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Finding characters of color
The other day I was reading The Snowy Day again, going “plop” with the snow on the kids’ heads and dragging their feet through imaginary snow from the vantage of my lap. It was a favorite of Hudson’s...
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Children’s Stories Around the World
By Sarah Ann Noel I cannot resist a beautiful old copy of a classic children’s story, and I’ve collected tales that my daughters can grow into for years. Of course, there is the element of cozy...
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Our Favorite Christmas Books
Every winter, having tucked our holiday books away in the hidden reaches of a closet, I look forward to pulling down those visions of sugarplums and the grumpy Grinch for sparking our Christmas-time...
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KidLit: Celebrating Diversity and Social Justice on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Alli Brydon, a children’s book editor and writer based in the New York City—and a friend from the time we both worked at the same publishing house there—has generously agreed to be a guest contributor...
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Reading Harry Potter for the first time
“He didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign… to have been loved so deeply, even though the person is gone, will give us some...
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Kidlit: Favorite Chapter Books for Children
I mentioned last week that we just finished reading the first book in the Harry Potter series with Hudson. It’s been very exciting to start reading chapter books together; it evokes those scenes in...
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Kidlit: Hugs & Love for Valentine’s Day
by Alli Brydon, a children’s book editor and writer based in the New York City, who has generously agreed to help us expand our childrens’-book libraries. While Valentine’s Day is supposedly made for...
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So You Want to Write Children’s Books?
During my time as a book editor—and for a while thereafter—the most common question I’d get was “How do I write/publish a children’s book?” The only problem? I wasn’t a children’s book editor. But my...
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Kidlit: Myths, Legends & Folktales
A few summers ago, we brought Mary Pope’s version of The Odyssey written for kids (highly recommended) along on a trip to the south of Italy. A rocky shore, it turned out, was the perfect place to...
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The Enneagram in Relationships
Last May, I noted that the question “What number are you?” seemed to be coming up for me frequently—with other parents during a play date, on a Saturday morning workout with a girlfriend, or maybe at...
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