On October 27th, I posted a review of BUSY IN THE GARDEN , a delightful collection of poems about sowing seeds, growing and harvesting plant...

I admit I have certain partiality to multicultural books, which is why I am always interested in reading about other multicultural authors a...

VOTE NOW! Yes, I'm asking for your assistance. I'm looking for either a funny picture or word or sentence for the tee shirt on this ...

Locally, there has been a recent attempt to ban the book So Far from the Bamboo Grove . One of the reasons is because the "book is one...

Libby normally posts on Wednesdays, but as I am going to Taiwan on Friday night for 11 days, I may be missing two of my Mondays, so you get ...

I am finally back at my desk after a couple weeks of non-stop traveling around doing school visits , book signings and events. Most of the t...

I'm generally very positive about my job and what I do, even when I'm crazy busy and unmotivated, but since it's rainy and gloom...

As Elaine said, on Wednesday we were lucky to hear David Mcphail speak. His talk was "off the cuff", very informal but capturing a...

Phyllis Allen Smith North Shore Council of Massachusetts : Speaker Series 2006-2007 Anna, Grace, and I had a grand evening at the Danverspor...

I wrote this as a response about the book Spanky and Rocko but decided to create a new discussion ... if possible! This is what I said-- ...

Last week I wrote about Joyce Sidman, Poet & Scientist. I love her books. I love the way she writes fine poetry and weaves scientific in...

Blogger won't let me post photos so I'm putting this thang on my blog (yes, it's hidden!). I couldn't help but make a few co...

Our first Blue Rose Cupcake Contest is over! Thank you all who voted. Our winner is (drum roll please).... Katherine Tillotson! Please choos...

Or... The Blog Contest That Almost Was Okay! Somebody’s got to alert the publishers of the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS for me. I have a n...

I'm not going to make any comments this time. I'll let you look at the pictures. This is from a book called Rocko and SPANKY go to a...

Would you like to win a children's poetry book? Of course, you would! This is all you have to do to win a children's poetry book: B...

Hey all, As Libby mentioned, I ran in the NYC marathon yesterday, and I just posted a wrap-up of the experience on my personal blog . Meghan...

It's your last chance! Our Cupcake Contest ends today, so VOTE !!! Right now I am thinking of giving the lucky winner a cupcake choice ...

Well, I was in Washington DC this weekend for the Multicultural Children’s Book Fair at the Kennedy Center. I'm not exactly sure who run...

Alvina is running and has posted all about it on her personal blog --and we can and should delete this post tomorrow.....but if anyone want...