The other night I watched Mission Impossible 3, the one where Tom Cruise swings from one skyscraper to another on a rope. His buddies tell him if he hits the other skyscraper he'll get smushed. But he does it anyway…
17Dec
4Dec
Sorry about missing yesterday - it's getting busy around here!
As my readers know, I made a little movie that both markets my novel, and spoofs, in a self-deprecating way, the success of Twilight. If you haven't seen it (and why…
26Nov
Imagine a site that is completely dedicated to reading. Okay, okay. I guess that in and of itself isn't unique. But Reading Rockets is. Yes, they provide free reading guides and great links to "Strategies to help kids who struggle"…
21Nov
Go on now and get your coloring page for today! Enjoy! Tell every teacher and librarian you know!
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19Nov
As promised, here is my official announcement of my new weekly promise! Every Friday I will offer new freebies for teachers, librarians, and parents (they can use them, but they're actually for the kids ). Sometimes it'll be a coloring…
17Nov
Where do I begin? Okay, I'll start at the very beginning. That's a very good place to start.
Let's move on to the night I finally arrived at the Low Country Boil that the library throws for everyone the night before…
13Nov
I wrote a fabulous, funny entry and what happened to it? I hadn't logged into Blogger, so when I clicked PUBLISH POST it all disappeared.
Quickly now, because I have to go pack. Why, you wonder? Because I'm going to the…
5Nov
I play a game with myself whenever I'm in a situation that is troubling me. It started a long time ago, but I became conscious of it a few years back when I was sick for many months (it turned…
29Oct
Toad Hill reviews is a fabulous book review blog for and by tweens. The reviews sound as though they are written by much older kids - it's obvious these kids are big readers. I may be a bit prejudice though...they…
15Oct
I've been wanting to tell you all about this fabulous award, but since Tracy Grand from JacketFlap.com sent out this announcement, I thought I'd let Tracy do the talking (blogging?) for me!
Nominations for the third annual Children's and Young…
