Big Thanks!

July 15, 2019 Sherri Rinker

WOW! Thank you to The Toy Box for this FAB window display (and to @angeladiterlizzi -and family!- for snapping the photo and sending it my way! 😍🥰❤️)!!!

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Beautiful Garden

June 30, 2019 Sherri Rinker

Some photos from my gardens this morning...

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Earth, Sun & Moon Books by Stacy McAnulty

June 28, 2019 Sherri Rinker

So excited for (and awed by! and proud of!) my friend and agency-mate @stacymcanultyfor this beautifully, creatively informative collection of picture books. 😍😍😍

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National Book Festival

June 26, 2019 Sherri Rinker

I just (just!) returned from ALA in Washington, DC with many of these incredibly talented authors and illustrators. And, we’re heading back in just a few weeks — The fun begins on August 31st! 🤗❤️📚

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Fun!

June 25, 2019 Sherri Rinker

More ALA memories!

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ALA 2019

June 25, 2019 Sherri Rinker

ALA pics!

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So Honored

June 24, 2019 Sherri Rinker

Honored to lead off the children’s section of Chronicle Books’ fall frontlist catalog with my awesome, talented friends, Ethan Long and AG Ford.

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Thanks Dad!

June 17, 2019 Sherri Rinker

For most of my life, my dad has been both a dad AND a mom to me. For all of those fathers who, for whatever reasons, have had to step up and play both rolls: Happy Fathers Day. ❤️

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Big Thanks to Tuscarawas & Stark County Libraries in Ohio

June 15, 2019 Sherri Rinker

Thank you to the library systems in Stark and Tuscarawas Counties for hosting me; I’m always humbled by the amazing work of librarians and how much libraries bring to communities. Thanks also to The Times-Reporter for the front-page coverage (!) and to the lovely folks in Ohio for the warm welcome. #blessed

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Bigger Garage?

June 15, 2019 Sherri Rinker

Sometimes, at the end of a long day on the road, you just want to play in an excavator. Because... you can. 🚧 Babe, I think we’re going to need a bigger garage. 🤔

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Funny

June 15, 2019 Sherri Rinker

Convo with a 7-year-old, posted by a very close family friend. I LOVE THIS! Seriously: How can you NOT laugh???!!! 😂❤️

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Beautiful Yellow Peony

June 10, 2019 Sherri Rinker

Five years ago, I planted a yellow peony bush. For THREE YEARS, it was a flowerless shrub. Last year: three flowers! 😊 This year, FIVE buds, AND the first has opened! 🤗 (Yes, I realize that I sound insane. Just humor me.)

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Doggies?

June 10, 2019 Sherri Rinker

It occurs to me that there is a completely untapped market, here. 🤔 (Thank you @jake_king_of_the_hams for the photo!) #readtoyourdog

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Happy 14!

June 10, 2019 Sherri Rinker

14 — but still my baby, always and forever.

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Beautiful day

June 10, 2019 Sherri Rinker

I wish I could bottle this beautiful day and save it for February. ❤️🌺☀️🌸

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Leftover Mulch??

June 10, 2019 Sherri Rinker

Filthy but happy. My neighbor had some leftover mulch. Not being one to turn down a deal, I decided this was a good opportunity to clean up all of the edging around my garden beds and walkways. FOR. THREE. DAYS. 😳. (In hindsight, I think I might have about a full mile of edging — but, mission complete. Although, I ran out of the free mulch on day 1, so I really haven’t figured out that part of the plan yet.) PS: Thumbs-up to Duluth Trading Company’s gardening overall shorts... which, my neighbors will be relieved to hear, are finally getting washed today. (Apparently, looking and smelling homeless is not good for property values. 🤷🏻‍♀️)

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Inspires me...

June 6, 2019 Sherri Rinker

This girl inspires me, loves me unconditionally, knows all my secrets, loves my kids with her whole heart and makes me laugh until I cry. We have a long road behind us and, hopefully, a long, joyful road ahead. My only regret is that there are so many states separating me from her goofiness — and her pecan pie.