Hi Readers!   A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet Maine author Tess Gerritsen. She’s most known for her book Gravity (1999), and for her crime series Rizzoli & Isles, for which the title crime series on TNT is based. We had a great chat before her book launch event at […]

                          Hi all! Well, our family made it through the first month of Kindergarten. And to anyone who doesn’t have kids and is wondering “the whole family goes to kindergarten?”, believe me – it’s a family affair. My worst nightmares did not come […]

  Hi Readers!   Summer. The perfect time to be thinking about school, right? Maybe not, but I have been. Partly due to a new middle-reader book by Liza Kleinman that I’m excited to share with you!     Azalea, Unschooled. Written by Liza Kleinman, illustrated by Brook Gideon. Published in May 2015 by Islandport […]

  Hi Readers!   I’m writing to you under the warm mid-70’s sun, the sweet sound of goldfinches and chickadees singing nearby, and my children passionately arguing about whose rock pile is better.  Ah, yes – summer.     For most of us, summer means fewer obligations, and a little more time to devote to […]

  Hi Readers!   A few weeks ago, I wrote an essay for a third party regarding my thoughts on the influence that books [can] have on children. Given recent media events, I thought this would be a good time to post it. The original is more serious than my usual blog posts, so I’ve […]

**Note, I apologize for the technical state of my blog. It’s experiencing some aesthetic crises, and I’ve only been able to remedy some of them. Please overlook the asymmetry and other eye-twitching misalignment**     Hi Readers! I thought I’d share a small confession with you all…   I haven’t been reading.   I know, […]

  Hi Readers!   I trust you’ve all been basking in the new spring sun, as I have. I can even see some new green growth, if I use my bifocals. I keep my dirt-snowbank out of my field of view, though. Selective bifocals, they are.   What I have had my eye on, though, […]