WRITERS' RUMPUS

This is not a trick! Interview with Vikki VanSickle about her Creepy/Spooky Picture Books … plus an extra special treat!

I’ve been drawn to creepily enticing books ever since I was in elementary school, and it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Vikki VanSickle and her two deeply atmospheric books, Into the Goblin Market and Mother Boo: Poems from Spookytown.

MG Book Review and Interview: ATTACK OF THE KILLER KOMODOS by Summer Rachel Short

September 14, 2021 Laura Fineberg Cooper

Groundbreaking science, rampaging nature, and colorful characters intertwine in this 2nd Maggie and Nate mystery by talented middle grade author Summer Rachel Short. As the

Interview with Colleen Paeff, Debut Author of The Great Stink

September 10, 2021 Kim Chaffee

Things that definitely don’t stink: Today’s author, her debut book, and this interview. I’m so happy to have the opportunity to chat with Colleen Paeff about her debut, The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem.

An Interview with Author Janie Reinart

September 7, 2021 Alumni & Guests

Cathy Stefanec Ogren: Meet Janie Reinart. Whether she’s writing, teaching, puppeteering, performing interactive musical stories, clowning around, or presiding as a poet-in-residence at an elementary

Interview with Rob Justus, Author/Illustrator of Death & Sparkles

September 3, 2021 Hilary Elizabeth Margitich

Odd couple characters abound in children’s books. If you think for a moment, I bet you can rattle off a bunch. There’s Frog and Toad,

September Middle Grade and Young Adult Opportunities

August 27, 2021 Marti Johnson

Events, classes, contests for Middle Grade and Young Adult writers for September, 2021

A tale of cats (not rats): The Pawed Piper by Michelle Robinson

August 24, 2021 Laura Fineberg Cooper

I confess I expected dogs when I eagerly signed up to review THE PAWED PIPER, written by Michelle Robinson and illustrated by Chinlun Lee, but was utterly charmed by this cat-centric picture book.