Continuing my Poetry Off the Page with Writer’s Scrabble, which includes categories for writing for children: picture book, middle grade, young adult, early readers, and graphic novels. Sadly, I ran out of letters to include board books. : )
For my graduate school residency, we get to make a physical piece for the Poetry Off the Page exhibit. This Writer’s Jenga includes core topics we need to master in writing for children, including structure, plot, character, dialogue, theme, revision,…
After a windy Uber ride up and down San Francisco hills, my driver let me off a few blocks from Green Apple Books. A farmers market had taken over the streets, with tons of fresh produce, flowers, and the feeling…
Tucked away in a quiet, upscale neighborhood, Octavia Books was full of welcoming booksellers and chockful of BabyLit titles. Judith Lefitte and her staff were so lovely that I wanted to hang around the shop long after I’d signed books.…
My friend Robert Eckman, storyteller at The King’s English Bookshop, is the best friend to have when you’re doing a book launch. He reads the books with panache and love. It was so fun to have him celebrate the launch…
Christmas came early! So excited to share these books this holiday season. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781423647485
We had a lovely book group at our house last night when Ally Condie, the author of Summerlost–the book we were discussing–joined us. Ally was gracious and well-spoken, generous with both her answers and her time. It was another reminder…
Join me and a group of professionals including a bookseller and children’s literature professor, a New York Times best-selling author, a children’s book illustrator, and director of the Provo Library to learn what it takes to write and publish a…
This was a fun day–with colleagues and friends and flowers and fairy dust. And a waffle truck! Here’s the talk I presented at The King’s English Bookshop on April 2, 2016, for my book launch. As with all Shakespeare plays,…
My parents taught me to love books at a very young age. My father enrolled me in a book of the month club from Disney. They were those jacketless hardcover picture books that retold fairy tales like Robin Hood and…