I forgot yesterday that I had a new book out until someone came into the store and asked me when it was coming out. I said "I think may...

Come celebrate Ling & Ting 's book birthday! My very first early reader will be available on June 19th and I'm having a party...

Last week's painting for the jacket of A Photo for Greta is all done and mailed off to the publisher. Here is how it finished up:

I've been working on a "Beyond the Book" post for today but got waylaid--it will have to wait till next week. But in the meant...

In a previuos post, Brian Age Seven--A Poem by Mark Doty , I wrote about being a participant in the first annual Summer Poetry Institute for...

My school visit whirlwind is continuing. Before heading to Albany for the weekend, I did a quick talk with superstar author/illustrator Jarr...

I've been busy working on the paintings for A Photo for Greta , here is the jacket painting in progress: The rest next week! Stay tuned!...

There's a song with a tune I'm pretty sure you'd all recognize; but the words would be different. Every generation of children I...

Billy Collins is one of my favorite poets. I really enjoy reading his poems that have touches of wry humor in them and yet still speak to se...

Yes, that's right, I'm having another book birthday party. I wasn't going to as it is getting close to the summer, but I am jus...

Hey look, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is on the shortlist of the EB White Read Aloud Awards ! I'm especially excited about this b...

I had a quick visit in San Antonio last week at the Texas Library Association Conference. And I mean quick. I arrived just in time to have a...

Like Meghan, I often completely forget to take pictures when I do school visits, so I don't have much to show from my adventures on Bost...

I'm in Montreal on vacation right now, so no new post, but thought I'd ask a few questions: What are you reading right now? Have y...

The librarian sent me some photos from my day at their school (I managed not to take any photos, which I'm annoyed by since I took not o...

I just got back from Evanston, which is near Chicago. It was a short trip and I almost missed the plane to get there! I got stuck in traffic...

In the summer of 2001, I had the great honor of being one of fifty educators selected to participate in the first annual Summer Poetry Insti...

This past month has been rather busy for me with school visits, but luckily all of the schools have been so wonderful that each one has been...