If you’re on Facebook at all regularly, you’ll no doubt have seen more than one of the plethora of quizzes and questionnaires that are so popular there. I admit I have fun with them. You may be interested to know that if I were a children’s book character, I’d be Max from Where the Wild …
When I brought this book home from the library, and even as I read it, I didn’t realize until I got to the last pages that I was not reading a work of fiction. It seemed too incredible to be true, but Under One Roof: Lessons I Learned from a Tough Old Woman in a …
Under One Roof by Barry Martin (with Philip Lerman) Read More »
My friend Teresa Robeson is multi-talented. She’s a homeschooler, a homesteader, and a writer in several genres. And you should see her sketches of birds! I got to know her because of her interest in writing for kids, and particularly writing picture books, but the books we’re focusing the spotlight on today are collections of …
In the Spotlight — Teresa Robeson and Fiction for a Cause Read More »
Title: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips Author: Michael Morpurgo Publisher: London: HarperCollins, 2005. Genre: Middle Grade, fiction Audience Age: 9 – 12 years old Themes/topics: World War II, adventure, friendship
Title: Flygirl Author: Sherri L. Smith Publisher: New York: Speak (Penguin Group), 2008 Genre: YA Fiction Audience Age: 13 to 17 years
Doing the research for this post was a joy. Jean Little is one of my favorite authors, a widely acclaimed author of both picture books and middle grade novels. She was born in Taiwan of Canadian parents in 1932, which makes her 81 — a fact which boggles my mind just a little. The family …
Perfect Picture Book Friday is back for its THIRD year! (Actually, it started up again last week, when I was participating in Erik’s blog tour.) Although this book is very different to the sort of books I usually share for PPBF, I came across it while doing research for a middle grade novel, and decided …
Face to Face with Whales — Perfect Picture Book Friday Read More »
It is so exciting when a writing colleague is published for the first time. It is even more exciting when that colleague is eleven years old! I first became aware of Erik, the Kid Who Reviews Books, when we both participated in Picture Book Ideas Month in 2011 (that link leads to a guest post …
The Adventures of Tomato & Pea — Blog Tour Review and GIVEAWAY! Read More »