The January edition of Book Links includes an interview I did with Carolyn Marsden. It was great fun to read all Carolyn’s lovely middle grade novels and to find out how her multicultural stories grew. Check it out!
Carolyn Marsden’s Books

The Gold-Threaded Dress (Candlewick 2002)

Mama Had to Work on Christmas (Viking 2003)

Silk Umbrellas (Candlewick 2004)

Moon Runner (Candlewick 2005)

The [...]

My article for Book Links on Lois Ehlert is out!
Last spring I was in Milwaukee for our state school library/media conference and I met up with Ms. Ehlert at her apartment/studio to talk about her latest book, Oodles of Animals. I was so nervous! I’m not the most outgoing person, and I had never interviewed [...]

My November Book Links articles are here! Inside are an interview with the Newbery Honor-winning author of RULES, Cynthia Lord. She talks about the book, writing, raising a family with a son who has autism, and the awards. I also wrote a second article on the emerging Schneider Family Book Award. This award is just a [...]

My latest article in Library Sparks is out in the November 2007 issue. If you know Linda Sue Park’s books at all, you know I had lots to dig into when considering classroom extensions. I finally decided to take a global perspective on her work. Even though she’s published in just about every genre–historical, fantasy, contemporary, not [...]

My article, “Snipping and Snapping with Lauren Child,” is out in Library Sparks this month. In it, I’ve included a fun project for classes using THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA as a model to build miniature sets and digitally photograph and edit a story. Just like Lauren Child.
P.S. THAT PESKY RAT and I WILL NEVER NOT EVER EAT A TOMATO are [...]

My article on using Leo and Diane Dillon’s books in the classroom and library is in this month’s issue of Library Sparks. (If you don’t have access to the print magazine, still check out their website; there’s all sorts of great book and reading and library activities in their Web Resources.)