I contacted Tracey Fern after reading her amazingly beautiful Dare the Wind: The Record-Breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud. I love interviewing
Category: Book Reviews
Advice from a kid: Miranda at age 9 and at age 13
Nine-year-old Miranda and I went for a walk. She told me what she thinks about books. Here’s what she said. Topics that some kids like
Forty Favorite Haunted Tomes
I am not by definition a scaredy-cat, but I do like to sleep at night. So, I avoid reading thrillers with zombies or other creatures
What a Review Can Do for You
By Carrie Charley Brown As authors, we’d all prefer a five star book review over four, right? 1st place over runner up? A Kirkus starred
3 Reasons Why YA Matters
In the last 10 days I’ve read 15 YA books and as a YA CYBILS award panelist, I’ll be reading dozens more within the next couple
New Publisher Bab’l Books: Bilingual Stories for Bilingual Families
Jair Hernandez, one of the founders of Bab’l Books, is using his Harvard Business School degree to fill a need: bilingual children’s books for bilingual
WRITERS' RUMPUS 