Here’s a great follow-up to the NYT article about the current state of picture books. Cheers for librarians!Light in the storm.

Critique partner, Chrissie, pointed out this article in the NY Times about languishing picture book sales. One reason for this, the article explains, is that parents are pushing their kids to read […]

We’re reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. It’s available as an audio book, so Stitchers thread your needles and tune in. “. […]

I’m so excited! The S4L Book Club is born. I’ll lead the first discussion in November, and since we don’t yet have a system for book selection, unless we ultimately choose to […]

I’ve mentioned before that some changes are coming to both the Funk & Weber and Stitching for Literacy websites. They’re slower than I anticipated (isn’t everything?), but they’re on their way. One […]

I did it! And I’m glad I did. The accomplishment: I read Gentlemen, by Michael Northrop. This has been on my reading list since it was released last year. I read the […]