I am a teacher and a children's writer. I have a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Vermont College. To the chagrin of my dog, there is always a book in my hands or a computer on my lap.
GOOD BOOKS FOR EARLY READERS Mercy Watson Series KATE DICAMILLO
The House in the Night SUSAN MARIE SWANSON
There is a Bird on Your Head! MO WILLEMS
GOOD BOOKS FOR MIDDLE GRADE READERS Savvy INGRID LAW
The Willoughbys LOIS LOWRY
Clementine Series SARA PENNYPACKER
GOOD BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULT READERS The Amaranth Enchantment JULIE BERRY
Wintergirls LAURIE HALSE-ANDERSON
The Uninvited TIM WYNNE-JONES
NEW AND NOTEWORTHY BOOKS Catching Fire SUZANNE COLLINS (Sept. 09)
The Magician's Elephant KATE DICAMILLO (Sept. 09)
Saving Maddie VARIAN JOHNSON (Mar. 10)
FAVORITE QUOTES FROM WRITING Run away into a story, and when you come out at the end you will find yourself even closer to home. THE DOLLMAGE, MARTINE LEAVITT
The sun will go on rising and setting whether I fail in geomety or not...I think I'd rather it didn't go on if I failed! ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, L.M. MONTGOMERY
FAVORITE QUOTES ABOUT WRITING You see things; and say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and say "Why not?" GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning and took out a comma....In the afternoon-well, I put it back again. OSCAR WILDE
