Friend Friday
I met the incredibly energetic Beth Bacon through the Vermont MFA program, even though she and I are practically neighbors here in the northwest. Beth gave a reading from a [...]
Friend Friday
This is a first: a multi-generational blog post!! Instigated by the energetic Meg Ferrante. I wish you could all meet Meg in person. She is warm, witty and wise. We [...]
Friend Friday
It is such a pleasure to host Dan Gemeinhart today; after all, we are practically neighbors, with only a tiny mountain range separating us in Washington state. Dan and I [...]
Friend Friday
I predict that The Creativity Project (Little Brown Books for Young Readers) will be a hit with classroom teachers. Colby Sharp, an avid literacy advocate, gathered together more than forty beloved, [...]
Friend Friday
It is such a pleasure to host Kim Purcell today, who shares on her website that she often walks with a dog leash in one hand and a book in [...]
Friend Friday
I have admired Debbie Gonzales since our first meeting in Austin, where she handled a tricky situation with such grace and charm I wanted to nominate her for an ambassadorship [...]
Friend Friday
By reading Kerri Kokias' engaging website (check it out here), I discovered that she has held many jobs, from nanny to ice cream server to social science researcher. For the [...]
Friend Friday
The kind-hearted and patient Sarah Aronson is my guest today. "Kind-hearted" is evident if you've spent five minutes with her or with her books; "patient" refers to the fact that [...]
Friend Friday
My dear, dear friend and amazing illustrator, Kary Lee, thought I should know Annette Pimentel and so she cyber-introduced us. Annette also shares a passion for historical fiction and I [...]
Friend Friday
What is not to love about Debbi Michiko Florence, a writer with a bunny, two ducks and the most adorable puppy ever? (please don't tell Winston I said that!). And to [...]