Mom on the edge.
I am SUPER excited to be featured today on Julie Hedlund’s How I Got My Agent series! When I was looking for an agent, I always felt like “how I got my agent” posts were very helpful — both for outlining what to do, and also for showing how many different ways there were of [...]
I am so, so excited to announce that I am now represented by the amazing Danielle Smith at Foreword Literary! Do you know Danielle? She’s runs a book review site called There’s a Book, where I saw that she has essentially the exact same taste in children’s literature that I do. And so when she became [...]
So, remember how I was hollering with love for Matthew Cordell’s HELLO! HELLO! last month? I have given this book to people, forced it on people, talked about how much I love it. But you know what happens when you turn off electronic devices? I’ll tell you. Your kids have no idea how electronic devices [...]
How do you raise a reader? Head on over to the Nerdy Book Club to read my post about what I’m doing to get my children to love reading. By request, here is a list of the books I mention in the post: Board books and picture books: My Car by Byron Barton Small Brown [...]
I’m so honored to be the guest over on the magnificent Colby Sharp’s blog today. Go over and read about how Bridge to Terabithia was the first book that made me cry. And leave a comment saying what your favorite Newbery book is! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fworldofjulie.com%2F%3Fp%3D3640′; addthis_title = ‘Newbery+Interview+over+on+Colby+Sharp%26%238217%3Bs+blog’; addthis_pub = ”;
Did you catch my review of Piggy Bunny on Brain Burps last week? You’ve got to read this book. If anything because it has now inserted the phrase, “This is a problem that’s called fixable” into our lives. Ok, reading that sentence, that doesn’t sound that earth-shattering. But once you read the book, you’ll see [...]
The work around here continues to be colored by my knee. Apparently you don’t just have ACL surgery and then hop up the next day to do the hustle. It takes six months before that can happen (and then another six months of intensive dance lessons from Leif Garrett). And so, two weeks (and change) [...]
Do you really need me to sell you on a book called Cecil the Pet Glacier? Plus, look at that cover — Giselle Potter’s illustrations are lush and rich, somehow simple and complex all at once. I originally picked this book up because Giselle Potter is the illustrator; her The Year I Didn’t Go to [...]
As you know, I hurt my knee a few weeks ago. It turns out I tore my ACL, which is a common injury among athletes, apparently. Also a common injury among dogs, according to Brook Gideon. I am neither a dog nor what one might call an athlete (although I’m super athletic in my head). [...]
In a flurry, rushing to get things done, always rushed, I stepped out of the shed carrying boxes of camping food and SNAP! (BAM? WHOOTZ? some kind of comic book sound for sure) my knee buckled and camping food went everywhere (flying marshmallows!) and I was in the dirt, helpless. Good thing I have all [...]
