Last week, on my Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram  accounts, I shared my journey as I tested a popular 7-day diet. The Hungry Caterpillar...

The following story, to be told over the 12 days leading up to Christmas, is from a picture book manuscript I wrote years ago. I finally dec...

I live in a part of California that rarely gets too cold. Even in the evenings. Even in winter! But I'm sure it would feel so much colde...

Last week, I flew to Kansas to attend...   Pittsburg High School (home of the Purple Dragons!) became the second U.S. school to put o...

This past weekend, I flew up to Seattle and then drove to Yakima for the 2013 Washington Library Media Association conference. In the morni...

Last weekend, I drove to Southern California for the Big Orange Book Festival. Before my YA panel, I was able to listen to Richard Paul Eva...