The House of Glee visited friends and family in Portland, Oregon, this past weekend. We went to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (O...

KidLitCon * is joining up with Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), a nonprofit children's literacy organization. Colleen Mondor of Chasing Ra...

Over the past couple of weeks, I've read aloud Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking books to Lucia. We'd finished Ronia, the Ro...

Two days ago, I received the out-of-print copy of The Blue Valentine , by Gwen Schutlz, illustrated by Theresa Sherman, that I mentioned in ...

Author Sarah Prineas wrote a guest blog-post I appreciated on Shrinking Violet Promotions. It's called I Will Be Your Friend But I Will ...

Bede is going to have two art shows at local venues this winter. One art show will be at the coffee shop 3 blocks from our house. Lucia is p...

The Bainbridge Island library has a copy of Alice's Celestial Globe made by Greaves and Thomas. John Tenniel's illustrations for A...

I have been reading aloud to Lucia the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I loved them as a child, and reread them many times. Whi...

Congratulations to Jules Danielson of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast , Peter D. Sieruta of Collecting Children's Books and Be...

I hope to be back into my regular rhythms of the day soon. That story I promised (a silly one, but a story nonetheless) still exists only in...

Melisande, Or Long and Short Division , by E. Nesbit, is a literary fairy tale that incorporates mathematics. Perhaps when I made Princess D...

In the past, I’ve posted performer interviews on this blog, but decided that I would not do author interviews or book reviews. However, whe...

Here is the schedule for announcing the Unnecessary Children's Book Sequels contest: Third Place: Monday, April 20 Second Place: Wednes...

A month ago, I heard fellow storyteller Aarene Storms tell Richard Kennedy's "Come Again in the Spring" on her Global Griot S...

Minh Le (of Bottom Shelf Books ) and I are enjoying reading the entries of the Unnecessary Children's Book Sequels That Never Were con...

The Contest is now closed. Stay tuned for the results, including contest winners, Minh Le's illustrations of the winning entries, and mo...

I sent off my list of 10 favorite picture-books to Fuse #8 today. In the event you are curious, I have posted my list with its quickly jott...

Betsy Bird, a.k.a. Fuse#8, is compiling the Top 100 Picture Books Poll . Vote for your top ten picture books of all time (not just this year...

The storytelling video shoot went well yesterday! I plan to give you an account soon, but in the meantime, does this video clip ring any bel...

This past Saturday, my mom and aunt flew into town. The next day, we headed off to Orcas Island for a day and two nights, and then came back...