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...

This week’s Bizarro is relevant to one of my WIP’s. Care to guess which one? #comicstrips

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...

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...

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...

I am very excited to share the news that I am one of two winners of the 2012 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery...

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)....

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,...