On March 4th and March 6th, I visited my last two schools for the 2019-2020 school year. But they weren’t supposed to be my last two schools. No, March, April, and May were supposed to be filled with connections with young readers. At schools, libraries, and book festivals. As you know, schools and libraries closed […]
It’s December! And it’s still (technically) “early December.” That means there’s still time for a quick run to the craft store for supplies to make some really cute bookish gifts for the reader in your life. This is a cross post from The Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors, so to read more, click here. You’ll […]
… and ten thousand more to go-oh-oh. (If you’re of a certain age, you can thank me for putting James Taylor into your brain for the rest of the day. If you aren’t, or if lyrics just aren’t your forte, that’s a line from Sweet Baby James.) It’s tax time, and I’m doing what authors […]
David Shannon was destined to become a picture book author and illustrator. Literally. Destined. He wrote his Caldecott Honor book No, David when he just five years old. Well, a rough draft at least. Destiny. After several years of editorial illustration, producing work that was usually serious and sometimes dark, David returned to the drawings […]
Well, folks. Buckeye the doe has spoken. Everyone who commented on the previous blog entry was assigned a random number. And those numbers were placed on sticky notes. At first I thought, “Well, this is going to be easy!” Buckeye was instantly interested! And then just as quickly indifferent. She wandered a bit. She pooped […]
