by Jacqueline Jules I was first introduced to Balloons Lit. Journal in 2015 when I saw a call for submissions for Issue 2. Investigati...

by Jacqueline Jules In August, I was very pleased to see my poems, “The Math Beast” and “Thunder” featured in Issue 2 of a new online p...

by   Karen Leggett Abouraya Each year, on the same day we learn about the life-changing Newbery and Caldecott Awards in children...

Guest Post by Yvonne Ventresca In my young adult novel,   Pandemic (Sky Pony Press, 2014) , only a few people know what caused Lili...

by Alison Ashley Formento School may have started where you live, or it will start soon, but you can keep summer memories strong and ce...

by Jacqueline Jules When I talk about the publishing process at author visits, audiences are frequently surprised to learn that writers...

by Jane Harrington In my last post I gaily embraced the creativity of cutting and pasting summer scraps into journals to spur original ...

by Mary Quattlebaum We’re now in that “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” so beautifully described by John Keats; and with pumpk...

by Joan Waites When I visit schools or teach an illustration class, I’ll often start by asking the question, “What is a picture book?” ...

by Jacqueline Jules Before our oldest son moved to New York City and married a New York girl, my husband and I were pretty timid when...

by Laura Krauss Melmed Maurice Sendak, one of the true giants of children’s literature, died on May 8 at the age of 83.   This post is ...

by Mary Amato   You know the look. A student who is supposed to be writing is staring at the blank page. You can almost smell the panic...

by Joan Waites Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?   If applying this question to a picture book, which comes first, the words o...

by Mary Quattlebaum What books might help to create a bridge from reading to writing ?   Which ones might help students to connect with wri...

by Mary Amato When introducing a character, many writers begin and end with a list of the physical traits of the character: eye or hair col...

by Joan Waites In a previous blog post (January 2, 2012 ), I wrote about an upcoming “artist in residence” program I would be participating...