Coming Attractions

I love it when chil­dren’s books do well in the world. I was excit­ed to join Kather­ine Pater­son at the film pre­mier of Bridge to Ter­abithia, a cou­ple of years ago, and can’t wait for The Great Gilly Hop­kins to hit the big screen. I’m all a‑tingle just think­ing about the wide release of Lois […]

Celebrity Children’s Authors and the Publishers Who Love Them, Part 2

I must con­fess, I’m par­tic­u­lar­ly annoyed by African Amer­i­can celebri­ties who jump into the children’s book fray because “there are no books for our chil­dren,” to which I respond, Huh? Spike Lee made such a claim in a year when I, alone, had five books pub­lished. So, I take it he is not only unaware […]