Gribble’s Scribbles

When Scholastic asked what book selection I’d like to have to work with my students this year, without hesitation, I asked for Owl Moon by Jane…

Sometimes the best way to learn how to do something is to just sit back and watch someone else do it well. Really really…

Did you ever lock yourself out of your house? Back in 1996, we arrived at our new home in Colorado Springs, having driven 2000…

This month I’m enrolled in Kristen Fulton’s Non-Fiction Archaeology class AND participating in her WOW NonFicPic week of writing. I’m overwhelmed with all that I am…

We’ve been zeroing in on the unique craft elements of beginnings – opening pages, scenes and chapters – in theChildren’s Book Hub over the past…

Picture reading a book to your class while they all sit on the edge of their seats, anticipating the next word. Picture hearing your…

yes I’m still blogging superhero shoots From MARCH…the end. so these two remind me of the BOY version of my girls…one looks like mom…

The letter came on Monday, over a week ago. Maggie had been absently wading through the morning’s harvest of mail, as usual, on her lunch…

You’re a pre-published author. No biggie – tons of people are in the same boat. But then you start drafting your query letters bio…

The mom who lived right across the street from us in Milwaukee, Harry’s friend Erica’s mother, asked me one afternoon if I saved all…