What accounts for the perennial popularity of Nancy Drew? What makes her stories so enticing? Why would anyone want to read about this unfettered rich girl? Nancy [...]
One of the most beautiful, heartfelt books I’ve ever had the good fortune to read is, Heart of a Shepherd, by Rosanne Parry, published in 2009 by [...]
Marguerite de Angeli won the Newbury Award for, The Door In The Wall, in 1950. The unlikely hero of this adventurous book is ten year old Robin, [...]
Who is Hiram Anderson? Andrew and his much younger sister, Addie, receive a letter they cannot read from him. The only clue is an added note to [...]
Frogs How is a book born? Before I started writing stories, I believed that ‘real writers’ had full grown stories pop into their minds. But the more [...]
