bookseller – and won't that make you feel good?)
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