Hippo and Gorilla are two loveable characters, (remember The Odd Couple?) who face problems children will be all too familiar with–things like crashing model airplanes (Airplanes), eating too many donuts (Donuts), and a rainy day birthday (Bathroom Beach) . Illustrator and author Bryan Langdo has created cute, humorous picture books for children. But what makes [...]

I recently received two thank you notes–one in a roundabout sort of way–from children about my book, Finding My Place: One Girl’s Strength at Vicksburg. I thought I would share them here. These are my first ones from kids, and so I’m super excited! I am not changing spelling and or punctuation when re-typing, and [...]

When I found out WOW! Women on Writing was hosting a blog tour for Sola Olu, the author of The Summer Called Angel, I knew I wanted to be a part. One reason is because this blog is about children’s books AND about books and people who help women and children around the world–after all [...]

It has happened again–I forgot to blog yesterday. It always seems to happen when there’s a holiday weekend. Then I can’t keep track of what day it is. SO, I am going to combine two posts–the one about Finding My Place that was supposed to be yesterday will just be a quick post about a [...]

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! It’s been a super busy weekend, and so I decided this post was going to tell you about my favorite Martin Luther King Jr. activity! I hope however you are celebrating today that you are doing it with loved ones and remembering what this day is all about–fighting for [...]

I’m honored to receive the Sunshine Blog Award (love this name!) from Penelope Anne Cole who blogs at http://penelopeannecole.blogspot.com. I met the wonderfully nice and talented Penelope through Guardian Angel Publishing, where she has her book, Magical Matthew, published, and I will have a picture book published titled, Maggie Mae, Detective Extraordinaire, and the Case [...]

I would love to feature anyone on my blog who sends me a picture, either reading my book or holding my book! Teachers, I would love to feature your class–photos or drawings or both! E-mail photos to margo (at) margodill.com. For more information about Finding My Place, please go to this link: http://margodill.com/blog/finding-my-place/.

*Picture book for preschoolers through second graders *Young boy as main character *Rating: Thanksgiving at Grandma’s is a cute story set on Thanksgiving about family, food, and fun! It’s a great introduction to the holiday, filled with lessons for children, but they won’t realize it . Michael F. Marino’s illustrations are perfect for the story. [...]

Dancing at the Shame Prom: Sharing the Stories that Kept Us Small **Edited by Amy Ferris and Hollye Dexter *Publisher: Seal Press *Review by Margo L. Dill *Part of WOW! Women On Writing blog tour Dancing at the Shame Prom is a new, well-written, inspiring anthology from Seal Press, full of true stories from courageous [...]

Here are three history/social studies lessons you can teach with Finding My Place: One Girl’s Strength at Vicksburg (my middle-grade, historical fiction novel). For more info on the novel, visit this page. North VS South in the United States Civil War: Since the book takes place in Vicksburg, Mississippi, there are plenty of references to [...]