Richard Peck's A SEASON OF GIFTS
I've had a flurry of email of late, asking if I've read Richard Peck's new book, A Season of Gifts . For my readers outside of c...
"Pueblo" in Shoulders and Brannen's THE ABC BOOK OF AMERICAN HOMES
This morning, I am looking (online) at the "P" page in Michael Shoulders and Sarah S. Brannen's picture book, The ABC Book of ...
Who is "Mary Whitebird"
Who is Mary Whitebird? A post to LM_NET prompted my search to see what I could find out about Mary Whitebird and a story called "Ta-Na-...
Cheryl Savageau's picture book, MUSKRAT WILL BE SWIMMING
In 2007, I wrote about Cheryl Savageau's picture book, Muskrat Will Be Swimming . I'm revisiting it today, pointing you to a compani...
The end of Reading Rainbow
Due to low ratings and lack of funds, PBS's "Reading Rainbow" is no longer being broadcast.That's too bad. I have fond mem...
SLJ's "Writer's Against Racism"
Amy Bowllan, a blogger at School Library Journal , is running a series of interviews called "Writers Against Racism." My interview...
Joseph Bruchac's biography of Jim Thorpe to be adapted into documentary
An August 22, 2009 article in the Times News in Lehighton, Pennsylvania says that Joseph Bruchac's biography of Jim Thorpe is being ada...
