How to Be a Marketing Ninja!
When my first book, HOP PLOP, came out in 2006, I suffered from promote-a-phobia. The thought of marketing filled me with dread. I had…
Gribble’s Scribbles
Nike’s 3 Secrets To Making A Viral Video
Epic videos gone viral? Yup! Nike just cracked the code – but here’s the haunting question: Why did Nike choose an animated video? With an absolutely…
Getting your head 3-D printed
I’ve been wondering what this new 3-D printing thing is all about. Well, in keeping with its name, the21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference, which…
Transmedia and Education: How Transmedia Is Changing the Way We Learn
For one language arts class project, a middle school teacher in Shelburne, Virginia, Chad Sansing, asks his sixth graders to read Peter Cherches’s 1986 poem…
DreamWorks and Disney set release date for Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG
Break out the frobscottle! DreamWorks and Disney have today announced that the forthcoming film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The BFG, directed by Steven Spielberg, is set…
RAMONA AT FORTY
I always knew Beverly Cleary was a great writer. I read every single one of her books growing up — even the lesser-discussed ones…
Fighting Back with Signage
Amazon made news again yesterday when it unveiled its the Fire phone (read the announcement here). That Amazon has entered the smartphone arena seems fitting…
BACK TO THE BEGINNING: WHY I WRITE
In the beginning the words flowed like honey, like maple syrup, like corn syrup; yes, the metaphors flowed just like that. Flowed so easily…
The Invisible Latina
I am surrounded by Latinas—at the college where I teach and the schools that I visit. They are professors, chiropractors, cleaning ladies, teachers, principals,…
Simmons College and The Carle Announce Fall Graduate Courses
Amherst, MA (June 10, 2014) —Simmons College and The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art are pleased to announce Fall 2014 course offerings….