I just ran across a mention of this VERY cute book on Twitter – COOL DOG, SCHOOL DOG by Deborah Heiligman, illustrated by Tim Bowers. Deborah’s the author of the beautiful, award-winning novel, CHARLES AND EMMA and it just so happens that I met (and ate lunch with) her and her cousin, a former colleague [...]
Not sure why, but I like writing picture books about pigs. For that reason, when I saw that Betsy Bird of Fuse 8 had placed a link to a new crazy illustrator blog called Dueling Banjo Pigs, I just had to check it out! Too funny. Enjoy!
The last two weeks have been crazy busy BUT I love Tricia’s – of The Miss Rumphius Effect – poetry stretches. So I couldn’t let this week go by without attempting – another first for me – a Tritina! The thing about writing to the poetry stretch, is that it’s a bit uncomfortable for me [...]
“Window Sijo” was this week’s poetry stretch – a first attempt at sijo, as described by Linda Sue Park in Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems). Heat was on my mind: a hot weekend in Death Valley and more hot weather at home. This week also brought the audio of Peony in Love by [...]
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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, illustrated by the amazing Beth Krommes, will be published by Beach Lane Books (Simon and Schuster) in 2014.
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