SILVER PACKAGES: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet, is a picture book I look forward to sharing with my class each year. For one thing, it’s a wonderfully tender story written by one of my favorite authors. For another, it’s one of those books that I can’t read aloud [...]
Thanks to my librarian friends Cheryl and Meredith for sharing this on Facebook: YouTube – Transcending: Words on Women and Strength by Kelly Corrigan.
One of my first recollections of hearing poetry as a child was the voice of Sterling Holloway reciting Mother Goose Nursery rhymes on an LP that spun away in the living room while I was sick in bed with the mumps! While my sister and I spent the days recouping from the comfort of our [...]
The other day my school librarian passed along the link to James Patterson’s terrific website. Have you seen it? It features a great selection of books under four categories: “Great Illustrated Books,” “Great Transitional Books,” “Great Pageturners,” and “Great Advanced Reads.” Under these four categories, are tabs with subgroups. For example, under “Great Illustrated Reads” [...]
I've lived and traveled around the world, but now make my home in California.
By day, I teach; evenings and many weekends, I write.
My teaching, reading, and writing eventually led to a Master's degree in Language and Literacy and, later, an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
My first picture book, BLUE ON BLUE, is forthcoming from Beach Lane Books (Simon and Schuster).