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...

5/8: Updated post to show that this is a SIGNED copy of Duck Sock Hop we’re giving away! My very first guest post is by Jane Kohuth,...

Come see me read from my manuscript! Here’s more info: 4th Annual Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery Award Sunday, May 6, 2012,...

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...

I knew The Fault in Our Stars would be a great book just because it was by John Green, co-author of the amazingly fabulous Will Grayson^2...

This was one book which lived up to all the glowing reviews I’d seen online, rather than not quite being as good as everyone says, which...

This week we took home 5 books, and of these, the toddler had two rather unexpected favorites: Banana! by Ed Vere We have read this book...

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

Last week’s library picks, as always, included multiple animal themed books and a Valentine’s Day selection. However, her favorites were...

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...

A few more library books my daughter loves. We checked out six books last week and these two have been the ones we’ve read over and over...

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...

Every one or two weeks my daughter and I walk to the library and come home with a pile of books to read at bedtime (or anytime, really)....

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...

The Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness is a YA dystopia series about a planet where men’s thoughts can be heard out loud by everyone...

In many other respects, this book was better than the first book. For example, in Shiver, I felt a few of the side characters weren’t...

I’m beginning to notice that the toddler likes to pick books that have something familiar about them or are about one of her favorite...

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts. We’ve read a ton of books in the interim, (and actually we go to the library on...