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Hi! Deb Gonzales here.

I create quality, affordable, project-specific, supplemental materials connecting people with literature. As an educator and fellow author, I am skilled in navigating the needs of the educational and literary worlds.

The intent of this website is to showcase the incredible projects I've been privileged to participate in. Please contact me if you have any questions or desire to discuss a project you'd like to partner with. 

My debut picture book Girls with Guts: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records (Charlesbridge, 2019) is the tenacious history of the female athlete from the first Olympic Games to present day, including the passage of Title IX.

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If This Bird Had Pockets: A Poem in Your Pocket Day Celebration

If This Bird Had Pockets: A Poem in Your Pocket Day Celebration

Debbie Gonzales
Discussion/Project, Picture Book, Press Release

Guides by Deb – Keeping your books in the hearts of young readers and in the hands of those who care for them.

If This Bird Had Pockets: A Poem in Your Pocket Day Celebration

Written by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

Illustrated by Emma J. Virján

Published by Wordsong/Astra Books for Young Readers

ISBN: 978-1635923865

Synopsis:

In honor of Poem in Your Pocket Day, a child imagines the poems animals might carry in their pockets, if they had pockets. What would a hummingbird write? A fox? A sea otter? These poems capture the essences of animals furry, feathery and finny, exploring what makes each unique. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird sings with its wings, Red Fox’s poem is a fiery tail flashing in the dark, and Sea Otter’s poem is its secret pocket. Which poem will capture the heart of the child narrator? A poem about loving animals, of course!

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