This past week I had the great pleasure of teaching "Creating Picture Books" at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N...

I adore globes and don't have nearly as many as I'd like. But I never really thought about who made them before. Step in Peter Belle...

It's Take Your Child To A Bookstore Day! 620 stores are participating this year (up from 80 in 2010 when the happy day began). Use toda...

Hi Elizabeth and Thank You for the opportunity to be a guest on your blog. This fall I’m celebrating the publication of my first middle gr...

Contents of Maggie Stiefvater's Brain - Error messages . Hilarious! Ian Rankin: ' It took 14 years for my writing to pay .' Fa...

My friend and creator of BRAIN BURPS ABOUT BOOKS podcast, Katie Davis and her talented husband Jerry have a new ebook out just in time f...

"One of the finest protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on." - Alain de Botton Don't I know it! Thanks ...

     HAPPY HANUKKAH!      I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving or Thanksgivukkah, or whichever you are celebrating this year!...

Sometimes the publishers I represent in my giveaways have book-ish products to share too. Since we are officially into the holiday shopping ...

I have teamed up with Kacy Krieg of Lost Creek Laser to make these adorable Christmas ornaments using my Coloring Page Tuesday images. The...

A WELL CRAFTED PIECE by Todd Strasser      At a gathering recently someone asked me what I did for a living. I said I wrote books for yo...

The publisher of my forthcoming novel, A BIRD ON WATER STREET , is offering the biggest promotion in the history of the company this Saturd...

GREAT Tumblr post about Cynicism in children's literature by Stacy Whitman, editor at Tu Books (Lee & Low) - EVERYBODY should read ...

I have the great honor to be on faculty at Hollins University with the talented Ashley Wolff , author and illustrator of such favorites as...

Happy Hanukkah!      I'll have a new Hanukkah coloring page next Tuesday. Meanwhile, CLICK HERE for some I've done in the past.