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Guest Post and Giveaway: The Gossip File by Anna Staniszewski
Happy 2015 from Monkey Poop! For my very first blog post this year, I’m excited to have a Q&A guest post from Anna Staniszewski, author...
Jan 7, 20153 min read


The Best Books I Read This Year (2014 edition)
This has been a great year for kid’s books and as usual I was completely conflicted about which books to choose! I’m at the point in my...
Dec 15, 20142 min read


Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Veera Hiranandani, Author of the Phoebe G. Gree
The next author in my Asian American Children’s Author blog series is Veera Hiranandani, author of the middle grade novel, The Whole...
Oct 2, 20142 min read


Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Varsha Bajaj, Author of Abby Spencer Goes to Bo
The featured Asian American Author on the blog this week is Varsha Bajaj. Her newest book is Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood. 1) Which of...
Aug 11, 20141 min read


Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Nandini Bajpai, Author of Starcursed
blog series is Nandini Bajpai, author of the recently published Red Turban White Horse and Starcursed. 1) Which of your characters do you...
Jul 21, 20141 min read


Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Sayantani DasGupta, Co-Author of The Demon Slay
Our next author in this series is doctor-writer Sayantani DasGupta. I am a huge fan of Sayantani’s writing and am an avid follower of...
Jul 14, 20143 min read


Guest Post: Author Anna Staniszewski’s Top Three Food-Centric Novels
Author Anna Staniszewski’s brand new book, The Prank List (the sequel to the absolutely hilarious Dirt Diary) comes out next month, and...
Jun 9, 20141 min read


MG Book Review: Dumpling Days by Grace Lin
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin What a great book! The story is about a young Taiwanese-American girl named Pacy who visits Taiwan with her...
Mar 3, 20141 min read


MG Book Review: The Dirt Diary by Anna Staniszewski
I was having kind of a bad day, and this book cheered me right up! The premise is what drew me to the novel: Eighth-grader Rachel Lee...
Dec 13, 20131 min read
Going Beyond Fan Fic – Making Your Favorite Characters Your Own
“Where do you get your ideas?” This is one of the questions that authors dread because it comes up so frequently, pretty much every time...
Jun 8, 20124 min read
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