Interview with Author, Kim Tomsic

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Do you love elephants? Yeah, we do too! Join Tracy as she interviews author Kim Tomsic, discussing her incredibly moving book, The Elephants Come Home. Kim Tomsic is a word wrangler, exclamation point enthusiast, and parallel parking champion who loves animals, especially her dog Sushi. Kim is the author of the Crystal Kite award-winning novel, The 11:11 Wish, followed by The 12th Candle both published by Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins. Her critically acclaimed nonfiction picture book, Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World! illustrated by Brett Helquist, was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Texas Topaz list selection, a New York Public Library Best Book of 2019, and a National Science Teachers Association Best STEM book of 2019. Her 2021 nonfiction picture book, The Elephants Come Home published by Chronicle Books and illustrated by Hadley Hooper, is a CYBILS Finalist and won the Norman A. Sugarman Biography Honor. Kirkus calls it "lovely, tender, and moving" and Horn Book Magazine says the story has "flawless, gentle pacing" and "riveting details." Kim’s next novel, The Truth about 5th Grade is co-written with Reuben Award-winning cartoonist, Mark Parisi, and will be published by HarperCollins in Summer 2023.