Current & Future Titles from Moonflower Press

Good news! Cicada City: A Bug Club Hotel Story was fully funded on Kickstarter and is going to be a real book near the end of 2021!

As Jaylen, Hyacinth and Sakura learn about cicadas in real life, they create a fantasy city for the abandoned cicada shells they collect, go viral on social media with parental guidance, and organize a fundraiser for their local nature center.

Fun facts and inclusive, imaginative play for kids 3-8.

I Don’t Want to be Scary on Halloween is the heartwarming story of a sweet little opossum who doesn’t want to scare anyone in her costume. Her best friends, Pepper Porcupine and Sassy Skunk are here to help. Now available! In time for Halloween.

Ages 3-8.

Opossums to the Rescue – the thrilling conclusion to the opossum series, is finally here! Fans of Mama Opossum’s Misadventures have been waiting almost a year to find out how Baby Mouse will get back to her family.

Baby Mouse is snuggled in with the opossums – Will you help Mama and the joeys find her family? Compare and contrast with animals they meet! Ages 3-8.
Now available on Amazon and Etsy.
Les opossums à la rescousse is now available too!

Cats & Dogs Make the Best of Friends  – My first book co-staring humans AND animals. Sage and Jaz have been best friends forever. They love all the same things. But what happens when Sage’s family adopts kittens and Jaz’s family brings home a puppy dog?

This sweet new title about friendship is now available in French and English. Ages 3-8.

Mama Opossum’s Misadventures Mama Opossum waddles along looking for breakfast, carrying her 10 babies on her back. When she takes a tumble, each one rolls off in a different direction. Help Mama find her babies, you’ll meet a whole village of other nocturnal animals along the way. Will you help?

The French version – Les mésaventures de Maman Opossum – is now available, too. Spanish is coming soon!

Opossum Opposites A wild new take on opposites from the point of view of an opossum – one of our most common, but least understood backyard animals. Memorable rhymes & impressive facts for kids ages 3-8.

Available in French, English, and Spanish. All three language versions are available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover formats. 

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Opossum Opposites: Fosters Empathy & Environmental Awareness

A rhyming children’s book to introduce opposites while teaching empathy through the lens of a unique & misunderstood animal

This is the front cover of Opossum Opposites. I LOVE the colors, flowers, and sweet faces Aleksandra, my illustrator, created for the cover.

Now Available in English, French or Spanish!

Ever felt misunderstood? We’ve all been in that uncomfortable spot where we thought, “If only they knew the real me, things would be different.”

Opossums deserve an extreme reputation makeover. They’ve been called dumpster divers, disease-ridden trash cats and worse!

They’ve been underappreciated and misunderstood long enough. These lovable, gentle creatures are simply shy, introverted spirits who avoid the spotlight, but as cleaner-uppers, they are essential to our ecosystem.

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