Anita Lehmann sharpened her sense of humor, exchanged her children’s writing cap for an adult one, and under the nom de plume of Walburga Appleseed wrote The Princess and the Prick. She joins us to tell us what was on her list of most offending fairytales. Continue reading
Lovers of rhyme, rejoice! Our guest today is Julie Abery, a rhythm-maker and rhymer extraordinaire. Julie has six books to her name, with three more on the way. She has written board books about little animals, a biography about an Olympic swimmer, a nonfiction about a swimming team—and every single one of them is in … Continue reading
I have a very special guest today—Oliver Dominguez, the illustrator of Nacho’s Nachos. Oliver created an absolutely magnificent 1940s vibe for our book. From the moment you open the cover, you feel as though you’ve stepped 80 years back in time. Just look at the spread below with Ignacio “Nacho” Anaya and Roberto de los … Continue reading
This week, I’m celebrating the release of The Mortification of Fovea Munson, one of the most zany, screwball, full-of-heart middle grade books you will ever read. The creator of the story is Mary Winn Heider, and you’ll want to stick around because being an actor, writer, and sometimes receptionist at a cadaver lab gives Mary … Continue reading