School is winding to a close (just a few weeks left!), so I'll be moving to my blog summer schedule. Don't worry - I'll still ha...

Ever wonder what to do with your crayons when you're tired of coloring? How about this? These amazing mini-sculptures are by Diem Chau...

There's a new wordless picture book out that has the children's book world all a buzz. It's called FLORA AND THE FLAMINGO and w...

      COLORING PAGE TUESDAYS is 5-years-old!!      This is IT! May 11th marks 5 YEARS!!! I had no idea what I was getting i...

Ever wanted to make a book trailer? Or do video blogs? Or promote yourself via video? Now's your chance to learn how to do it! Katie D...

WANT! These "Schwings" are available from NeatoShop . (Well, they're out of stock right now - they better hurry up and get mo...

I've told friends that revising my novel is like taking apart a jig-saw puzzle and putting it back together upside-down and backwards. A...

May 11th marks 5 years of coloring pages - can you believe it? (That's the very first one there on the right.)      I had no idea what ...

"Everybody needs her period of apprenticeship, and it will be longer and tougher and harder than you expect or want it to be. Embrace t...

      COLORING PAGE TUESDAYS is almost 5-years-old! AND... EL DIA DE LOS NINOS ~ EL DIA DE LOS LIBROS is today AND... ...

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“Life is without meaning. You bring meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.” - Jos...

As some of you may have heard, I will be teaching in Roanoke, Virginia this summer at the Hollins University Certificate in Children's ...

Next Tuesday we celebrate El día de los ninos, El día de los libros! Instill a love of reading to ALL of your students by promoting this ha...

      COLORING PAGE TUESDAYS is almost 5-years-old!!      To continue the celebration, I give you... tiers of cupcakes! Want t...