In which I blog yet again about the PEN Award Ceremony, only this time with photos
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...
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May 21, 20121 min read
An apropos comic strip…
This week’s Bizarro is relevant to one of my WIP’s. Care to guess which one? #comicstrips
May 7, 20124 min read
Guest Post and Giveaway: Author Jane Kohuth on the Top Ten Duck Books of All Time
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,...
May 4, 20121 min read
PEN Children’s Book Discovery Night
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,...
May 2, 20121 min read
Duck Sock Hop Author Guest Post with Giveaway next week!
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...
Apr 30, 20121 min read
Mommy Read it Again: Good Night, Baby Ruby
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...
Apr 23, 20122 min read
Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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...
Apr 16, 20121 min read
Guest Posts over at Redwood’s Medical Edge
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...
Apr 9, 20121 min read
Book Review: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
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...
Apr 2, 20122 min read
Mommy Read it Again: Two Surprise Hits
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...
Mar 26, 20121 min read
2012 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery Award
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...
Mar 12, 20121 min read
Book Review: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Through the story, Taylor struggles to unravel the secrets about her family and about the strange dreams she’s been having. She’s helped...
Mar 5, 20121 min read
Mommy Read it Again: Fun on the Farm
Last week’s library picks, as always, included multiple animal themed books and a Valentine’s Day selection. However, her favorites were...
Feb 27, 20121 min read
My e-reading stats for 2011
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...
Feb 13, 20121 min read
Mommy Read It Again: More Toddler Favorites
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...
Feb 6, 20121 min read
Happy Four Year Blogiversary, Monkey Poop!
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...
Jan 4, 20122 min read
Mommy Read It Again: More Great Picture Books
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)....
Dec 28, 20111 min read
Where are the TV blog posts?
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...
Dec 9, 20112 min read
The Subjectivity of a “Favorites” List
Last week my writing group was discussing our group’s book-of-the-month, The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart. We were going around,...
Dec 6, 20111 min read
My Favorite Books of 2011
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,...
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