I was determined to post today at Blue Rose Girls early this Friday. Unfortunately, I was involved in an auto accident this mornin...

Fascinating question, Meghan! (and the child who came up with it) When a short biography of Thomas Edison I wrote years ago didn...

Getting emails from kids about my books is really just the best. Last week this photo from a second grader named Arden, who used A Photo...

That's a question I got asked yesterday. Kids always surprise me. I get the standard questions, like why do you always make those big ...

 I must apologize for being AWOL from Blue Rose Girls for so long. Although I may be retired, my new “nanny granny” schedule ...

I recently received an e-mail from author Kate Milford (whose book The Boneshaker  I highly admire)  about an interesting promotiona...

This Friday, I'll be signing books and chatting with attendees of the NESCBWI annual conference at The Eric Carle Museum. If you are a...

This year, in addition to visiting schools, I gave a book talk as part of Va Book 's Storyfest line-up. It was a rainy day, but w...

Last week's question of the week was "What made you laugh out loud?" I had intended to answer the question la...

This stretch of street is usually not very picturesque, but with the trees in bloom it is like walking in a dream:

Once, I visited a school where the kids put on a play of   Tikki Tikki Tembo , in my honor. The kids were absolutely great, the teache...

Linda Wingerter brought these beautiful eggs she'd made (photograph by Alvina) to an Easter party. Eggs have been used to celebrate bir...

I had a school visit in Newton a few days ago, where I drew with a class of second graders at the end of my talk. I asked the group to h...

Have you heard about the Pottermore shop ? An e-book site run by J.K. Rowling? Of course something like this could only be accomplished...

I apologize for not posting much recently, I'm behind on everything--even my pocket pacy contest  (I have so many wonderful entri...

We are trying something new: a question of the week we will all answer....or those of us who want to will. The question this week is: WHA...

Just returned from a busy week in Virginia at the Festival of the Book . More on that soon! In the meantime, here is a clip from an inte...

Hi all, Happy Spring! Sorry for my lack of posting lately. I'm in the crunch time of work deadlines and editing my Spr...