To learn to be a good friend, kids need models of friendship. WHAT IS A FRIEND? is 41 poems showing friends come in...
Poetry Friday: For the love of poetry
To learn to be a good friend, kids need models of friendship. WHAT IS A FRIEND? is 41 poems that show that friends...
CK Malone: Their Process
Plotter? Pantser? Up all night? How does a picture book manuscript come to be? CK Malone on their writing...
Poetry Friday: Comings & Goings & Trees
In what feels like an instant – though likely not by my pup who was a 13-hour road warrior - I was transported this...
CK Malone: Author’s Voice
Finding your voice as a writer takes time. CK Malone talks about what makes their writing unique and...
Poetry Friday: Where Do You Belong?
Of all people, my doctor asked me once: Where do you belong? When you split your time between places, it can...
CK Malone: Hook, Heart, Takeaway
As a bigender, neurodiverse, kidlit author, CK Malone breaks barriers in presenting a character who longs for a...
POETRY FRIDAY: Scars
WOUNDS paper cuts, puppy teeth, scratches on the knee, slivers, stings, surgeries for appendectomies, unmet...
CK Malone: Critique Partners
Kidlit authors would be nowhere without their critique partners - the peeps that read their umpteenth @!#$ draft and...
POETRY FRIDAY: Things That Last
My parents are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary this week. "I'm reminded that it's possible for love to last...
CK Malone: What Excites? What Terrifies?
They should feel excited. Afterall, they are a debut picture book author. But CK Malone is also...
Poetry Friday: Remember This
Digital betwixting sprinkled further fairy dust upon me...It's been a Margaret Wise Brown-kinda week. No, I have not...