Friend Friday

I feel like I have waited FOREVER to host Janet Fox on my blog. And now she’s here, celebrating her spine-chilling new book, The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle (Viking).  So I’m going to turn this space over to her right away. Where Ideas Begin Non-writers and young readers often ask me where I find… Read more »

Thursday Treat

I just finished this book: And I loved it! I think you will, too. Even if you aren’t fond of chickens, you will fall for Sophie Brown’s chickens. They are, well,  the title of the book says it all: unusual. And so is the enterprising and industrious Sophie, who misses her Abuelita so much after the Brown… Read more »

Friend Friday

What a pleasure and an honor to host Martha Brockenbrough on the blog today! An incredibly accomplished writer, along with being the founder of National Grammar Day, she’s probably one of the funniest and most generous women I know. Her latest novel, The Game of Love and Death, has garnered three starred reviews. It launches next week… Read more »

Friend Friday

I just love the cyberworld of kid’s lit! While I do not personally know Jennifer Wolf Kam, today’s Friend Friday guest, all it took was a reaching out via Twitter to convince her to write a post about her new book. And what a fun post it is! I know you’ll enjoy reading her thoughts…. Read more »