I'm just back from Boston for Grace's very successful book launch for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon --there were over 100 people...

June is one month that brings to mind the many years that I spent teaching. I still remember all those last days of school when I had to say...

You know when a girl buys her baking cups in bulk that there is some serious cupcake baking in the works. And I mean serious! It's almo...

Forgive my lack of a creative post this week, I am in the middle of moving and my office looks something like this: Stay tuned for pics of t...

I'm still recovering from a crazy busy Friday and Saturday (BEA stuff Friday, and then on Saturday I had a wedding shower, baby shower, ...

Sonia Sotamayor decided to become a lawyer after reading Nancy Drew -- books written, if any ever were, to entertain (and make money for the...

I was looking for a poem to post for Poetry Friday. I found Hurry, my selection for today, at my first stop—American Life in Poetry, Column ...

Put 20 toddlers in a room, give them giant canvases and lots of tubes of paint and instruct them to cover the whole surface. I wonder how ma...

My new book WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON is a young MG fantasy (really a folktale/fairytale/fantasy, but I'm quibbling) and the fi...

This week 293 spellers will go to the Scripps National Bee in Washington D.C.! If you've seen the movies Spellbound or Akeelah and the...

Hi all, I'm off for Memorial Day, but wanted to share this video. Peter Brown plays a role, as does my assistant Connie Hsu. And can yo...

I've been meaning to make a page for STEAL BACK THE MONA LISA! for ever. I never found the time. I've forced myself to do it now. Sa...

In honor of Memorial Day I have a Favorite Poem Project video of Stephen Conteaguero talking about his life and reciting the poem Politics b...

So... I spent at least 5 hours in traffic today in the hot sun. It was agonizing. I was doing a talk to a NJ girlscouts troop. It's funn...

My mother recently attended the North American Taiwanese Women's Association conference in Atlanta, Georgia. At the conference, she saw ...

This spring has been the busiest I've had in a very long time; two books came out within a month of eachother, I'm planning my weddi...

I just became acquainted with this blog via Lisa Yee and Facebook: The Worst Review Ever What a great idea! As my fellow Blue Rose Girls all...

This has nothing to do with chidren's books -- but it's fun to look at on a rainy Sunday. It's a page from one of my favorite We...