Sarah McDavis

@sarahmcdavis.com

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✏️Creating #kidlit for curious kids! 📚1st #ChapterBook Mystery out now! 🐙OCTO, PI, AND THE MISSING EGG🔎 📓Contact me for #STEAM Author Visits! 🌉Based in Pittsburgh, PA

An educational infographic graphic with a teal background patterned with subtle animal faces and rainbows. The main title reads "Why do kids bond with animal characters?" Illustrated examples in dark blue blocks show cartoon animals: a group of happy animals including a lion, panda, and giraffe; a crying pink axolotl; a blue pirate octopus; and a koala with a birthday cake. The bottom banner reads "Chapters that Stick Substack."
a graphic with a bright blue border lined on the left side with cartoon headshots of various animals. In a white box are the words "A spooky voice. A pirate parrot. And a flying octopus?" From an image of the book cover of Octo, P.I. and the Mysterious Voice are arrows pointing to words that say "science in disguise," "clever contraptions," and "octopus detective." In dark blue are the words "Octo P.I. and her team are back to solve the mosts mysterious case yet!" The website sarahmcdavis.com/octopibook2 is at the bottom in dark purple.
Three long fish hiding poking out of the sand saying “going to NCTE-NCTM Conference?” “Yeah. I can’t wait to get to Chicago!” “Let’s go together to the Shedd Aquarium”
Orange crocheted octopus sitting on a bookshelf with children’s chapter books
Sarah McDavis playing an improv game with kids at a school visit
A bunch of orange clown fish swimming around in a large growth of anemones at an aquarium.
The Princess and the Frogs picture book by Veronica Bartles and illustrated by Sara Palacios next to a stuffed narwhal and a glitter jar on a yoga mat at a bookstore
An octopus stuffed animal on a car dash at sunset
Giant pacific octopus covering the glass in its enclosure with all its suckers and a book for kids 7-10 called OCTO P.I. And the missing egg is in front.
Graphic with a mega phone and the words “I’m presenting at #octela25” in a small yellow bubble is “February 21-12, 2025, Cherry Valley Hotel, Newark, OH” followed by “come see me present at the same place with these awesome keynote speakers” and then lists the keynote speakers: Mahogany L Browne, Dr. Stephanie Jones, Juana Martinez-Neal, Ashely Hope Perez. Register: myoctela.org
Stop motion animation video of an orange octopus with purple glasses and fedora and a teal chameleon. Chameleon hops on his 6 wheeled skateboard and skates off. Octopus climbs in her two coconut halves and rolls off.
An octopus moving through its environment at an aquarium
A picture book titled YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING by Kelly Conroy and Abigail Hopkham sits on a yoga mat with a glitter jar and a small stuffed narwhal at Riverstone Books in McCandless.
Stop motion animation on a felt board. An orange octopus and teal chameleon move across the screen to exit the shot. In the next shot the chameleon hops on a ride similar to a skateboard but with more wheels and speeds off screen. The octopus is surrounded by two coconut halves then rolls off screen.
Stuffed octopus in front of a sign that reads “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”