Hello, and happy Poetry Friday! Your host for Roundup is Jone at Check it Out . Also, I'm thrilled and honored to read lovely Jama post ...

I picked this baby up oh about 5 years ago at a Scholastic Book Fair when my youngest son was in still in elementary school. (How much ...

Hello! Poetry Friday Roundup is HERE! Dear sweet Robyn had some unexpectedness this week, so I am your substitute Roundup-er... which mea...

illustration by Garth Williams, LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved the Little House books...

Hello and happy Poetry Friday! Be sure to visit Heidi at my juicy little universe for Roundup. This week I've been savoring NIGHT G...

A couple of weeks ago I participated in an event to support Books to Prisoners Project. All kinds of authors where there, including Rene D...

Last week I was lucky enough to attend a mini-conference organized by Jefferson County Children's Librarians here in Birmingham, Alaba...

Hello, and happy Poetry Friday! Please visit poet-reader-teacher Mary Lee at A Year of Reading  for Roundup. Also, don't forget to enter...

Goodreads Book Giveaway Dear Wandering Wildebeest by Irene Latham Giveaway e...

John Singer Sargent painting, "Carnation, Lily, Lilly, Rose" Hello, and happy Poetry Friday! How can it be August? Be sure to ...

 A Boy and a Bear in A Boat by Dave Shelton. The boy is not named. Neither is the bear. Yet they have an adventure and become friends, des...

sampler quilt that appears in the Gee's Bend side ferry terminal We had such a lovely time visiting with quilt lovers and quilters...

Hello and Happy Poetry Friday! I can't believe it's the last Roundup of July... holy firecrackers, this month is disappearing. Be su...

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier. It's an engaging, fast-past read, but for whatever reason I just didn't co...

Kiera Knightley and Mark Ruffalo star in BEGIN AGAIN as two people in the midst of new beginnings. Together they create a homegrown album...

.... is working with young writers!  Last month I spent a lovely two hours with a summer reading group at Trussville Public Library . H...

stained glass quilt by Bettye Kimbrell Hello, and Happy Poetry Friday! I am adventuring today with my Camp Buttercup girls, but I did wa...