(Welcome to readers hopping over from Ann Voskamp’s A Holy Experience blog!) Ann and I knew each other via the Twitterverse and Planet Instagram and were each other’s big fans. (Ann has generously shared my books with children in Guatemala, in Africa, in other underserved areas of the world, working alongside Compassion International and returning… Read more »
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Happy Birthday, Eeyore!
“Eeyore Alone”. Alone. Poor Eyeore. Of course, he would be alone on his birthday that no one has remembered. Did you remember? No of course not. I didn’t either. But the Guardian remembered. They wrote a whole article about him and how great a literary character Eeyore is (“archetypal” is what they said). You can… Read more »
Connecting children with books!
Good news! You get to drop everything and read a children’s book! Why? It’s Children’s Book Week! What a great excuse (although did we really need one?) to share a favorite children’s book with someone you love–be they little, big, young, old. (I don’t think we ever grow out of them do we? Not the… Read more »
Happy Birthday Penny Black!
Today, in 1840 — 175 years ago! — the first ever postage stamp was born in Great Britain. Before then it was awful because the person getting the letter had to pay–upon delivery. Rates were high and never the same and very confusing–so, not surprisingly people often refused to pay. But a teacher saved the… Read more »
Happy birthday, Ludwig Bemelmans!
Happy (117th!) birthday to Madeline author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans!
Vonnegut’s Creative Writing 101
Don’t know about you but I’m always on the look out for the perfect special notebook, pencil, or pen that will help my writing. Here are 8 helpful tips from Kurt Vonnegut on writing that are probably all you need to know: 1/ Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that… Read more »
Happy St David’s Day!
It’s St David’s Day. So you all know what that means! No? You don’t? He’s the Patron Saint of Wales (the land of my Fathers) and his feast day is today. This means you must wear daffodils (or leeks) (I’d go with daffodils but that’s just me) on your lapel, fly the flag (yellow cross… Read more »
From a child’s mouth
I trust the idea that I get from a child. And never more than in this book because, one day on the corner of Amsterdam and 76th Street in New York City, I heard a little girl, riding her father’s shoulders, say: “A girl is Daughter And a boy is a Son.” And I knew… Read more »
Horn Book Review: The House That’s Your Home
It’s not out yet but we can’t wait… it’s coming, it’s coming. February 10th… but in the meantime, here’s a lovely review of The House That’s Your Home (illustrated by Jane Dyer/Published by Schwartz & Wade/RH)…from Horn Book. What a thoughful review from Megan (thank you!). LOVE Horn Book. They are very wise and discerning… Read more »
Story in the Round with Amy Grant & Ashley Cleveland
New York! The Story in the Round show is coming to town on February 12. Join me, Amy Grant, and Ashley Cleveland for an evening of stories and songs. Wait. What am I doing? Singing? Dancing? Worse? For those, like me, who weren’t familiar with the “in the round” concept–basically it means we each take… Read more »