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…
I LOVE this! This middle school has set up this program to get kids to take pix of themselves reading in different places, and then a pin goes on a map to show the expanse of locations. It's a fabulous…
I was getting ready for BEA. "Ooh," I say to myself, "There is an app by sideways.com available for conference goers" It was a very cool app that tells you who is signing where, when, and at what booth. Of…
I'll be doing BEA "from-the-aisles" interviews of authors, editors and bloggers for my radio show. Anyone want me to ask any specific questions, post it to my Facebook wall or as a comment here on my blog! I have some…
Ever want to ask author/illustrator Peter Reynolds a question? Call him today at 4pm at (646) 595-4478. He's the guy who illustrates the hugely popular Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald. He also wrote and illustrated the picture book The…