Thank You's, Goodbye's, and Archives 14 Apr 2013 | 05:16 pm

Four years, three months, and 530 posts. Also a move from California to Utah and two new books published. But life gets crunched up sometimes, and what I really need is more time for my own writing. S...

Cinquains for National Poetry Month 5 Apr 2013 | 08:31 pm

This week I'm experimenting with the cinquain, a poetry form I've only tried once or twice before. I'm also rejoicing in spring rain and in National Poetry Month. Here's a link to Jama Ratigan's excel...

Welcoming Hilary McKay and Her Lulu Books 4 Apr 2013 | 06:09 pm

I've been talking up Hilary McKay's Casson Family books for a while now, so when I got a chance to interview this author about her Lulu books, now being published in the U.S., I was fangirlishly thril...

Top Five, or Seven, or Three… 1 Apr 2013 | 06:49 am

A Review of Forest Has a Song by Amy Ludwig Vanderwater 26 Mar 2013 | 05:04 pm

Today is a happy day. It’s the release date of Amy Ludwig Vanderwater’s first poetry collection. If you haven’t heard of Amy, you should. I first “met” her in the poetry blog community last April, whe...

Middle Grade March 17 Mar 2013 | 01:03 am

March is here and spring is springing, at least in my town, where the three feet of snow in the front yard has finally melted and the sun is shining. It's time for kites and daffodils and some good mi...

Reader Blues 11 Mar 2013 | 05:08 pm

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE I’m trying to figure out the differences between being in a reading slump, going through a genre phase, and evolving as a reader. Plus some other stu...

Goldilocks and Those Three Bears 3 Mar 2013 | 06:37 pm

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE When I was young my sister and I learned a camp song that goes like this: Once upon a time in a wee little village there were three bears—cha, cha...

Happy News 25 Feb 2013 | 07:05 pm

I am so excited! My book of ocean poems, Water Sings Blue, has won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for 2012! In case you're not aware of the award, this is a Big Deal. I'll be flying to Philadelp...

New Harry Potter Art 18 Feb 2013 | 06:26 pm

Just a tidbit thanks to Publisher's Weekly: new cover art for the Harry Potter series by Amulet author/illustrator Kazu Kibuishi. (See also my review of Kibuishi's book, Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, w...