She's a woman of many enthusiasms. Change Ringing. Planes. Folklore. Traveling. Punting. Time machines. Okay, I made up that last one, b...

It's a Dickinson Day, which means that it's a day for a poem that is compact and concise and full of a quiet passion. Go, Emily. Thi...

Well, we are officially about 2 weeks into National Novel Writing Month and I'm a) woefully behind, and b) embarrassed at the poor-quali...

The Prince of Wales turns 60 and gets a book edited by Quentin Blake and Michael Morpurgo . It's apparently good to be Prince. And here...

Historical fiction. It's all over the place lately. Today's Tollbooth has a great thoughtful little piece about why we choose it, w...

It's apparently Artist & Illustrator Week. First, via Fuse @SLJ , illustrator Davide Hyde Costello draws the cutest janitor/monster...

"I hate being labelled," she says today, ensconced in the chic café at the top of Waterstone's Piccadilly, where she's req...

Happy Monday! Hope you get a jump on some good things this week. Mondays are usually nonfiction day elsewhere in the blogosphere, but I spot...

Family happens in ways that have nothing to do with what we're born into. We think it's supposed to be mom and dad and brother and s...

In TadMack's post below , she mentions Jen's great post over at ForeWord about fostering a love of books and reading in children. M...

The Guardian had a piece today on Angry Arthur, by Hiawyn Oram, and the illustrations of Satoshi Kitamura . This book is part of "Get G...

(Poetry is song in meter. How can I keep from singing?) Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes Let Ameri...

"Success is counted sweetest," Emily Dickinson says, "by those who ne'er succeed." I always assume she means that th...

I suggest clicking on this one to view it larger... Well, the Election Day madness, mania, and mayhem is over, and I've now proceeded p...

It is a strange thing to be far from home on Election Day. It is a strange thing not to get a sticker, or a sticker and a cookie , not to be...

"For there is nothing mysterious about the foundations of a healthy and strong democracy. The basic things expected by our people of th...

Speak up, speak out, and use your vocal superpowers for good! Another reminder from the Blog the Vote contingent (Colleen Mondor at Chasing ...

Right on the cover of the book is your first clue. The title. Before I Die . This is going to be A Sad Book. What's worse is that the UK...