tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348505170059777632024-03-19T02:48:26.044-06:00Jolene Writes. . .I'm a children's librarian and author of kidlit books. I've written Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp (2025), Mamiachi and Me (2025), The Ofrenda That We Built (2024), If This Puddle Could Talk (2024), Too Much! An Overwhelming Day (2023), Bionic Beasts: Saving Animal Lives with Artificial Flippers, Legs, and Beaks (2020), and Mac and Cheese and the Personal Space Invader (2020). I'm represented by agent Kaitlyn Sanchez of Bradford Literary.Jolene Gutiérrezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074647966788702252noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334850517005977763.post-44229796177467120702020-01-18T14:02:00.040-07:002024-01-16T14:20:52.190-07:00Welcome!<h2>
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;">Thank you so much for visiting my site! I write books for kids and am represented by <a href="https://kaitlynleannsanchez.com/" target="_blank">Kaitlyn Sanchez</a> at <a href="https://bradfordlit.com/" target="_blank">Bradford Literary Agency</a>. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;">My new book, <i>Too Much! An Overwhelming Day</i>, illustrated by Angel Chang, is out from Abrams! You can order a personalized copy AND support an independent bookstore <a href="https://secondstartotherightbooks.com/book/9781419764264" target="_blank">here</a>--just put a note about how you'd like it personalized in the "checkout comments" part of your order.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpMjW0Bx4xqtMBw4V0JqcaENlXurkOlS1CxDXeSVwB_UwmTcFlvLUim66cG_jPQApkFpAlq1vUAVUcxB2JxQdVfZYkoAPsMHW1ZEjNSFMkLDZudQOaZeX57kjiFNxosp5gehPlObDE69FBBpg3E2Mvd2BX-dsrRmrjeWLfcPBdPten-tNVvVS1MGiAA/s1000/TOO%20MUCH%20final%20cover%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpMjW0Bx4xqtMBw4V0JqcaENlXurkOlS1CxDXeSVwB_UwmTcFlvLUim66cG_jPQApkFpAlq1vUAVUcxB2JxQdVfZYkoAPsMHW1ZEjNSFMkLDZudQOaZeX57kjiFNxosp5gehPlObDE69FBBpg3E2Mvd2BX-dsrRmrjeWLfcPBdPten-tNVvVS1MGiAA/s320/TOO%20MUCH%20final%20cover%20art.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;">I've written a nonfiction middle grade book, <i>Bionic Beasts: Saving Animal Lives with Artificial Flippers, Legs, and Beaks</i>, published by Lerner/Millbrook Press. </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;">My editor and I worked very hard to tell the stories of animals who have been helped by technology and the people who helped them. I'm so excited to share their stories with you! </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/14500/9781541589407" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Order</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;">your copy to learn more.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0J3eN3ku3RpoRAODlLfuN247RXCq4v-rHIZQJwFcuTWMIPY4rZo-hi2XTNM5VU1NdpZ_n119O0NDTKpBCOMoEo5i3x2ZghgyqBO1Jf2oILsfPSm5hjKD7Wm46_Smir6Ywk55SCc4oy74/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-03-29+at+1.08.44+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="449" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0J3eN3ku3RpoRAODlLfuN247RXCq4v-rHIZQJwFcuTWMIPY4rZo-hi2XTNM5VU1NdpZ_n119O0NDTKpBCOMoEo5i3x2ZghgyqBO1Jf2oILsfPSm5hjKD7Wm46_Smir6Ywk55SCc4oy74/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-03-29+at+1.08.44+PM.png" width="260" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;">My picture book <i>Mac and Cheese</i> </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;"><i>and the Personal Space Invader</i>, illustrated by Heather Bell, was published by Clear Fork/Spork. </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;">In <i>Mac and Cheese and the Personal Space Invader</i>, Oliver hopes he can learn to be a good friend by observing how guinea pig friends Mac and Cheese interact. Snuggling might be OK for guinea pigs, but Oliver’s classmates don’t like him getting in their personal space bubbles. Will Oliver ever stop being a personal space invader? <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/writerjolene" style="color: #741b47; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Order</a> your copy and find out!</span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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