Kate Milford, best known for her book Greenglass House, has a new book out: The Thief Knot. I was so incredibly excited to receive a copy from Clarion and I'm…
I've decided to start sharing a version of my monthly wrap-ups over here on the blog because, even though maybe I don't like thinking about how long some things take,…
Anyone else really love reading seasonally? There's something extra cozy this time of year about grabbing your favorite blanket, something warm to drink, and a book with the perfect winter…
There are the books that seem to be universally beloved. "Little Blue Truck," "Goodnight Moon", "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", "Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?", "etc. etc.. But…
As I was reading the book, which is Amy Rebecca Tan's A Kind of Paradise, I realized that heartwarming books tend to, well, have a special place in my heart...a…
Family. It can be beautiful; it can be brutal; it's usually somewhere in between. There's both the blessing and the curse of it being meant to be unconditional. There's the…
One of my favorite things about books is that you never know what they'll inspire. As a kid, I was always pretending that I was living in whatever book I…
In the sleepy, mountainside town of Winchester, Vermont, every night and early morning, you can find Jane Littleton concocting scrumptious confections in the warm and homey kitchen of Red Maple…