I am not even believing what arrived in the mail Monday! An actual MEDAL - my Gold Moonbeam Children's Book Award MEDAL. It was forwarde...

     Elf in a stocking - is he stuffing it full of treats? I hope so!       CLICK HERE for more Christmas coloring pages! I have Hanuk...

I recently answered some questions as "Featured Blogger" for the Cybils - Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary A...

Wouldn't it be lovely if everybody loved books as much as Madison does? What an inspiration she is! (Click the image to read the article...

Well, I wasn't able to get Hervé Tullet on, but his new book is getting a ton of praise and deserves every drop of it! MIX IT UP! is ab...

From PW: Download their FREE 2014 PW Children's Starred Reviews Annual From The Telegraph, via PW: Michael Bond: I could have papered ...

Some books become classics and need to be shared again and again. Such is the case with HERSHEL AND THE HANUKKAH GOBLINS written by Eric Ki...

Lovely things keep happening to A BIRD ON WATER STREET! I just heard that ABOWS is an Academics' Choice Award Winner ! I'm so flatte...

     All the holiday hub-bub can just wear a little mouse right out! How are you getting in the holiday spirit?       CLICK HERE for m...

My last time to teach "Creating Children's Picture Books" at the John C. Campbell Folk School (because we're moving to Sc...

The Art of Richard Thompson . Richard Thompson has been called a “cartoonists’ cartoonist.” Find out why in this warm and moving portrait. ...

Today I head over to the Picture Book Idea Month for a post-PiBo guest blog post called "Track Ideas and Let Them Simmer." It...

I am thrilled to share TWO SPECKLED EGGS by debut author and illustrator (on the same book), Jennifer K. Mann . I adore this book. Who hasn...

At Brain Pickings: The 13 Best Children's, Illustrated, and Picture Books of 2013 At PW's ShelfTalker, Elizabeth Bluemle shares ...

Mike Wohnoutka has a new book out and I’m thrilled to have him on dulemba.com today. His latest is called LITTLE PUPPY AND THE BIG GREEN M...