FLASHLIGHT by Lizi Boyd is a fascinating book. As a teacher of Design in the picture book MFA program at Hollins University , I often talk...

I'm proud to once again be involved with Picture Book Month in November hosted by Dianne de las Cassas. Every year I create the calenda...

     As a continuation of filling in my alphabet gaps, I give you an Elephant! Okay, okay, I've drawn elephants for you before. But ...

During the month of September, my publisher for A BIRD ON WATER STREET , Little Pickle Press will donate 25% of all book sales made on our...

Via Salon - "Watch Lois Lowry and Jeff Bridges explain what a dystopia is to Stephen Colbert": The Colbert Report Get More: Colbe...

Chantel Acevedo will once again be my kind host at the Auburn Writers Conference in November. She's so generous to other writers, so i...

From Electric Lit - great info graphic about libraries in America , by H&R Block From Shelf Awareness at Flavorwire: 25 Vintage Photos...

Some illustrators are so brilliant, their books are luscious treats to enjoy. Such is the case with Connah Brecon’s new FRANK! Although a l...

Friday... Stan and I went downtown to pick up my author packet at the hotel and see who we could see. Sure enough, I ran into Tom Angleber...

     I received the sweetest note from a librarian for the Cedar City Public Library in Utah recently. She's featuring a different a...

On this Labor Day, let's celebrate the folks who make our lives easier!      Jarrett Krosoczka does just that. He was on Ted (again) rec...

OMG - what is it about my creations going to large vinyl of late? Joe Davich of the Georgia Center for the Book (I'm a board member) as...