This past summer, my family and I headed out for a vacation in Cornwall. I loved it there, and actually felt I’d already been since I’d...

Egg Drop by Mini Grey This is a kooky picture book about a little egg who wants to fly, but unfortunately, as you know, eggs can’t. The...

Scars by Cheryl Rainfield is an incredibly powerful story about self-harm, rape, abuse, and homophobia written in a completely authentic...

We spent a week last month in Cornwall, and maybe someday I’ll feel like blogging about our amazing trip. But for now, I thought I’d...

Terrific Terror, aged two and a half (T.T.): Only 2 books today, Mommy! Me: Are you sure? We have time to read at least 5. T.T.: No....

I’m taking a break from twitter and my blog for much needed writing and recharging time. This means, I won’t be updating the BosKidLit...

As many of you already know (because you heard me enthusing about it a million times online), I was one of two recipients this year of...

I finally got photo uploads working! Here’s a long overdue blog post about my trip to San Francisco this past March. My husband had to go...

The winner is: Brianna! (I’ve emailed her already) Last week, after the NESCBWI conference, I was on a bit of a Jane Yolen kick. I love...

I am excited to announce that Monkey Poop will be hosting Jane Kohuth (author of the fabulously fun-to-read Ducks Go Vroom) next week and...

This week there was one clear winner among the seven books we checked out from the library. Good Night, Baby Ruby by Rohan Henry Rohan...

Some of my medical blog posts are up online over at Redwood’s Medical Edge. This website is a great resource for fiction writers looking...

Through the story, Taylor struggles to unravel the secrets about her family and about the strange dreams she’s been having. She’s helped...

I bought a Kindle in 2009 and since then I’ve been keeping track of my reading statistics on Goodreads. My previous year’s stats are in...

No, this isn't a picture of me and my daughter. Yay! It’s been 4 fun years of Monkey Poop and incredibly eloquent blog posts by yours...

Someone asked me why I’m not blogging much about TV lately and the reasons are 1) I don’t watch as much TV anymore now that I have a baby...

Last week my writing group was discussing our group’s book-of-the-month, The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart. We were going around,...

Out of all the kid’s books I read this year, these are my favorites. I attempted to order them by author and by reading level (YA,...

First things first, I have news on the writing front: I have an agent! I’m now being represented by the Sheldon Fogelman Agency. Very...

I won a writing award! Okay–to be more accurate, I received a “Letter of Merit” (sort of like honorable mention) from the Society for...