For those of you in the Boston area, Daniel Handler (of Lemony Snicket) and Stephin Merritt (from the band Magnetic Fields) are appearing to...

Chris Van Allsburg has a new book out. Whether you love it, hate it, or are neutral about it is irrelevant to my little game, which I will c...

Alvina is in Oregon for an SCBWI retreat, but she left behind this teaser from her speech: So if I am to tell you about my path to publishin...

I present to you my top 5 great reasons for being not focused-- 1: I wrote and recorded a song today. I can now blast this silly techno/chil...

Shortly after I wrote my comment on Anna’s post last night (the one about the joys of being unable to think about anything other than one’s ...

I am a week short of a deadline and painting like a maniac. Recently a 9 to 5er pointed out that as freelancers we don't HAVE to do ever...

Guest Blogger: CHILDREN’S POETRY AND THE CINDERELLA SYNDROME, Part II Elaine M. was an elementary school teacher and librarian for over 30 ...

I’m happy to introduce our first guest blogger, Elaine Magliaro! “Elaine M.” was an elementary school teacher and librarian for over 30 year...

It's not often that I get THIS giddy over stumbling upon a book mention in the news. This one, though, makes me smile. A lot. If you kno...

Grace and Anna's art for Pet Project is NOW on auction. Grace's February Lanterns HERE . Anna's Spring on a Leaf Mound HERE...

Everyone (well, everyone but me since I couldn't figure out how I'd answer) has now responded to the question of the week, and I fin...

"The work of Liao, a beloved Taiwanese cartoonist, offers a meditation on blindness that will stay with readers long after they have cl...

Joy Behar's book is #3 on the NYT bestseller list. That didn't take long!

Who's the latest celebrity to jump into the kids' book ring? Queen Latifah. Last week it was Joy Behar with shitzu-caca-poopy-pants ...

We're happy to announce that many of the features that we've been hinting at are now about to bloom. Guest bloggers, contests, discu...

I’m a confident, experienced cook. I make up some things and learn others from cuisines I like (right now I’m out in the sticks and teaching...

Writing and illustrating books is a little like sending little seeds out into the world to blow in the wind and find their way. This week I ...

There's an interesting discussion going on over at Fuse#8 regarding SCBWI.

After summer vacation, I'm getting ready for school visits. Last year I received quite a few inquiries about my ipod/projector set up, ...

Our question of the week is: What are your thoughts on style?(For example: How would you describe your own, and how do others describe it? I...