The Decatur Book Festival is not only the largest independent book festival in the country, its also my favorite festival of the year! So ...

     Here in the south, school started a few weeks ago, but up north, school is starting today! Time to open the books and lear...

I loved the book DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth. I hope the movie is as good! What do you think?

How will you celebrate? There are several organizations that promote literacy you might want to check out. Like: Reading is Fundamental - ...

My hubbie is an avid motorcyclist. He's never run into a problem like this, but it has special significance. For the rest of us, it'...

Amanda Cockrell is just one member of the impressive faculty for the 2013 Writing and Illustrating for Kids (WIK) conference, taking place O...

Bullying has become a huge issue in schools. Not that its new. But people are trying to stop it in new ways. Author and former teacher Kate...

If you don't have plans for this Labor Day weekend, might I suggest you head on down to Decatur, Georgia and the 2013 Decatur Book Festi...

     Read! Read! Read! The more you read, the bigger your brain will get! That's what this reading rhino is hoping!       ...

I haven't been able to stop thinking about this article since I read it... "40 Maps That Explain the World" at The Washington...

Based on the book by Markus Zusak. It looks wonderful - but I'm wondering if they got rid of Death narrating? Does anybody know?

Does anybody know what instrument this man is playing? (Just kidding...)

I received a note recently from Natalie, who works at a cancer hospital for adults. They'd been getting a lot of visitors lately who arr...

I get a lot of books sent to me now that I do these giveaways. It's helped me understand how a manuscript can jump out at an editor. Ev...