I recently received this in my email box. I'd love to hear what other people would have answered. The name of this teacher has been X-ed out to protect her privacy. Otherwise, it's verbatim. Dear Ms. Davis, My name…
What do Mo Willems, Tanya Stone, Tony DiTerlizzi, Linda Sue Park, David Levithan, Jon Scieszka, Laurie Halse Anderson, Ellen Hopkins, Libba Bray, Dianne de las Casas, and Peter Sis have in common? They all answered my latest burning question at…
ALA has been amazing, which you know already if you've reading all my tweets and those of my fellow attendees.today is radio day as it's the fourth Monday of the month, at 4pm the show will be on the Robin's…
I've skipped some days blogging, as I've been working on getting ready for ALA. I know what my ALA movie question will be, and it's a great one...hmmm... should you have to wait till the movie's done? Shall I tell…
I went on Good Morning, Connecticut today and you know, I really didn't want to go the usual Father's Day Hallmark-y sapfest direction. You can find that pretty much anywhere you look. The station got some calls, and happily, they…
As you know, I made a little video about my adventures at BEA, Book Expo America. To see it, click the TV link over there on the left. I asked my fave question of many editors, writers, book bloggers and…
Today on the show I will speak to an old friend, (okay, she's not that old) author and poet Susan Taylor Brown. Every April is poetry month. This past April, on the 1st, Susan wrote on her blog: My…
I know - I'm a tad overdue on getting this video done. But just think: digital nightmare and you'll know the blackholetimesuck I've been in. Enjoy! Oh, and please send me your own "burning" questions for my next ALA…
Once, at a school visit, a child asked me why I always included something about teeth in my books. Astonished, I stood there, mentally ticking through the pages of each of my books published up to that moment. He was…
What a process! I can finally get back to a normal schedule after working so hard at collecting all my crap book-related materials for the book archives at the Dodd Center for the Book at UCONN. Here is what…