I made it on Cynthia Lord’s blog! With a big old photo and everything. The SCBWI WI fall retreat was fabulous. I think my favorite parts were, of course, showing Joy Neaves and Cynthia Lord (two exceptionally lovely women) the CCBC as it is the best place on earth and who wouldn’t want to show […]
Category Archives: Book Reviews
The Wednesday Wars
So so good. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, the Lizzie Bright/Newbery Honor winning guy, is absolutely fabbity fab and has all sorts of satisfying bits that gave me that wow life is a great thing feeling despite the fact that the main character has so many things going against him. It’s set in […]
Harry Potter Party Pics from Way Back in July
Great costumes from two of our favorite CCBC Librarians at the Harry Potter party in Madison at B&N East. There’s Madame Hooch, Professor McGonagall, Professor Umbridge and me (sadly costumeless).