"A Bus for Us" is the Book for Us
“A Bus for Us,” written and illustrated by Suzanne Bloom, is the 2013 selection of the One Book, Every Young Child project. Now in its eighth year, the Pennsylvania initiative promotes ...
“A Bus for Us,” written and illustrated by Suzanne Bloom, is the 2013 selection of the One Book, Every Young Child project. Now in its eighth year, the Pennsylvania initiative promotes ...
The French publisher is calling it “Cats on the Move” (my rough translation), but the U.S. title was “The Trouble with Babies.” In it, protagonist Holly, who has just moved from one San Francisco neighborhood to another ...
Neil Gaiman wrote “Coraline,” the only book that ever gave my daughter Rosa nightmares.
Rosa is pretty tough, so it was with trepidation that I opened his 2009 Newbery winner, “The Graveyard Book,” and read:
A fast-moving read for fourth grade and up is Patrick Jennings’ “Lucky Cap,” just out in paperback. The summer before Enzo starts middle school, his dad
Some people never want to grow up.
Many people see growing up as grim necessity.
And a few – but not many -- think the whole growing up deal is pretty good.
That's what I learned when I asked fans....
Jon Klassen is an unassuming Canadian-born illustrator who claims he never wrote anything other than emails until his controversial picturebook bestseller, “I Want My Hat Back” (reviewed in May 2010). Now he's gone and won the Caldecott medal for "This Is Not My Hat."
My First Kids mysteries are narrated by Cameron Parks, 10-year-old daughter of the first woman president of the United States. They also feature her little sister, Tessa (who is a drama queen), and her cousin Nate (who knows everything).
Spring has sprung in Hilary McKay’s new chapter book, and in the park where Lulu’s third-grade class goes on Tuesday after swim class “…every tree was exploding like a firework with bright green leaves. Every flower bed blazed with tulips and daffodils. ”
By popular request, here is the recipe for the fruit bread I have been making for the past (ahem-eh-mmm) years.
Climate change or not, winter will arrive on time this year, along with its particular sorrows (like getting cold) and joys (like warming up again). Let's consider three books perfect for the season.
One of my favorite questions from my recent school visit to Altoona, Pennsylvania, was this from a fourth grader: Were you born when the Titanic sailed in 1858?
If you’re looking for a child-friendly treat that is healthier than candy, you should consider one of these outstanding stories...
The top question young readers ask an author is actually one of the hardest to answer: Where do you get your ideas? Why is that question so tough? For me, I think it's because I often don't know. Take, for example, my beginner book, "Mrs. Wow Never Wanted a Cow." Where did I get the idea? Well,one day it occurred to me...
I am trying to write a picturebook today, but somehow I can't get my plots to work out. Read on for two that went wrong.