North Carolina Reading Association Conference
I had a blast at the North Carolina Reading Association Conference! I walked into the exhibit hall to this sign: I was... Read More
A Quilting Bee & Student Letters
Happy New Year! I knew the year was off to a good start when I received this letter from a student at... Read More
A NC Authors’ Picture Book Palooza!
On December 4th, I was part of a Picture Book Palooza with fellow authors Constance Lombardo, Amy Cherrix, and Allan Wolf. If... Read More
#NCRA2017 and Friends of the Library
March was a whirlwind month! I traveled to Raleigh for the North Carolina Reading Association Conference. This photo is from a book... Read More
CLiCK Conference–University of South Florida
On March 6th, I met fellow Middle Grade authors, Kerry O’Malley Cerra, Augusta Scattergood, and Taryn Souders at the University Of South... Read More
World Read Aloud Day! #wrad17
On February 16th, I participated in my first World Read Aloud Day. I Skyped with kids in Asheville, North Carolina, Hagerstown, Maryland,... Read More
New Interviews About Ruby Lee And Me!
I’ll be Skyping with Margaret Simon’s class on March 7th, and she interviewed me for her blog. Margaret and I were both... Read More
Middle Grade Book Panel #MSBookFest
This past August, I participated on a middle grade panel at the Mississippi Book Festival. We were moderated by Deborah Wiles, and... Read More
An Author Podcast And #SHOPSMALL
On Saturday, I participated in my first ever podcast along with fellow Middle Grade author, Monika Schroeder. Our host was Ken Butcher,... Read More