An Hour A Day

Some readers have asked me to reprint this post in honor of the day, so here it is: My mother was an elementary school teacher as well ...

One of my pleasant spring break tasks is going through the beautifully edited manuscript for my forthcoming novel, No Exceptions , about a s...

Greetings from Missouri, where I'm doing two days of school visits in North Kansas City schools.  I'm at Ravenwood Elementary right ...

I used to look forward to spring break as a chance to catch up on all the work I had left undone during the hectic pace of the semester. Bu...

I have been working hard on organizing my trip to China that is coming up in June: I'm one of ten American children's literature sch...

The Children's Literature Festival here in Warrensburg is exhilarating, but grueling as well. It is draining to have to be a larger-than...

I'm here in Warrensburg, Missouri, for the 44th Children's Literature Festival sponsored by the University of Central Missouri. This...