“Give me a story that just makes me unreasonably vigilant. Keep me up till five only because all your stars are out, and for no other reason.”

~J.D. Salinger, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction

"Keep reading... not all readers are writers, but all writers are readers."

~Ralph Fletcher

(Thanks Denise!)

Happy Dr. Seuss' Birthday Week!!

"Boredom is the enemy."

~Laura Vaccaro Seeger

WWU Children's Lit Conference 2014

"The first thing you write- it's terrible.

It only gets better by revising."

~ author Jennifer L. Holm

WWU Children's Literature Conference 2014