Before I talk about today’s wonderful Un-Forgettable Friday post, I want to take a minute to let you know who won the book giveaway contest this week. Drum roll please. . .Lara Ivey won Book by Book! Thank you to everyone for leaving comments and questions for Cindy Hudson, the author. If you missed the [...]

I recently listened to the audio book of Ender’s Game (20th anniversary edition), and it was sooooo good. I thought maybe I had read the book before because I knew a lot about it; but maybe it was 20 years ago and I don’t have a good memory. Anyway, whether it was the first time [...]

photo by digipam www.flickr.com On Saturday, I was at a nature writing workshop presented by Jen Cullerton Johnson, who is the author of the upcoming book, Seeds of Change, a picture book about Wangari Maathai. I don’t want to tell you too much about this book because I hope to review it on here soon [...]

*Picture book for preschoolers through first graders *Three fun and adorable children as main characters *Rating: Don’t Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun? will make you wish you could stay young forever and remind you to be young-at-heart! Short, short summary: In Jamie Harper’s first picture book, she tells the story of three children who cannot understand [...]

I am so honored to be a part of WOW! Women On Writing‘s blog tour for Cindy Hudson, who is the author of a wonderful book for parents titled Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs. Cindy has been in a mother-daughter book club with her own children for several years, [...]

photo by carrera911e *Picture book for preschoolers through anyone who loves dogs! *A very loyal, little dog as the main character *Rating: Always by Alison McGhee is such a cute book for dog lovers. Perfect for kids–but also a good gift book for dog owners. Short, short summary: In Always, a small dog tells “his” [...]

photo by soulshine20_05 www.flickr.com The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister is the Timeless Thursday choice this week. In looking over some information for this book, I discovered that it was originally published in Switzerland! It was published in the United States by North-South Books just under 20 years ago. Can you believe it? The Rainbow [...]

photo by D’Arcy Norman www.flickr.com Today is one of those days when I can’t get caught up. That’s the reason why I am writing this blog post after dinner instead of this morning, and why it is going to be short. But I do have an idea that I want to share with parents, teachers, [...]

*Picture book, contemporary fantasy for first through fifth graders *Young boy as main character *Rating: Wake the Dead by Monica A. Harris is definitely a witty and entertaining picture book–but for a little older audience than most picture books. Short, short summary: Henry is VERY loud; and his entire family is telling him if he’s [...]

photo by mrbill www.flickr.com On Saturday, April 24, I am involved in a very exciting event in St. Peters, Missouri with a writing group I belong to–Saturday Writers. Every year, we sponsor free writing contests for kids and teens; and this Saturday, we hand out the awards. Basically, we have a short story/poetry contest for [...]