Before Halloween I always make a stuffed-with-leaves “person” to greet trick-or-treaters. The head has been a red playground ball ever since the gruesome year squirrels gnawed on a pumpkin head. As I worked on this year’s ball-headed person, I had high hopes for the Red Sox winning the American … Continue reading
Summer has always been my favorite season, but add three marvelous, entertaining grandchildren to the mix, and I cherish these months even more! … Continue reading
Recently, I contributed to a lovely website called Storied Stuff, with short essays about a pictured treasured object. I’ve pasted mine below, about my beloved grandmother’s doll. Here’s the link. Marushka is about 130-years-old. Years before the Russian Revolution, my maternal grandmother, Rebecca, schlepped … Continue reading
…I signed a contract for my next book! The title is still a secret. Shhhh… … Continue reading
Yes, today I’m recommending a board book and a half. What I mean is that it’s huuuuuge, in size and what it covers! Caution! Road Signs Ahead by prolific, award-winning author Toni Buzzeo has realistically shaped pages of 35 signs … Continue reading
Asked to be a Guest Author for Red Hill Elementary School’s Readathon (Santa Ana, California), I responded with an enthusiastic Yes! And thanks to technology, from 3,000 miles away, I was able to share screen shots as I read my picture book THE TROUBLE … Continue reading
I just have to give shout-outs to two fabulous new picture books! The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest is a picture book biography about an innovative, never-give-up scientist who studies and makes fascinating discoveries high up in the … Continue reading
Since my husband and I are spending more time at home than usual this winter, thanks to a certain virus, it’s a special joy to spot wildlife we don’t normally see, right out our window. Here are 2 recent yard guests that visited … Continue reading
I really lucked out when my poem in the new Writers’ Loft anthology Friends and Anemones (see previous post) was brought to life by the talented illustrator and writer Doreen Buchinski. My poem is about beautiful, energetic birds, Red Knots, that migrate record-breaking distances each … Continue reading