A few weeks ago I visited an elementary school in northern Washington State.

The school held a food drive and collected 1600 food items before my visit.

I spoke to three assemblies and then led two writers’ workshops. At the beginning of 5th grade workshop, I asked th...

I was tagged for this tour by my fellow critique group member and author, Dan Richards. His beautiful picture book, The Problem With Not Being Scared of Monsters (illustrated by Robert Neubecker), comes out in August. I don’t know about you, but I still worry about who...