Last night I attended the Foundation for Children's Books "Conversations With Sy Montgomery" event. This is a great event ser...

On Sunday those of us that are local (and some not so local) gathered at the Danforth Museum in Framingham, MA to sign books and admire the...

I seem to be attending my share of fancy dinners lately. First The Carle Honors , and then last Monday I was lucky enough to snag an invita...

It’s hard to believe it but week #4 of Blogging for a Cure will begin tomorrow. I want to take this opportunity to thank Jules and Eisha ...

Last week Grace was here visiting (very fun!) and we tried to write. She sat in the window seat with her laptop, I sat at my computer -- wri...

Anyone who has traveled long distances in a car with a young child is familiar with the following question: Are we there yet? I have to admi...

My cousin Tim Barry is ithe singer of a punk rock/hardcore band called Avail. Below is one of their videos (feel free to skip if you hate th...

So, despite some doggie help, I have been finally finished work on the mural . I can't believe it's done! The painted Chinese charac...

On Saturday, Grace, Elaine and I attended the Keene State Children's Lit Fest up in Keene, New Hampshire (thanks for driving Elaine) and...

Yesterday I was talking to a friend about favorite books, and I made the distinction that my favorite books aren't necessarily the books...

Week #2 of Blogging for a Cure was another smash success. Unfortunately, I was so busy last week that I didn’t get an opportunity to read ...

I'm trying to finish a book -- a non-fiction book with a contract and a deadline, so this is going to be a short post. I'm not as fa...

A couple of weeks ago I posted a poem by Marge Piercy entitled Colors Passing through Us . Eisha also posted the poem at 7-Imp the same da...

Okay, once again I can't post photos. GRRRRR. But if you go to JJK's website's blog you'll see that Mr. Krosoczka has his ow...

Finally someone has pulled me out of my own little world and dropkicked me into the Texas. Did you know that Texans pledge allegiance to bot...

I still have not been able to settle down into book work, but I am attempting to use my artistic skills. Right now, I am painting a mural fo...

I recently discovered that one of the books I illustrated, The Purple Ribbon , has been published in Japanese! This is the first time one of...

Last week , I neglected to mention one other book I edited that is out this Fall: The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder by Peter Brown . Peter has ...

Here is the schedule for Week #2 of Blogging for a Cure . Every day some of the picture book illustrators who have created snowflakes for Ro...

Sometimes I feel sorry for kids now , with all their lessons and activities, but a karate class I watched recently made me think. School had...