I have a new favorite picture book – BUNNY DAYS by Tao Nyeu. Here’s why. Exquisite Illustrations. Gorgeous design. Frameable dust jacket (!). Surprising Text. I’m not an artist and while I *wish* I had the language/vocabulary to talk about BUNNY DAYS in a way that does it justice, I don’t. BUT, what I do have [...]
It’s Poetry Friday and Julie Larios/The Drift Record is hosting this week. On the floor beside my computer is a favorite book/poem of childhood, “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” by Eugene W. Field. I have vague recollections of someone – my mother, probably – reading it to me. And another memory of the shoe-shaped sailing ship, [...]
I love my computer and my iphone and I expect to love my e-reader (Kindle, ipad, nook???) when I finally buy one. photo credit: kadinski I’m a bit fascinated, as I’m sure many are, with the ongoing discussion re: ebooks. The arguments in favor of digital books seem plausible to me and while I love [...]
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).