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After the keynote address, we authors were split into panels. The tweens got to choose which panels to attend...and what questions to ask us! Here's my panel: "Dare to Debut," with Augusta Scattergood, Deron Hicks, Lynne Kelly, and me. We spent the next three hours answering questions like "What's your favorite candy?" and "What do you do when you get stuck?" (It turns out the answer to both of those is "chocolate.")

A Post in Pictures: Tweens Read Book Festival, Houston, TX

Published by on October 22, 2012 | 8 Responses

This past weekend, I got the chance to participate in a super fun event dedicated to books for kids: the Tweens Read Book Festival in Houston, TX. Twenty-one authors, hundreds of middle grade readers, personalized cupcakes, hand-made knitted water bottle cozies, 85 degrees weather (it was a wet and coooold 45 degrees when I left Wisconsin)—well, let’s just say, as more »

"Mahna-mahna," or Why Historical Fiction for Kids Is Hard

“Mahna-mahna,” or Why Historical Fiction for Kids Is Hard

Published by on February 23, 2012 | Leave a response

We went to see The Muppets this past weekend. I loved it. So many fond memories of childhood. Fozzy*. The chickens. Seeing the babies. Beeker. But my kids…well, they enjoyed it, but I don’t think they “got” it. Sad to say, but they’ve never seen a Muppet movie or show (I know, we’re going to remedy that). So while they more »