Hi there!
Lots of excitement going on here. The Puffin Who Whispered had its book birthday on July 28th and is now available everywhere. My excuse for not posting lately is that I’ve been super busy preparing for my launch party this weekend (pictures will be in my next post). I’ve also been a guest on several other blogs. The links to those are after the puffin pictures. “Puffin pictures?” you ask. Yes! I went on a puffin tour via Hardy Boat Cruises in Maine! It was a fun adventure with a few blurry pictures and great memories to show for it. A good, zoom lens on a good camera would definitely be a plus on these trips because in order to protect the puffins, tourists are not allowed on Easter Egg Island. Luckily, there are plenty of cute puffins flying to and fro right overhead. But they are small and they are fast.
Below are pictures of some of the amazing blogs I have been fortunate to appear on this summer. They are shown in order of when the article ran and are clickable if you’d like to read more.
And here are my first in-person events for The Puffin Who Whispered:
August 1, 2026 — Hampstead, NH Public Library — Launch Party! 1-3pm
August 9, 2026 — Hummingbird Books, Chestnut Hill, MA — Story time! at 11am
August 14, 2026 — Peabody Institute Library, Danvers, MA — Story time & Craft at 10am
That’s all for now! I’ll be back after I recuperate from my launch party!😅
Congratulations on your debut picture book, Marcia! It’s wonderful!
I love the pictures from your Puffin tour. Amazing!
Thanks so much, Cathy! I’m glad you enjoyed the puffin photographs, too.😀
Congratulations! I got my copy. 🙂
Thank you, Yvonne! And yay, you got a copy! Thanks so much for your support.😊
I’m absolutely thrilled for you, Marcia, author-extraordinaire! I can sense the joy you’ve experienced in writing it, and sending out The Puffin Who Whispered into the world. I look forward to reading it!
Thank you so much, Ramona!Such kind words and I really appreciate them.🤗
Congratulations on your new picture book!!!!! The Puffin Who Whispered was the sweetest book!! You find yourself rooting for Abigale right from the beginning!!! Love your pictures too!!!!
Yay, so glad you like Abigale! Thank you, Bette!
A perfect place to celebrate your new book!! I am now a big puffin fan.:)
I hope you’re able to see puffins in the wild sometime, too.🤗
Wow Marcia this is wonderful…hats off to your great success. God bless you and all the kids who will read this lovely book. Hugs!
Thank you so much, Deborah!🤗