Sooooooooooo, I'm way behind on bedtime reports. I haven't done one in more than a month, and I'm going to try not to overfill this post....

32 years ago November 9, two days ago, the Berlin Wall in what was then East Germany started coming down. Of course, that syntax suggests...

I'm late again! Gah! But I've got some good recommended Halloween picture books and similar reads for you. To capture the trick-or-treat...

I'm super-excited to share a collaborative video read-aloud of our book, The Wall and the Wild. In a plot of land at the edge of town,...

So, I decided to split my celebration of all things (at least all kidlit things) Halloween by week so the posts don't get too long. I'll...

Each year, nearly 1 in 700 children are born with Down Syndrome (DS), a condition that affects as many as six million people worldwide....

Huzzah! October is here! Time to post lots of spooky and not-so-spooky but always awesome Halloween for those who celebrate Halloween and...

I'm clearly way behind on my bedtime reports again! Since I last posted, we've worked our way up to Book 12 in the Magic Tree House...

The Wild is loose! I'm so excited to share that my debut, The Wall and the Wild, with Katie Rewse is officially out in the United States...

The word labor has stayed pretty consistent throughout its etymology. In Latin, its distant origins, labor meant "toil, hardship and...

This will be a short post ... It's here! Check out our first copies of The Wall and the Wild, state-side: Also, in case you were...

I know it's not quite Fall and Halloween time yet, but I'm always ready to curl up with something deliciously dark that'll make me shiver...

Happy Friday! It's been a busy week full of some great reads, old and new. On the adult side, I finished Nina George's The Little Paris...

I'm behind again, so let's get to it! Before we talk picture books, I want to call out some middle grade. We recently blazed through all...

Ana, the determined protagonist (fancy word for main character) in my debut picture book, The Wall and the Wild, with Katie Rewse, not...

This is Juno, intragalactic voyager and space explorer. Since launching in 2011, Juno has traveled millions of miles to reach the largest...

Okay, so this week, July 12 through July 18, is National Forest Week. Personally, I think we should celebrate forests and trees and...

I'm a wee bit behind because I took blogging time out to write about firefly and rain books! That said, we've been busily reading some...

Go away? Or come and stay? That rather depends on various conditions. We can't survive without rain, but like many good things, too much...

Did you know that the ancient Greek word for firefly is kysolampis, which roughly translates to "shining butt"? (The root words mean...