We’re official. ReaderKidZ , a brand-new kidlit website designed for teachers, librarians, and parents has launched! On our website you’ll find: Author-in-Residence, (one or more featured authors each month,) Beyond Borders (a look at books about children from around the world), Book Room (a library of selected titles and reviews), and the Tool Box (classroom [...]
I ran across the perfect video for Tuesday, March 2nd’s Read Across America celebration. Check it out!
Okay, so I’m still in the Back-to-School cocoon. But I’m enjoying my third graders and hope – soon – to get back to the *rest* of my life. In the meantime, I expect in the next few days I’ll post about several terrific books I picked up at a recent SCBWI event. And a post [...]
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).
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